volunteer Fire Department has provided fire, rescue, and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to the residents of Hickory Township. We are located on the eastern edge of the City of New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. We operate out of two station, with five pieces of apparatus, including two engines, one tankers, and one brush truck/QRS and one rescue QRS/squad. Fire Department QRS members are certified Emergency Medical Responders, and EMT'S (emergency medical technicians. Squad 307 and Brush truck 306 are stocked with equipment and supplies that enable us to respond to all types of emergencies whether they are medical or trauma in nature. Some of the equipment includes, an AED (automated external defibrillator) for cardiac arrest victims, and supplemental oxygen for those with difficulty breathing. We also carry spinal immobilization devices for those how may have spinal cord injuries, and trauma supplies to manage sever bleeding, and shock.
