Fire Prevention
A Message from the East Petersburg Fire Company
At the East Petersburg Fire Company, we are committed to ensuring the safety and well-being of our community. To enhance our services and streamline our operations, we have introduced several new initiatives aimed at improving our response and outreach efforts.
Knox-Box
As a property owner have you ever stopped to think about what would happen if there was a fire or medical emergency at your property but all of the doors were locked? How would the fire department or emergency medical personnel gain access to your building? Without a key readily available it may be necessary to force entry resulting in costly damage to doors and windows and delaying access to the emergency. While the end result may justify the means, forcible entry is a last-resort and can be avoided. In order to provide a faster and more secure service to our community, East Petersburg Fire Company has adopted the Knox-Box Rapid Entry System.
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The Knox-Box Rapid Entry System is a secure emergency access program developed for property owners and fire departments. When a fire breaks out or there is a medical emergency, a Knox-Box allows immediate entry into the building without forced entry damage or delay. Property owners store entrance keys, access cards and/or floor plans in high-security Knox-Boxes mounted near building entrances. Once the incident has concluded the department re-secures the property and returns the entrance key to the Knox-Box. Each Knox-Box is purchased by a property owner and is keyed to a single master key controlled by the East Petersburg Fire Company.
Eliminate needless, costly forced entry damage that may not be covered by your insurance deductible.
Assure immediate building entry by firefighters without delay or waiting for building keys.
Protect inventory, equipment and supplies from unnecessary water damage caused by delayed sprinkler shut-off.
Save time and aggravation by not having to drive to your building at 2:00 am for a false alarm.
Feel secure about emergency coverage when your building is left unattended. The fire department holds the only key to the Knox-Box.
​Maintain building security after a fire alarm investigation by simply re-locking the undamaged door.
Knox Box Online Ordering Instructions
Step-by-step ordering instructions
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Visit knoxbox.com
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Click on Products/Place order
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In the Department/City box type in East Petersburg.
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In the Department/City box type in East Petersburg.
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In the State/ Province drop down box click on Pennsylvania then hit click on the search departments box.
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The next screen will bring up East Petersburg Fire Company and click on the Green “OK” button which will put you in the online ordering system for East Petersburg Fire Company
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This will now allow you to choose a Knox Box for your facility and add it to your shopping cart. (The East Petersburg Fire Company Recommends the 3200 series Knox boxes unless you have multiple keys or items that you feel needs to be in the Knox Box
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Once your order is placed the East Petersburg Fire Company will be notified that you have placed an order for a Know Box .
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Please contact the East Petersburg Fire Company at knoxbox@epfc23.com or 717-569-5035 for recommended mounting locations and locking of the keys to the facility in the Knox Box.
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Fire Safety Awareness
Each year, thousands of people die from home fires, with an estimated 4,000 Americans losing their lives to fire annually. Additionally, around 30,000 people suffer serious injuries due to fire each year. The financial impact is also significant, with property damage costing at least $11.2 billion each year. Despite these statistics, many people believe that fire will never happen to them.
Each year, thousands of people die from home fires, with an estimated 4,000 Americans losing their lives to fire annually. Additionally, around 30,000 people suffer serious injuries due to fire each year. The financial impact is also significant, with property damage costing at least $11.2 billion each year. Despite these statistics, many people believe that fire will never happen to them.
Pre-Planning
The East Petersburg Fire Co. uses Pre-Plans to ensure that we are aware of as many possible hazards and as much building and location information as possible prior to an actual incident occurring at your place of business. This makes our jobs safer and makes your fire protection more effective.
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On this page you will find a Microsoft Excel version or our Pre-Plan Form. Please complete as much information as you can in the yellow highlighted boxes. You may feel free to complete it electronically, save it and email it back to us, or you may print it and complete it by hand and either scan and email, fax, or mail it to us.
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It would also be of TREMENDOUS HELP to us if you have a floor plan of your building that you could provide to us along with the Pre-Plan form. If you have the floor plan as a PDF, feel free to email that to us as well. If you have it only as a paper version, please provide a copy either scanned or mailed to us. They are very helpful.
If you don’t know the specific answer to a question, that’s OK! We may contact you and try to figure out the answer together.
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After you complete the form, we will put it with the map of your facility and any pictures that we may take of the outside of your building that my help us. This information will be placed in our electronic database that is available to our fire apparatus that responds to an emergency incident at your facility. Your information is secure with us and will never be shared without your permission.
If you have any questions, or would like to schedule a time to meet, please contact:
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Mark Cohen
Deputy Fire Chief
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Email: mark.cohen@epfc23.com
Phone: (717) 569-5035 ext. 2
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6076 Pine Street
East Petersburg, PA 17520
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