Goodwill Fire Company #1 of York Township is located in York County, Pennsylvania. Our fire department proudly protects the citizens of York Township, a mostly suburban region of south central Pennsylvania with a population of 25,000. Goodwill Station 19 is centrally located just off exit 16 of I83. We currently own 3 front line apparatus, one antique engine, a foam trailer, and 3 support vehicles.

Station 19 is proud to be a volunteer fire company, responding to about 900 emergency calls Attachments calls annually. We have approximately 30 active volunteer fire personnel. On weekends and late nights, the volunteer firefighters pull duty shifts to maintain minimum staffing. On weekdays 6am - 6pm, our department supplements its volunteer staff with a part time paid firefighter.

Station 19 has primarily residential developments, condos, and garden style apartments in the eastern, central, and northern portions of our area. To the south and west, portions are mostly rural farmland and low density residential. York Township also has five shopping centers, two high schools, a few industrial areas, and six extended care facilities. Many of the counties medical infrastructures are also located inside York Township due to its close proximity to York Hospital.

STATION 19 FEATURED ON FOX 43 NEWS AT TEN Sunday, November 18, 2007 - At 22:00 hours FOX 43 news at ten aired a feature on station 19 about membership. Station 19 Now accepts applications for junior members ages 14-17 with parental approval. Anyone intristed becoming a junior member should e-mail captain19@goodwill.com for more information. Also we are always acecpting applications for senior members ages 18 and up. YORK TOWNSHIP TOUCH-A-TRUCK APPEARANCE Sunday, October 14, 2007 - On Saturday Oct. 13, Station 19 apparatus ventured over to the York Township Touch-A-Truck event. A wide variety of equipment was on display for children of all ages to explore varying from ladder trucks to heavy construction equipment. People were welcome to open up compartments and climb on these large machines. Truck 19 was a huge hit with the aerial on display and the children that got to see a firefighter in full turnout gear. MVA W/CONFINEMENT INTO A STRUCTURE Wednesday, September 26, 2007 - The day of Sept. 26 started to be a quite day until Station 19, 35, and 13 were initially dispatched to a reported School Bus Fire. Engine 19 responded and confirmed it to just be overheated. Only seconds after that dispatch, Station 19 was dispatched to Indian Rock Dam Rd. for a vehicle into a structure with the driver still inside. Rescue 19 along with Engines 18-1, 19, and 13 arrived to check on the status of the driver and it was believed that the driver had been there for an extended amount of time. Units on scene cleared in about a half an hour. ANOTHER HOUSE FIRE IN DALLASTOWN Thursday, August 2, 2007 - At 02:22 hours, Stations: 35, 36, and 19 were dispatched for a call for smoke in a structure. Shortly thereafter, York Area Regional Police Dept. arrived on scene to confirm that this was a working fire. Crews arrived on scene while Truck 19’s aerial was put into use. Crews from the truck made ventilation cuts to the roof as well as throwing ground ladders and assisting on the handlines for interior attacks. The 2nd alarm as struck for main power assistance bringing Engine 19 and a few others to the scene. Apparatus remained on scene for approx. 2 hours. 2ND ALARM ASSIGNMENT IN D-TOWN Thursday, July 5, 2007 - Around 16:28 hours, Rescue 19 was dispatched to Dallastown Borough for a residential structure fire. Rescue 19 arrived on scene and one of the crew members was assigned to take a line in to the 3rd floor as other crews were checking for extensions. Firefighter Dull was assigned as Staging Officer while Firefighter Beavers was assigned as the Incident Safety Officer. Crews from the Rescue remained on scene for over an hour. MVA IN FRONT OF KFC Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - At approx. 18:07 hours Rescue 19 was dispatched to this two vehicle accident on the 2700 block of South Queen St. at the entrance to KFC. Captain 19 (Hildmann) Arrived to find moderate damage to both vehicles. Both of the vehicles were secured and the batteries disconnected. The Rescue was clear from the scene at 18:51 BUSY EVENING FOR 19 Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - Shortly after severe thunderstorms moved into the area, Station 19 experienced very high call volumes responding to eleven calls in a four-hour period. Calls ranged from trees and wires down to Automatic alarms and a couple of reported structure fires. Fortunately none of the reported structure fires were confirmed. Thanks to all of the crew who gave up they’re evening to protect the community.
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