Elizabethtown Fire Dept Station 74

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Elizabethtown Fire Dept Station 74

Providing 100% volunteer fire and rescue services to the Elizabethtown area and greater since 1838. EFD averages around 700-750 calls a year.

The department is staffed by over 60 trained firefighters who devote approximately 5,000 man hours every year to training and emergency services. Station 74 has been in the top 10 busiest Volunteer Departments in Lancaster County for the past 10 years. EFD also offers a live-in program, which 10 individual rooms are available and a over flow bunkroom.

05/25/2026

Squad 74 with a crew of four is currently standing by at Dauphin County Station 70, HIA Fire Dept while the United States Navy Blue Angels Air show is being conducted.

05/04/2026

This afternoon, Engine 74 and Tower 74 was clearing a carbon monoxide alarm in the northern part of the borough when county wide communications advised for a possible commercial structure fire in the 54-7 area of Londonderry Twp, Dauphin County.

Engine 74 and Tower 74 responded and arrived within minutes of dispatch to find a large commercial warehouse with a commercial dumpster well off with extension into the building.

Crews from Engine 74 deployed a single 1 3/4 attack line and started extinguishing the exterior of the building while Tower 74 was forcing the doors to the interior of the warehouse. Tower 74 made entry and found a moderate smoke condition with minor extension to the structure.

Fire was quickly knocked and overhaul operations was quickly being conducted. Both companies from 74 operated for nearly an hour before clearing.

05/01/2026

Saturday May 9 located at the Elizabethtown Fire Dept, come out and support your volunteers!

04/11/2026

This afternoon Tower 74 responded for a transfer assignment to Palmyra Company 1 while they operated a working house fire.

Just after the Tower transfer, Squad 74 responded to a vehicle accident with no injuries involving three vehicles at Hershey Road and Veterans Dr.

In total, Station 74 was dispatched for 5 calls during the day side.

03/24/2026

Tower 74 is currently standing by at Harrisburg City Station 2 while city units operate a 2 alarm row home fire.

03/08/2026

End of Year Stats for the Elizabethtown Fire Dept provided by Lancaster County Wide Communications.

The 2025 calendar year for EFD was another busy year of emergency incidents, training, public relation events, fire prevention education and administrative tasks. These events could not be handled by the membership without the support of our community. The time away from home, work and life in general is more difficult these days than ever before. We would like to thank our members for the time, the effort and hard work that they put into the department daily.

The Elizabethtown Fire Department is a single station located in Elizabethtown Borough in which it houses three front line pieces of apparatus including a utility truck, a duty chief vehicle, a support vehicle and a traffic unit vehicle. These vehicles are maintained by our active members to a degree in which an outside agency will continue maintenance and repairs.

The members of EFD are 100% volunteer responding to any emergency in and around our community of Elizabethtown Borough, West Donegal Township, Mount Joy Township and Conewago Township (a small portion of Dauphin County). In 2025 EFD responded to 725 incidents, the 3rd busiest all-volunteer single station in Lancaster County.

The Engine Company, Engine 74 mainly responsible for suppression, responded to 276 incidents being the 9th busiest single station all-volunteer engine in Lancaster County.

The Rescue Company, Squad 74 responsible for rescue and suppression responded to 257 incidents being the busiest single station all-volunteer rescue squad in Lancaster County.

The Truck Company, Tower 74 mainly responsible for rescue and suppression responded to 362 calls being the busiest single station all-volunteer truck company in Lancaster County.

EFD volunteers come from a wide range of different backgrounds including a handful of career firefighters from other areas including Montgomery County Fire & Rescue in Maryland, City of Lebanon, Lower Allen Fire Dept Cumberland County, Baltimore County Fire Dept Maryland, Harrisburg International Airport, Manheim Township Fire Rescue, Township of Spring Fire Rescue (Reading PA) and 193rd Air National Guard Fire Dept. With this being said, due to work schedules mainly during daytime hours EFD staffing some days are extremely slim. We encourage you if you have the slightest interest to stop by the station and complete an application and assist your community. They need you just as much as we need them.

Once again, thank you to the members for their hard work and dedication to Station 74, it never goes unnoticed and a much bigger thank you to the Elizabethtown Community and surrounding townships that we proudly serve.

03/06/2026

***Box 54-07 house fire***

At 11:53 hours, Engine and Chief 74-1 was clearing a fire alarm off North Market street when box 54-7 (Londonderry Twp, Dauphin County) was being dispatched for smoke in a house.

Engine 74 and Tower 74 arrived to find a 1 story residential with nothing showing from all four sides of the structure.

Crews gained entry and encountered smoke throughout the home with an active fire in the family room. Fire was quickly extinguished and the incident was scaled back holding to Stations 54 and 74.

Crews worked for roughly an hour before clearing.

03/03/2026

Squad 74 is currently on the scene of a single vehicle accident with rollover in Conoy Twp, at Deer Ln and Turnpike Road.

Please use caution while traveling this morning, road conditions in some areas are icy.

03/02/2026

***First Due House Fire***

Last evening around 22:12, Station 74 and mutual aid companies were dispatched for a reported house on fire on the 200 blk of East Willow St, Elizabethtown Borough.

Engine 74 responded and arrived within a couple minutes of dispatch to find a 2 story residential with smoke showing.

Crews encountered a working fire in the basement and quickly extinguished the fire operating (1) 1 3/4” crosslay.

Engine 70 (Rheems) assisted with overhaul Tower 88 (Middletown) assisted with ventilation.

Companies worked the scene for approximately 1 hour before returning.

02/24/2026

“Back to back fires”

This afternoon at 13:23 hours, Tower and Engine 74 was dispatched for a house fire in Conoy Twp on Yoder Rd.

Deputy 71 arrived to find a 2.5 story masonry residential with a working fire on the first floor.

Tower 74 arrived and conducted searches on all floors and assisted with extinguishment.

Engine 74 assisted with overhaul and salvage. Units worked for roughly 2 hours before clearing the scene.

As Tower 74 was re-entering the borough the pre alert was dropped for Lemon Street for the house on fire.

Tower 74 was first arriving and found an active fire in the dryer located in the basement. The fire was contained to the dryer and was extinguished by a water can.

Engine 74 and Engine 70 (Rheems) arrived and assited the truck co.

Crews spent some time with minor overhaul and ventilation of the home.

Address

Elizabethtown, PA

Telephone

+17173675300

Website

http://www.etownfire.com/

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