On Friday evening into Saturday Morning the region received nearly 3.5" of rain during the overnight hours. Lucky the rain stopped shortly after 8:00am. Although, Palmer had a few calls for flooded basements, and fire alarms we were generally quiet.

Pictures were take on Stockermill Road near Bushkill Drive in Forks Township.... (Full Story & Photos)

On 7/26/2018 @ 9:07pmthe PMFD was dispatched to Amazon on Van Buren Road for the reported fire alarm and smoke condition. While enroute crews were advised of a working fire and 15 Fire (Hanover Township) was added for the RIT assignment. Battalion Chief Sobieski arrived on scene and advised of a heavy smoke condition within the building. Assistant Chief Alercia arrived shortly after and established ... (Full Story & Photos)

On July 19th 2018 at approximately 21:30 hours PMFD and Suburban EMS were dispatched to the 25th Street shopping center for the reported car fire. As units were responding County updated that the vehicle had struck a mattress on Route 22 and now was on fire. 27-53 arrived on scene shortly after dispatch and confirmed smoke showing, 27-51 arrived shortly after and established Command. Engine 27-11 ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Tuesday July 3rd the Palmer Municipal Fire Department was requested into Forks for the working Dwelling fire. Shortly after dispatch 27-21 staffing 6 responded. After arriving on scene members were instructed to assist 27-50 (Commissioner Gallagher) with opening up and doing a secondary search, looking for missing pets. Once the fire was placed under control 27-51 (Asst Chief Alercia) assisted ... (Full Story & Photos)

The Palmer Municipal Fire Department would like to extend a big thank you to Hicks Paving Inc. https://www.hickspavinginc.com/ and Second Alarm Tree Service. Both local companies offered their expertise and service for free to give back to the fire department when we were in need of help. Recently a few members went through a 4 day “train the trainer” EVOC course for our new tiller truck. The parking ... (Full Story & Photos)