Fire Prevention Week October 7 - 13, 2018

Picture Caption: Left to right - Commissioner Terence Farrell; Frank Sullivan, Chief, HazMat Response Team; Jeff Groves, Fire Training Coordinator; George "Beau" Crowding, Deputy Director for Fire Services; John Weer, Chief County Fire Marshal; ...

Assistant Fire Marshal Receives Scholarship

Congratulations to Gerry DiNunzio, Assistant Fire Marshal, Chester County Department of Emergency Services and Deputy Chief for Goshen Fire Company, for being selected a recipient of a 2018 Educational Scholarship from the International Association of Fir...

Telecommunicators Recognized

At the recent Willistown Township Board of Supervisors meeting, three Department of Emergency Services Telecommunicators were recognized for helping to save a life of a 3 year old drowning victim.  "The quick actions of the child's grandpare...

Chester County implements ASAP to PSAP

Chester County implements Automated Secure Alarm Protocol as part of 9-1-1 service

            WEST CHESTER, PA _ Earlier this week, Chester County became the third 9-1-1 Public Safet...

Preparedness Buddy

Preparedness Buddy is a step-by-step template that uses a person’s support network or buddy system to create an emergency plan. The Preparedness Buddy brochure has space to fill out personal information and is designed for everyone to use.

1. Find a...

Stop the Bleed Campaign initiated in Schools

National Stop the Bleed campaign to be initiated in Chester County Schools

Campaign designed to do for bleeding injuries what CPR has done for heart attacks

The Chester County Department of Emergency Services has partnered with t...