Lower Merion Fire Chief Charles “Chas” McGarvey – “Each company has its own training policies…technically in the State of Pennsylvania there’s no training required to be a volunteer fire fighter”
- Belmont Hills Fire Company
- Bryn Mawr Fire Company
- Gladwyne Fire Company
- Narberth Volunteer Fire Company
- Merion Fire Company of Ardmore
- Penn Wynne/Overbrook Hills Fire Company
- Union Fire Association of Lower Merion
“At 16 you can become a Junior Fire Fighter”
“18 years old, you have be to go into buildings, climb ladders – those kinds of things.”
“Most companies do have physicals done annually.”
What if a candidate is 5′ 3″ tall and weights 250 pounds? “I don’t think any fire company would turn anyone away.”