Honey Brook Office of Emergency Management

11/26/2023

UPDATED 12:08 AM 11/26/2023: Important information about new iPhone update.

IMPORTANT PRIVACY UPDATE: If you have an iPhone and have done the recent iOS 17 update, they have set a new feature called NameDrop defaulted to ON. This feature allows the sharing of your contact info by bringing your phones close together and doing the following.

1. “Do one of the following:
* Share from iPhone to iPhone or Apple Watch: Hold the display of your iPhone a few centimeters from the top of the other person’s iPhone or Apple Watch.
* Share from Apple Watch to another Apple Watch: Open the Contacts app on your Apple Watch, tap your picture in the top-right corner, tap Share, then bring your watch close to the other person’s Apple Watch.�A glow emerges from both devices and Apple Watch vibrates to indicate a connection is being made.
2. Continue holding your devices near each other until NameDrop appears on both screens.
3. Choose to share your contact card and receive the other person’s, or to only receive the other person’s.�To cancel, move the two devices away from each other or lock your iPhone before the NameDrop transfer completes.”

To shut this off go to Settings, General, AirDrop, Bringing Devices Together. Change to OFF.

PARENTS: Don’t forget to change these settings after the update on your children’s phones if you choose to.

To learn more, visit apples website:
https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/namedrop-iphone-share-contact-info-iph1b6c664b7/ios

10/22/2023

The Emergency Management staff extends our deepest condolences to the West Whiteland Fire Company (Exton) with the loss of one of their own and critical injury of another.

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From West Whiteland Fire Company:

It is with profound sadness The West Whiteland Fire Company announces the Line of Duty Death of Firefighter Colin Reedy.

Firefighter Colin Reedy and Firefighter Emily Gindele were responding to an alarm on Friday night (10/20) during a heavy downpour when their vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree. Firefighter Reedy succumbed to his injuries at the scene.

Firefighter Gindele is under care at Paoli Memorial Hospital in critical but stable condition.

We ask that you keep the families of both firefighters and our members in your thoughts and prayers at this time.

Funeral Arrangements TBD

05/10/2023

05/01/2023

Monday May 1, 2023.

Street sweeping will be taking place throughout the Borough. Please ensure your vehicles are removed from the roadway for the day so our public works department can quickly move throughout the borough streets.

04/10/2023

02/09/2023

Please contact Honey Brook Borough Police Department if you know this dog.

01/05/2023

The Honey Brook Fire Company would like to Congratulate Past Fire Chief Robert Klinger Jr for a recent promotion received transitioning from part-time to a full-time Police Officer for the Honey Brook Borough Police Department. Officer Klinger has dedicated his life to providing services for his country and its citizens. Although Officer Klinger is not one to seek self attention for his achievements, we here at the Fire Company find it only necessary to recognize Officer Klinger for his continued selfless dedication.

Officer Klinger enlisted in the PA Army National Guard in August 2001, and is now 1SG for the 108th Area Support Medical Company in Allentown PA.
Deployed for Hurricane Katrina in 2005, with overseas deployments to Kosovo (2003), Iraq (2008), and Poland (2021).
Started at Chester County DES in July 2004 where he operates as a dispatcher for both Police and Fire dispatch to this day.
Joined the Honey Brook Fire Company as a Junior Firefighter in 1998 working his way through the ranks to eventually serve as Fire Chief for the years of 2015/2016.
Graduated the Municipal Police Academy at DCCC in Dec 2014 where he has since provided part-time police services for multiple police department organizations.

It’s obvious the Honey Brook community is in very good hands. Congratulations Officer Klinger.