New Hope Eagle Volunteer Fire Company

New Hope Eagle Volunteer Fire Company New Hope Eagle Fire Company - Bucks County Stations 46 & 64. Providing Fire Protection and Rescue Services to New Hope Borough & Solebury Township, PA.
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It was a water supply weekend here at the Eagle Fire Company...the Mack on Saturday and Tac 64 on Sunday. Taking advanta...
09/08/2026

It was a water supply weekend here at the Eagle Fire Company...the Mack on Saturday and Tac 64 on Sunday. Taking advantage of the nice weather Sunday morning, Captain Jared Spencer coordinated a training session for several new operators of Tac 64. The drill included drafting from the dry hydrant on Waterloo Street as well as showing a couple of new members currently attending their Firefighter 1 training program some basic hydrant operations and establishing a pressurized water supply.

Tac 64 is a 2019 Pierce mini-pumper on a Ford F550 chassis. It is equipped with a 1000 gallon per minute single stage pump and a 300 gallon booster tank. Tac 64 is assigned to Station 64 on Laurel Road in Solebury Township.

Today was a special day for the Eagle Fire Company. The first Saturday of each month, we host a Senior Member Coffee wh...
09/05/2026

Today was a special day for the Eagle Fire Company. The first Saturday of each month, we host a Senior Member Coffee where our active firefighters can sit down with our senior men and listen to their stories and learn from their experiences. But today involved a little something more...a chance for the senior men to operate our 1951 Mack 85LS pumper (Engine 46-1) once again!

The Mack returned from it's ten month restoration in February and has been used for several functions and public appearances since then. But this was the first opportunity to run the Mack through it's paces. The senior men tell stories about how great a supply pumper the Mack was "back in her day". Yesterday, some preventive maintenance was completed in preparation for this morning's activities.

A 3,000 gallon folding tank was set up in front of Station 46. The Mack was positioned next to the tank. A TFT 6" low level strainer and a 10 foot section of 6" hard sleeve (and a couple of adapters) were prepared to draft. A 50 foot length of 3" hose was laid out to a BlitzFire attack monitor alongside the firehouse. Once everything was ready, the senior men took over and pulled a prime with the Mack in under 7 seconds! Not bad for a seventy five year old truck! The Mack maxed out each of the smoothbore tips on the BlitzFire, with a top flow of about 540 gallons per minute!

Since things were going well, it was decided to switch the Mack's discharge to the direct aerial master stream inlet on the rear of Quint 46. During the switch over process to the Quint, the Mack never lost it's prime despite being taken "out of pump". The senior men put the Mack back in service and supplied Quint 46's aerial pipe with almost 600 gallons per minute. We were flowing enough water that Tanker 46 had to be placed in service to keep the folding tank full as the house line couldn't keep up with the Mack! It should be noted that the senior men wanted to keep going and see what she could do, but it was decided to error on the side of caution and hold it there for her first time really working in decades. The Mack's two-stage 750 GPM Hale pump is so tough and well maintained that when the rig was shut off and the hard sleeve was being taken apart, air could be heard rushing through the couplings to break the vacuum more than ten minutes after the motor was shut down.

Today was a chance to let the senior men work once again with an engine that has protected the community for over seventy five years. It was also a chance for the younger members to see why the Mack and our senior men are so important to the history of our Company. To Fred Williamson, John Grady, Les DeCoursey, Rut Cosner, Lem Keen and all those members that operated the Mack who have passed before today, we think that you were all looking down with a smile this morning.

THE MACK IS BACK!

Special Service 46 is coming along nicely. Tuesday it was picked up from Lee's Emergency Equipment and taken to LEHR - ...
08/28/2026

Special Service 46 is coming along nicely. Tuesday it was picked up from Lee's Emergency Equipment and taken to LEHR - East Coast for warning devices and flood lights. Once done there, it will be driven home via Lee's for installation of two hand rails and deck gun fittings that were backordered. Once the radios are installed and plastic decking installed in the hosebeds, it will be loaded and ready for service.

We’re so happy with how these custom locker tags turned out! 🔥A huge thank you to Dan at Smoked Lens Studios for the gr...
08/28/2026

We’re so happy with how these custom locker tags turned out! 🔥

A huge thank you to Dan at Smoked Lens Studios for the great work. He was incredibly thorough, communicated throughout the process, and helped us create exactly what we needed for our lockers at New Hope Eagle - Solebury Station 64.

We’re thrilled to have these in place and are looking forward to expanding our team of 64 responders and, of course, adding more lockers along the way! 🚒

If you’re looking for custom 3D-printed labels, tags, or other personalized pieces, definitely check out Smoked Lens Studios.

Thanks again, Dan Miller! 👏

This evening for the weekly Tuesday evening drill, Eagle Firefighters reviewed the use of the TurboDraft water eductors ...
08/26/2026

This evening for the weekly Tuesday evening drill, Eagle Firefighters reviewed the use of the TurboDraft water eductors carried on Engine 46 and Tac 64.

The TurboDraft is a device that uses pressurized water moving through an eductor to return a much larger amount of water from static sources that might be inaccessible to conventional drafting operations.

At the Delaware and Raritan Canal in Lambertville this evening, members used both TurboDrafts in what is called an "open relay". Each TurboDraft was set up with a 50 foot 3" line for motive power, and a 50 foot section of 5" large diameter supply hose to return the water to a 3000 gallon folding tank instead of pumping directly to a pump intake. Tanker 46 pumped both TurboDrafts at 175 PSI initially using tank water but then switched to a drafting operation from the same tank after it was filling.

Engine 46 was drafting from the other side of the same tank and discharging water through the prepiped TFT CrossFire deckgun. In a real-life situation, it might be feeding a supply line to the fire scene, or it could be set up to fill tankers using the water in the portable tank as a buffer to fill tankers at the desired 1000 gallon per minute fill rate.

With about ten feet of elevation difference between the water level and the top of the portable tank, the two TurboDrafts were supplying around 1400 GPM, or 700 GPM each. The devices were actually throttled down at one point because they were supplying more water than could be discharged through the deckgun and the portable tank was overflowing!

TurboDrafts are just one option for a water supply in a rural environment. Over the last twelve months or so, members have practiced "rural hitch" operations, tanker shuttles, twin tube drafting, 50' and 80' long drafting operations, alternative priming methods like the "pressurized prime" and "burp drafting" and other rural water supply operations. It's all about options and being able to get water out of a rock when needed!

After everything was cleaned up and ready for service, the drill concluded around 9:30pm.

The New Hope - Solebury High School Lions are playing the South Hunterdon HS Eagles in the "Battle of the Bridges" footb...
08/24/2026

The New Hope - Solebury High School Lions are playing the South Hunterdon HS Eagles in the "Battle of the Bridges" football game on Friday at 7:00pm. The game is being played at South Hunterdon.

Join us there for First Responders Night and to cheer on your favorite team!!

On Tuesday evening, the weekly drill focused on marine rescue operations. To maximize the available daylight, the traini...
08/21/2026

On Tuesday evening, the weekly drill focused on marine rescue operations. To maximize the available daylight, the training started at 6:00pm.

Eagle Firefighters went to the ramp at Bulls Island Recreation Area in Delaware Township to launch the boats. While new operators practiced with the air boat and Aluma-Ski PWC, other firefighters entered the water to practice defensive swimming in the faster moving water between the wing dam and the pedestrian bridge. New members practiced with throw bags and shore-based rescue techniques.

After cleaning up the equipment and marine units, the training concluded around 9:30pm.

The Eagle's 1951 Mack is at the Clinton FD today for the 100th Anniversary of their American LaFrance engine. Lots of c...
08/15/2026

The Eagle's 1951 Mack is at the Clinton FD today for the 100th Anniversary of their American LaFrance engine.

Lots of competition here today for Best Appearing - please use the QR code below to vote for the Mack.

It's been a busy week all around at the New Hope Eagle Fire Company, between emergency calls, training and scheduled equ...
08/14/2026

It's been a busy week all around at the New Hope Eagle Fire Company, between emergency calls, training and scheduled equipment maintenance.

On Tuesday evening, the Fire Company hosted a rural water supply drill to practice operations in areas without fire hydrants. The drill was conducted at St. Martin's RC Church on Bridge Street, courtesy of Fr. Stephen Leva. The church parking lot allows us to train without obstructing traffic. The drill was scenario-based with Engine 46 laying 400' of 5" hose down a "driveway" and starting suppression operations with a 1.75" handline and a TFT BlitzFire portable ground monitor. Tanker 46 supplied Engine 46 using the rural hitch operation, followed by City of Lambertville Fire District #1 Engine 17, Midway Volunteer Fire Company Tanker 5, and Delaware Township Fire Company Tanker 47. As this was happening, portable tanks were set up to allow for the transition to tanker dump operations. Tactics were reviewed and lessons were learned for future operations. Thanks to everyone who participated and assisted with the drill.

Last night for a special drill, Eagle Firefighters reviewed winching and rigging including the use of the TU-28 Griphoist. Members also practiced stabilization of a side-resting overturned vehicle using struts and the Griphoist to create a tensioned tie-back system.

Do you know what day it is? It's PUMP DAY!!It's a busy day at the New Hope Eagle Fire Company. Glick Fire Equipment is...
08/12/2026

Do you know what day it is? It's PUMP DAY!!

It's a busy day at the New Hope Eagle Fire Company. Glick Fire Equipment is at the firehouse today performing the annual pump testing on Quint 46, Engine 46, Tanker 46 and Tac 64. The testing uses a special trailer with 3,000 gallons of water that is recycled during the testing process. The annual testing ensures everything is operating correctly and is critical to NFPA and ISO compliance.

Bucks County Communications is also at the firehouse today performing county-mandated reprogramming of all of our radios. Today was the reprogramming of our forty portable radios.

And, the photos below show the build progress on our new Special Service 46 at Lee's Emergency Equipment. Getting close now!

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New Hope, PA

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