Celebrate Fire Prevention Week (2025) at Your Local Fire Company’s Free, All-Ages Event

Centre Square Fire Company

  • When: Friday, October 3 from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
  • Location: Centre Square Fire Company, 1298 Skippack Pike, Blue Bell.
  • Details: Learn various ways of preventing fires, how to use a fire extinguisher and fire safety tips. Watch live demonstrations including vehicle rescue and scuba dives. Enjoy refreshments and a chance to win prizes.

Montgomery Township Emergency Services Night

  • When: Monday, October 6 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
  • Location: Lowes Montgomeryville, 630 Cowpath Road, Lansdale PA
  • Details: Learn various ways of preventing fires, how to use a fire extinguisher and fire safety tips. Watch live demonstrations. Enjoy refreshments.

Wissahickon Fire Company

  • When: Monday, October 6 from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
  • Location: 245 E Race Street, Ambler
  • Details: Come meet your hometown volunteers, take a ride on a fire truck and enjoy food and refreshments. It’s a night full of fun and family time, all while learning important fire safety tips.

Abington Township Fire Department

Abington Township Fire Department’s five fire companies, Abington, McKinley, Roslyn, Weldon and Edge Hill, will host an open house from 6 to 8 p.m. each day of the week.

  • Monday, October 6: Abington Fire Company, 1920 Horace Ave., Abington
  • Tuesday, October 7: McKinley Fire Company, 893 Jenkintown Rd., Elkins Park
  • Wednesday, October 8: Roslyn Fire Company, 1128 Bradfield Rd., Roslyn
  • Thursday, October 9: Weldon Fire Company, 412 North Easton Rd., Glenside
  • Friday, October 10: Edge Hill Fire Company, 2843 Limekiln Pk., North Hills
  • Details: The evenings will consist of hands-on demonstrations, fire truck tours, giveaways, safety tips and a chance to meet local firefighters. Community members will have the chance to tour the stations while partaking in exciting activities and enjoying tasty snacks.

 

Spring Mill, Barren Hill, Harmonville, and Plymouth Fire Companies and Conshohocken Fire Department

  • When: Wednesday, October 8 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
  • Location: Fayette Street between 3rd Ave & 6th Ave, Conshohocken
  • Details: This event will feature firefighting and rescue skill demonstrations and fire prevention and fire safety education display.

Penn Wynne Fire Company

  • When: Wednesday, October 8 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
  • Location: 1440 Manoa Road, Penn Wynne
  • Details: Free hotdogs and soda, watch demonstrations such as rope rescue, spray firehose, tour a firehouse and fire truck.

Skippack Fire Company

  • When: Thursday, October 9 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
  • Location: Skippack Fire Station, 1230 Bridge Road (parking behind the Goddard School)
  • Details: Enjoy hotdogs, snacks and drinks, fire station tours, demonstrations by firefighters, inflatable fire education house, explore fire trucks and more.

New Hanover Volunteer Fire & Rescue

  • When: Thursday, October 9 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
  • Location: 2154 Swamp Pike, Gilbertsville
  • Details: This event will feature a smoke room, fire truck rides, a stove fire demo, car seat inspections, vehicle rescue technicians and a chance to win a fire truck ride to school.

Oreland Fire Company

  • When: Thursday, October 9 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
  • Location: 2154 Swamp Pike, Gilbertsville
  • Details: Join us for a fun, family-friendly event focused on safety, education, and community. Meet and interact with local firefighters, get an up-close look at the trucks and equipment we use to keep the community safe, and learn valuable fire safety tips that could save lives. Free fire safety materials will be available for all ages, and refreshments will be served to keep everyone energized and engaged.

Lower Providence Fire Department

  • When: Friday, October 10, 7 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
  • Location: Lower Providence Fire Station, 3199 Ridge Pike, Eagleville
  • Details: Meet your local firefighters, watch live demonstrations and equipment displays, enjoy refreshments family fun and learn fire safety information.

Perseverance Volunteer Fire Company

  • When: Friday, October 10, 6 – 9 p.m.
  • Location: Perseverance Volunteer Fire Company, 266 N. 2nd Street, Souderton
  • Details: Meet your local firefighters, watch live demonstrations such as vehicle rescue, rope rescue and live fire demonstration. Watch a helicopter landing and more.

George Clay Fire Company

  • When: Saturday, October 11 from 12 – 3 p.m.
  • Location: George Clay Fire Company, 426 Ford Street, West Conshohocken
  • Details: Meet your firefighters, explore fire trucks, enjoy fun activities for the whole family, grab some cool giveaways, and learn how to keep your home and loved ones safe. Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to learn essential safety tips.

Huntingdon Valley Fire Company

  • When: Saturday, October 11 from 11 a.m – 2 p.m.
  • Location: 636 Red Lion Road, Huntingdon Valley
  • Details: Meet your firefighters, watch safety demonstrations, use a firehouse, meet search and rescue dogs, go through an obstacle course, enjoy refreshments, win prizes and more.

Fort Washington Fire Company

  • When: Monday, October 13 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
  • Location: 1245 Fort Washington Avenue, Fort Washington
  • Details: Outdoor activities include the following demonstrations: live burn, dryer fire, stove fire, vehicle rescue, as well as fire apparatus on display. Indoor activities include giveaways and prizes, hazard house display, safety demonstrations and meet-and-greet with local firefighters.

Swedesburg Volunteer Fire Company

  • When: Wednesday, October 15 from 7 – 9 p.m.
  • Location: Giant, 310 S Henderson Rd, King of Prussia
  • Details: Live stove fire demo, smokehouse, firetrucks, free goodie bags for kids and more.