Hartsville Fire Company Tests Out New Water Rescue Gear

WARMINSTER, PA —The Hartsville Fire Company has some new water rescue gear, just in time for the storms that have washed through Lower Bucks County recently.

Hartsville volunteers were preparing the new water rescue gear ahead of the heavy rains that were predicted for Tuesday.

Thanks to support from Warwick Township, Hartsville was able to purchase and place into service new water rescue gear including dry suits, helmets, vests, ropes, lights, and other assorted gear that would potentially be used to rescue people from flooding conditions.

The Hartsville Fire Company may have tested out that new water gear Tuesday night.

The fire company assisted the Warwick Township Fire Company when fire crews removed two people from a vehicle that was stranded in flood water.

Meanwhile, the Hartsville Fire Company recently announced that its fire chief was leaving his post after a decade.

(Photo Courtesy of the Hartsville Fire Company)