During the month of March, four members of Alpha Fire Company completed the required training to become RIT team members. For those who do not know, RIT stands for Rapid Intervention Team and they are dedicated to search and rescue. During this training the members learned about navigating through low-profile conditions, ladder bailouts, window bailouts, and different type of rescue techniques. This ... (Full Story & Photos)

This evening four members from Alpha Fire Company transferred to Cashtown Fire Company so they could enjoy there banquet night. Shortly after arriving at company 4 Engine 201 was alerted to set up a landing zone for Buchanan Valley on there vehicle accident.... (Full Story & Photos)

The Alpha Fire Company and Alpha EMS are proud to announce that we will now be offering CPR training to the general public. We are now an "ASHI Training Center" and can now offer both the refresher course and the full CPR course thru our center. We are very excited about this new opportunity to provide yet an additional service to our community. We have already blocked out a few dates that we will ... (Full Story & Photos)

This past Saturday evening we held our Sportsmen's Nite. This is a run down of the winners from that night. We would like to thank everyone that took chances and helped support the fire company thru this event.

For those interested in tickets for our Spring Gun Bonanza that we run with Bendersville, those tickets are still available. Additional information can be found on our Gun Drawings page under ... (Full Story & Photos)

Wednesday afternoon Engine 201 was originally dispatched to transfer to Frederick county station 6 (Emmitsburg) while units were on the scene of a working house fire in Thurmont. Engine 201 responded with 4 personnel to the transfer. As the engine was getting ready to arrive at station 6, Frederick advised we were needed to assist on the fire. The crew from Engine 201 assisted in overhaul operations ... (Full Story & Photos)