Trappe Fire Company - Montgomery County Pennsylvania

Emergency Medical Services

The Division of EMS at Trappe Fire Co #1 staffs two stations 24 hours/day, 7 days/week to provide emergency medical services to Trappe and Collegeville Boroughs and Limerick, Perkiomen, and Upper Providence Townships. Our Main Station is located at 20 W 5^th Ave in Trappe Borough and our substation is located at the Limerick Fire Co, 390 W Ridge Pike, Limerick Township. Each station staffs an ambulance with one Emergency Medical Technician and one Paramedic providing advanced life support care to the citizens we serve when they dial 911. In addition to the two ambulances, an on-call supervisor provides support and oversight to our units on large incidents or particularly challenging 911 calls. We constantly strive to bring the highest level of emergency care to do your door.

Stand By Service

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When Trappe Fire Co. No. 1 Ambulance Service provides ambulance stand-by services, that means the emergency vehicle and crew do not leave the scene for the duration of the event due to the potential hazards or high risk of injury during the event.

Medical Facility Standbys:

Trappe Fire Co. No. 1 is available for medical facilities that require dedicated EMS availability. We will post an ambulance crew at your cardiac catheterization lab or other acute service facility for durations established by you.

First Aid Standbys:

As a partner in the communities we serve, Trappe Fire Co. No. 1 Ambulance frequently donates ambulance service for non-profit events. We will post an ambulance crew at these events as a last-out standby, which means that if there are calls in the area, the ambulance and crew may be required to leave the event. While we make every effort to call these crews last, we cannot guarantee full-event coverage when we are donating our services. Another stipulation for a non-paid standby is that the posting cannot adversely affect the response times in the area.

If your non-religious, non-profit, non-political organization has a need for these services, please submit a request at least two to four weeks in advance of your event to Trappe Fire Co. No. 1. This request should describe the event, including dates, times, and the number of people expected in attendance.

Public Safety Partner Standbys:

Trappe Fire Co. No. 1 Ambulance is also committed to supporting other emergency service professionals. That’s why, whenever possible, we provide emergency crews and ambulance transportation to fire and police departments when they’re in service, such as large fires that pose risks for firefighters or operational situations involving law enforcement. Supporting our community agencies is just another example of Trappe’s commitment to exceptional community service.

Community Outreach - CHIP-IN Program

CHIP-IN provides resources to our community in need specifically focusing on our oldest and youngest populations. We focus on fall prevention, medication safety, home safety visits and child safety checks . The idea is to reduce the need for access to EMS or the fire department by preventing injury, illness and promoting fire safety. CHIP-IN is a joint effort between Trappe and Limerick Fire Companies, Limerick PD, The Montgomery County Health Dept. and Limerick Township. We are currently looking to expand the program. Any interested parties are welcomed to come to the meetings and learn more. For more information, please contact our Outreach Coordinator, Jennifer McCloy, at jmccloy@trappefire.org.

In recent years, the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of EMS has developed a statewide EMS Strike Team program. The State’s goal for the EMS Strike Teams is, “To develop trained, equipped and protected Emergency Medical Services (EMS) ambulance services for mutual aid, intrastate and interstate requests for EMS assistance in responding to catastrophic casualty events. The participating EMS services will be resources allocated for local, regional, state, and national assets to be activated when the current assets have been exhausted.” An EMS Strike Team is made up of two EMTs and two Paramedics capable of providing emergency medical care in austere environments. The Division of EMS at Trappe Fire Co #1 maintains two of these such teams. These providers have extended their training into fields of disaster medicine, weapons of mass destruction, large incident management, advanced hazmat life support, tactical (SWAT) medical support, and urban search and rescue. The Trappe EMS Strike Team completed their first deployment in 2005 by traveling to Louisiana in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.