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Woodbury Firefighters Mark Midsummer with Community Activity and Major Drill.

Woodbury Firefighters marked the midsummer break at the end of July with a community effort Friday called ‘watering the kids’ to close summer day camp and then extensively drilled new members Saturday with tools used to extricate victims from car crashes.  In a photo from Friday July 25th, Firefighter Haden Ware, an IT designer, asks […]

Woodbury Gets $70,000 in Nationwide Bids for Used Firetruck

With sealed bids from as far afield as Washington State, Oregon, and Oklahoma, the Woodbury Fire Department’s former Tanker 9 went for a $70,000 high bid on Tuesday July 22nd  to the Bart Township Fire Co. in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Amish  farmland. “It is an exciting moment,” said Debra Carlton in the town offices […]

Woodbury Firefighters Train with New Tank truck

Woodbury Volunteer Firefighters lined up recently to train with the updated devices and connections on the department’s new $450,000 tank truck. The new vehicle was ordered four years ago with delivery only at the very end of June 2025. “It was about $15,000 over budget,” says Fire Chief Janet B. Morgan, “but we were braced […]

Woodbury Firefighters Host Fathers Day Pancake Breakfast

Woodbury Firefighters hosted a friendly Fathers Day Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, June 15th, 2025. At its peak the dining room was jammed with happy families enjoying pancakes with bacon, plus orange juice, and tea or coffee. On the way in, the attention getter was the department’s new 2500 gallon tank truck on display in the […]

Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department Annual Hose Testing

The Woodbury Volunteer Fire Dept conducted its annual inspection of seven miles of fire hose over four sessions in June.  As of the halfway mark, only four short lengths of 1 ¾” hose dating back to the 1980s failed a test of 250 lbs psi (pounds per square inch) water pressure for three minutes.  In […]

Fire Lt Chris Start w grandkids at Woodbury Memorial Day Parade

Woodbury Fire Lt Chris Start with grandchildren Collin, 13, a pupil at the Woodbury Middle School, and Brooklyn, 11, a Woodbury’s Mitchell Elementary School pupil, ready to ride in the Volunteer Fire Dept’s utility all-terrain vehicle (UATV) at the Memorial Day Parade, Saturday May 24th, 2025.

Woodbury’s Newly Restored 1947 Jeep Firetruck in 2025 Memorial Day Parade

The Woodbury Fire Dept’s newly restored 1947 Jeep led the department’s vehicle parade in the town’s Memorial Day event on May 24th.  Driving Firetruck 7 is Firefighter Mitch Chester with passenger and fellow department member Jonathan Kapstein in his USNavy khaki uniform.  The truck restoration was done with parts donated from NAPA Auto Parts and […]

Firehouse Mother’s Day Pancake Breakfast

Woodbury Firefighters cooked up pancakes galore at the 44th annual Mothers Day Pancake Breakfast in the firehouse on Sunday May 11th . 2025. Shown in picture 1 at left is Former Fire Chief Chuck Kiessling, also retired from the State Fire Marshal force, flipping flapjacks at a furious pace with the assistance of Firefighter Tony […]