If you haven't purchased yours yet, there is still time.  Prospectopoly is on sale for $20 a game.  This is a great gift idea or wonderful keepsake for anyone who ever lived in the Borough of Prospect Park. 

Prospectopoly is a customized board game featuring businesses & organizations who serve the community and elected to contributed to this fundraiser.  The box is designed with images of many historical landmarks while the game features a present day picture of the fire department plus apparatus.  The board game and packaging was designed by the Prospect Park Fire Company - all proceeds benefit the fire department. 

If interested contact Dani Brosnan, leave a message at the station 610-522-1830 or stop by Pogue Mahone's on Chester Pike. 

Quantities Are Limited!!!!

The Prospect Park Fire Company will be participating in WMMR - Preston & Steve's 'Camp Out For Hunger' campaign in order to collect food donations for those in need this holiday season.  

All of the donations benefit Philabundance and will be distributed to over 600 Delaware Valley agencies helping the needy this holiday season.

We are hoping to deliver a substantial food donation, on behalf of our community, on the evening of Thursday, December 4th to the Metroplex Shopping Center in Plymouth Meeting which is the location of the donation center that the radio station ‘WMMR’ is hosting.  

This also provides our residents with a local drop-off location for your convenience for those who are not able to make it up to Plymouth Meeting.  Let’s show WMMR some Prospect Park Pride!
 

We need your help!! 

We are asking local residents to please bring donations to the Prospect Park Fire Company located at 10th & Lincoln Avenues.  Members will be at the station to collect:

Last Week of November (excluding Thanksgiving)
Week Days 6pm to 8pm / Saturday & Sunday 11am to 2pm

First Week of December
 “Crunch Time” - Monday (12/1) to Wednesday (12/3) 5pm to 8pm

You can also drop off your donations any time using the collection bin located outside of the double-red doors on the side of the building, this will be checked regularly by members.
 

Acceptable and most needed non-perishable food items include: (Pop Top Lids are always welcome) Canned / Shelf Stable Tuna, Canned Beef Stew, Canned Chili, Canned Pasta, Beef Ravioli, 100% Fruit & Vegetable Juice (Shelf Stable, Cans or Plastic Bottles only), Creamy Peanut Butter (Plastic Containers only), Jelly (Plastic Containers only), Mac & Cheese, Canned Pork & Beans/Baked Beans, Canned Green Beans, Canned Corn, Canned Fruit Cocktail, Breakfast Cereal or Hot Cereal, Boxed Sugar and non-perishables that won't go bad too soon. (Source: WMMR’s Website)

Thank you in advance for your support and if you have any questions please contact the Prospect Park Fire Company at 610-522-1830.
 

DJ and Dani Brosnan will be doing the Heart Walk in Philadelphia on Saturday, November 15th.  We will be walking on team 'Pump It Up' with Wawa Corporation. 

Click Here to visit our donation page and if you would like to join the walk contact Dani ASAP.

Everyone knows someone affected by heart disease or stroke. For those I love, I will be walking in this year’s Start! Heart Walk. I have set a personal goal to raise funds for the American Heart Association and need your help to reach my donation goal. We are raising critical dollars for heart disease and stroke research and education.

You can help me reach my goal by making a donation online. Click on the link below and you will be taken to my personal donation page where you can make a secure online credit card donation. The American Heart Association's online fundraising website has a minimum donation amount of $25.00. If you prefer to donate less, you can do so by sending a check directly to me.

Your donation will help fight our nation’s No. 1 and No. 3 killers—heart disease and stroke. You are making a difference. Thank you for your support.
 

The Prospect Park Fire Company and the O'Mahoney Association present Monte Carlo night on Saturday, November 8th at the firehouse. 

SEE OUR "NEWS" PAGE FOR MORE DETAILS!!!!!!!

Thanks to all who helped on thursday night during our Fire Prevention Open House. This was by far our best Open House yet. Remember with your help, we can continue to make this an evening where the residents of our town can visit us and take home some valuable information. Plus, the children can learn some basic skills to help them in case of an emergency in their homes. Again thanks, I am looking forward to working with everyone again next year.

Our Fire Prevention Open House will be held on Thursday Oct 9th. All are welcome to attend and help out with the evenings festivities. We will meet at the fire house at 1800hrs for set up and any final prep. The dress code will be class A uniform minus jackets and hats and if you don't have one, fire house t-shirts will be acceptable. Thanks in advance for your help.

The Haz-Mat Ops Refresher for tomorrow evening has been rescheduled to 10/02/08 due to the anticipated  weather.

The Ladies Auxiliary will be hosting an afternoon of BINGO on Saturday, September 20th from 4pm to 7pm. 

Where were you at the time the two planes crashed into the World Trade Center, or when another crashed into the Pentagon, or what about when the one crashed into a field in Shanksville Pennsylvania? 

I remember how quiet it was that afternoon and the following days, as all airplanes were grounded. Where I was stationed at the Air Station in Beaufort, normally all I could hear all day were the roar of fast movers patrolling not only our area, but also flying up and down the coast. But all that was stopped for a short time. It was an eerie time, a time of quiet and a time of reflection. 

We looked to those first responders who although scared, reacted to help others in need. We remember the scenes with Police, Firefighters and EMT's rushing toward the falling Twin Towers or the collapsing pentagon or the burning plane in a field in Western Pennsylvania.

We all watched with horror as the smoke covered all of Manhattan, a coal field in Western Pennsylvania and Washington DC. Where were you when it happened? What were you doing? 

For most of us, it is a memorable period in our life, where life had changed forever. We walked around less innocent that day, yet closer to each other. Families changed. We said things like I love you to those we forgot to say it to earlier; we sought after those we had been estranged from because of life's workings. We all learned that day how short life can be.  We in many ways changed to become more like what Adam and Eve were like before they ate from the tree of knowledge. We called each other, we openly cried, we respected each other. Someone cut you off on the highway and your first reaction was to tell that person off, but you held back. You cheered our president as he stood in that burning pile of rubble that was the world trade center and talked to all the first responders. We cheered him on. We looked with pride at all of that in authority as they led this country through its toughest time, from the mayor of NY City all the way up to the president.  

We watched with pride, every time a fire truck would run off to a fire we would pull out of the way and pray that they would have to witness another 9/11. I remember at the Marine Corps Air station in Beaufort, folks would stop by and drop off some food or movies to all the Marines. Or when you went to Dunkin Donuts and a police officer, emt or firefighter was in there, you'd buy them a coffee or lunch!

Then life went along, the images of the twin towers were taken off the air, and life got busy. Unfortunately we slipped back into September 10th all too quickly. Do you see how after September 11th we were like God wanted us to be, to care for each other regardless of who we were, to take care of strangers, to love one another? But then we got tempted to get away from that way of life and revert back to September 10th. And that is why this Sunday, the Sunday after the anniversary of September 11th, we take time out to bless and pray for those who still live in September 11th. Those first responders that don't care who you are and show up when you are in need.  Jesus went to the cross for irregar dless of who we were, but we were in need, just like all these brave firefighters, Police Officers and EMT's, Jesus shows up when we need him without asking questions, just that we are in need and He is here to help us.

We need to keep coming back to September 11th every year, open our doors for prayer, for thoughts, for remembrance and to ask God to bring us back to the way we were after this tragedy hit our country. So as long as I am a priest, I know I will always be casting my shadow on the doorways of firehouses and police stations, and in Hospitals with September 11th in my heart and mind.

Today, as you head out of here, rethink on how you have changed since September 11th, and what or who has brought you back to September 10th. What do you need to look around your world and understand that you never have a redo on today. Who do you know that needs a friend, a hand, an ear, and what connection have you somehow since September 11th let get distant again, and that you need to renew. Today, live as if every day was September 11th, understand that life is too short to let go those relationships that have gotten distanced, too short to be mean to one another, and live as if it were your last day, and you were being judged on how well you lived that day.  

AMEN

-Father Bill Hesse (Station 08 Chaplain - St. James Episcopal Church, Prospect Park, PA)

In observance of Labor Day the regularly scheduled Board Meeting will be moved from Monday, September 1st to Wednesday, September 3rd starting at 19:00 hours.

Since the end of summer is almost near and the days left to swim are dwindling down - stop by the swim club, relax and take a dip in the pool. 

Firefighters Day at the Prospect Park Swim Club is coming up on Sunday, August 31st from 12pm until 9pm.   

The officers and members of the Prospect Park Fire Company would like to congratulate Dan & Brooke Oliveri on the birth of their second daughter, Danielle Erin on Tuesday, August 19th. 

We wish the best to the Oliveri Family  - Dan, Brooke, Matthew, Tyler, Alicia and Danielle. 

On Friday, August 8, 2008 starting at 18:00 hours we will be having an '8 is Great Celebration'.  All members & families are encouraged to attend.  We will be having a cookout buffet, beverages and fun.  Please let Dani Brosnan know if you are able to attend so we can get an accurate headcount.   There is also a signup sheet at the station.

Always practice BBQ safety!!

Congratulations to Tim & Maureen Dorrin on the birth of their son Timothy Jesse Dorrin Jr. on Thursday, August 7th - yes, he was trying to make it to our 8/8/08 celebration.  Timmy was 8 lbs, 5 oz. and 19 1/2" long.

Best Wishes to the entire family - Timmy, Maureen, Heather, Steven, Noah & Timmy.   Let's see how many Dorrin tags we can get hanging on that gear rack.

Whether you are moving, changing your phone number or using a new e-mail address be sure to update your contact information at the department.  You can complete a Contact Form and place it in the Brosnan mailbox in the office or send an e-mail to Dani Brosnan to ensure that the master contact list is promptly updated.