Volunteer Hose Company of Throop - 401 Dunmore Street Throop, PA 18512-1146
Proudly Providing round the clock Fire & Rescue Services for the Borough of Throop and Surrounding Communities since 1928
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Volunteer Hose Company of Throop - 401 Dunmore Street Throop, PA 18512-1146 Proudly Providing round the clock Fire & Rescue Services for the Borough of Throop and Surrounding Communities since 1928 |
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THIS WAS NO APRIL FOOLS DAY PRANK Boy Scouts take advantage of this sunny Thursday afternoon to get closer to completion of Eagle Scout project Boy Scouts from Troop 73 of Blessed Sacrament Parish in Throop took advantage of this sunny Thursday April 1, 2010. The scouts are all helping Scout Steve Marchel with his Eagle Scout project and have rapidly completed about 1/3 of the hydrants in town transforming them from their familiar red to "safety yellow" color. FF Andy Hegedus from 27 Rescue took some time to work with these dedicated young men and oversee them as they work diligently to complete this project. A BIG THANK YOU to these fine young men from the Officers and Members of the 27 Rescue. |
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| Boy Scouts from L to R William Betz, Thomas Betz, Mason Hill, Joe Pochas | Taking advantage of the manpower available on this sunny day |
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| Three boys hard at work and taking pride in their work | TEAMWORK |
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| Boy Scouts L to R: Robert Kokinda, Matt Sansky, Chris Pochas, George Battle, Corey Kujawski | What is wrong with this picture? One Scout painting and 4 others watching! |
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These Hydrants they are a changing... Color that is... |
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| Throop Borough Fire Chief Eric
Hartshorn has informed Borough Council and the borough's
3 fire companies that all hydrants in the Borough of
Throop will undergo a "facelift" so to say at no cost to
the Borough of Throop. Boys Scouts from Troop 73 Throop, PA will be painting the hydrants "safety
yellow" after nearly 100 years of the familiar color of
Fire Hydrant Red. This Eagle Scout project is being led
by Steve Marchel of Throop. Although the NFPA takes no "official"
stance on coloring, the NFPA recommends but does not
mandate, that fire departments color-code their
hydrants.
Timothy
Hawthorne, a fire protection specialist for NFPA, said
the recommended practice is for hydrants to be painted
chrome yellow, with the bonnet painted light blue,
green, orange, or red to denote volume.
“It would help firefighters that are connecting to that
hydrant to know if that hydrant has enough capacity to
meet their needs,” Mr. Hawthorne said. Throop Borough in
the not so distant future plans to turn over all
hydrants within the Borough to the Pennsylvania American
Water Company. A spokesperson for the PAWC stated
"Our standard for our
fire hydrants is "safety yellow" and would be our
preference. The color coded bonnets can remain.
While this may not impact our
decision on assuming ownership of the hydrants it could
mean that in the future they would be repainted yellow.
So in preparation for this Eagle Scout project we ask
that all residents and business owners spruce up around
hydrants adjacent to their properties to help speed up
the refurbishing process. If you are out there with your
hose cleaning up around your property please take the
time to clean off the elements accumulated on these
critical components of firefighting. Chief Hartshorn will
be supervising this project and will be reaching out to
all 3 companies for additional manpower and supervision
in the undertaking of this huge task. A huge Thank You
goes out to the Boy Scouts for taking on this Eagle
Scout project in our Borough. |
