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Thu. Nov 20th 2008
2009 Officers Elected

Linden - The Woodward Township Volunteer Fire Company held its election for 2009 officers at the company meeting in October. ...

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Thu. Sep 25th 2008
Gas Well Fire in Clinton County

Renovo - A fire at a gas well in Leidy Township Clinton County has been burning for the last two weeks. The well is part of t...

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Thu. Sep 25th 2008
Task Force 83 Moves In

Linden - The Tiadaghton Forest Fire Fighters Association has moved onto the grounds of the Woodward Township Fire Department....

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Woodward Township Volunteer Fire Company
PO Box 70
Linden, PA  17744

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570-326-3273

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Welcome to Woodward Township Volunteer Fire Company website. The company was founded on February 23rd 1948. Our primary coverage areas are Woodward and Anthony Townships in Lycoming County, PA. We provide fire, rescue and EMS services. We have a rapid intervention team that serves many local municiplalites. We run two brush trucks and respond to brush and forest fires thougout the area. We operate a hovercraft that serves as our primary water rescue piece for the several miles of the Susquhanna river we cover and is special called all over the area for water rescue needs. Our primary peice of apparatus is Squad 2. This holds all our rescue and firefighting equipment. We have a full compliment of Amkus Rescue tools and rope rescue equipment on that truck.

Our primary source of income is from running Bingo. The department is also supported by a fire tax in Woodward and Anthony Townships. We have numerous other types of fundraisers throughout the year to include tractor pulls and flea markets. We also rent our social hall out for special funtions and auctions.

Notable Moments in department history

February 9, 1948 - 45 men met in Linden to discuss the possibility of starting a volunteer fire company in our Community.


February 23, 1948 - 65 men of the township met in the Linden school to form a Fireman’s Organization. The charter was formed this day and the first officers were elected.

November, 1948 - First bingo game held.

February 28, 1949 - The Charter was closed a year and five days later.

November 23, 1948 - First bingo game was held.

December 3, 1948 - the old Linden Schoolhouse was purchased.

1949 - First Engine was purchased

October 1950 - a new building was erected

 
1958 - Fire House was dismantled for new Highway 220

1959 - present building was built

October 15 1955  - the 1st mortgage was burned

 1979 - Engine bay built on to firehouse 


August 1993 - 1st Hovercraft purchased

 
January 19, 1996 Hover 2 was destroyed during a rescue operation on Lycoming Creek.

Fall 1996 - Took delivery of new hovercraft

November, 1998 - The fire departments first website went online. The first URL was woodward.billtown.com, a few years later the domain name of woodwardfire.com was purchased. The first host was billtown.com, then the site spent several years hosted at bizland.com. In May of 2008 the site came into the age of web 2.0 moving to yourfirstdue.com as a host.

JUNE 2001 - Took delivery of squad 2

October 2004 - Took Delivery of 2005 Ford Central States Brush Truck

 

PAST CHIEFS

            Mike Harsch            Art Dutter             William Carpenter      Richard  Fulcrod       

1949               1950-53  & 1961-75         1954-55                    1956        


  Richard Mchale           James Arvin            Don Benn             Scott Scruggs     

       1957-60                 1976-77                1978-85                  1986-87          

 

Richard Sherretz       Keith Blair

1988-91                 1992-96

 






Recent Calls

Tue. Dec 23rd 2008
Squad 2 Assists at Nursing Home Fire

Montoursville, PA - Squad 2 was dispatched to 1445 Sycamore Rd, the Sycamore Manor Nursing Home in Loyalsock Township. Squad ...

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Mon. Dec 22nd 2008
Chimney Fire in Township

Linden, PA - The Woodward Township Fire Department and an Engine from Old Lycoming Fire Department were dispatched to a repor...

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Mon. Dec 22nd 2008
Structure Fire on the Creek Road

Cogan Station, PA - Squad 2 was dispatched as the Rapid Intervention Team to a structure fire at 3670 Lycoming Creek Rd in Ly...

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