Firefighters responded to an August 10 alarm for a fuel tanker on fire in Morton Borough. Firefighters from Swarthmore and Morton-Rutledge pulled hoselines to extinguish the blaze in the engine compartment.

800 Avondale Road, Nether Providence Township. Dispatched as “working mechanical room fire.” Firefighters discovered a trash compactor on fire next to the mechanical room. The blaze was quickly extinguished, primarily with tank water,* although supply lines were laid and hose connected to the building’s fire department connection.† Additional units came from the Garden City and South Media fire departments.

Swarthmore firefighters were called to the site of a gas leak in Nether Providence Township on June 22. A contractor had struck a six-inch gas line while drilling for electric utilities installation. Gas was exiting the pipe under 20 lbs. of pressure – sufficient to blow dirt and other debris from the hole six feet into the air.

In this two-week period, the ambulance responded to 26 calls for medical assistance, to Swarthmore, Rutledge, Morton, Springfield, Nether Providence Township, and Ridley Park. The calls were for a variety of emergencies, including cardiac emergency, respiratory difficulty, hemorrhaging, psychiatric emergency, and abdominal pain.

In this two-week period, the ambulance responded to 34 calls for medical assistance, to Swarthmore, Rutledge, Morton, Springfield, Nether Providence, Ridley, Ridley Park, and Rose Valley. The calls were for a variety of emergencies, including cardiac emergency, seizures, hypertension, fall, unconscious person, head injury, syncopal episode, allergic reaction, respiratory difficulty, reaction to medication, and diabetic emergency.

In this two-week period, the ambulance responded to 41 calls for medical assistance, to Swarthmore, Rutledge, Morton, Springfield, Ridley, and Nether Providence. The calls were for a variety of emergencies, including cardiac emergency, choking, seizures, hypertension, a fall, head injury, psychiatric emergency, syncopal episode, respiratory difficulty, tachycardia, pediatric emergency, and extreme pain. 

In this two-week period, the ambulance responded to 28 calls for medical assistance, to Swarthmore, Rutledge, Morton, Springfield, Ridley, and Nether Providence. The calls were for a variety of emergencies, including cardiac emergency, accident, overdose, hemorrhaging, seizures, hypertension, fall, fracture, lift assist, head injury, abdominal pain, and laceration. 

In this two-week period, the ambulance responded to 32 calls for medical assistance, to Swarthmore, Rutledge, Morton, Springfield, Ridley, and Nether Providence, for a variety of emergencies including cardiac, accident, syncopal episode, tachycardia, overdose, hemorrhaging, change in mental status, allergic reaction, and maternity.

The ambulance responded to 31 calls for medical assistance in Swarthmore, Rutledge, Morton, Springfield, Ridley, and Nether Providence for emergencies ranging from head injuries and tachycardia to overdose and death.

The ambulance responded to 31 calls for medical assistance in Swarthmore, Rutledge, Morton, Springfield, Ridley, and Nether Providence for emergencies ranging from head injuries and tachycardia to overdose and death.

The ambulance responded to 30 calls for medical assistance in Swarthmore, Rutledge, Morton, Springfield and Nether Providence Township. The calls were for a variety of emergencies including: fall w/trauma, cardiac emergency, accident with injury, back pain, subject down, extremity pain, assault, diabetic emergency, syncopal episode, medical alarm, pedestrian struck, sick person, overdose, seizures, respiratory difficulty, hemorrhaging and abdominal pain.

The ambulance responded to 32 calls for medical assistance. These were to Swarthmore, Rutledge, Morton, Springfield and Nether Providence Township, for a variety of emergencies including: fall w/trauma, cerebro vascular event, cardiac emergency, accident w/injury, back pain, head injury, subject down, extremity pain, suicide attempt, allergic reaction, injured person, syncopal episode, medical alarm, pediatric emergency, hypotension, nature unknown, unconscious person, change in mental status, and abdominal pain.

The ambulance responded to 36 calls for medical assistance in Swarthmore, Rutledge, Morton, Springfield, Ridley Township, and Nether Providence Twp. The calls were for a variety of emergencies including: fall with trauma, cerebro vascular event, cardiac emergency, accident with injury, back pain, lifting assist, head injury, sick person, seizures, extremity pain, overdose, allergic reaction, injured person, tachycardia, syncopal episode, hemorrhaging, medical alarm and abdominal pain.