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MARCH 23, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXVII • NO 44
KPETS Finds A New Home At Landis BY ANN MEAD ASH
Manning the new Manheim Township Fire Rescue Richmond Square station are (from left) Simon Gerofsky, Zach Reinhart, Will Herskowitz, and Chief Scott Little.
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE one full-time employee always assigned here, and he is augmented by two part-timers,” said Little, who added that with 81 paid positions and 31 volunteers, MTFR is the largest fire rescue agency in Lancaster County. Beyond the engine bay, the new station has a meeting room, two bathrooms, a shower, and a computer area to handle emails and documentation on calls the fire station has received. Rooms that served as offices for bank employees have been enlarged into private bunk rooms, and space has been allotted for gym equipment, which will be funded by a federal grant. See Fire Rescue pg 3
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“For our municipality this (station) goes a long way,” said Scott Little, who recently became chief of Manheim Township Fire Rescue (MTFR). Little is pleased with the new station in Richmond Square, which opened on Jan. 10 and is expected to reduce response times in the area by 50%. Station 202 is located at 600 Richmond Drive, Lancaster, in a former bank building owned by and leased from Oak Tree, which owns the adjacent commercial buildings. “We are standing where the bank teller windows for the
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Fire Company Finds New Home In Richmond Square drive-through were,” said Little, tion placed here, we will go to a 2,” referencing the engine bay that said Little, who went on to explain holds the pumper truck, a piece of that Manheim Township and Lanequipment strategically located at caster city are the only areas in Lanthe station for primary fire tech caster County with a 3 rating. “Nationwide, there are 11,000 fire purposes. The placement of the station departments that are graded, and with the engine and the response only 2,500 are (rated at a) 3 or time to area fires are tied to Man- lower,” noted Little. “We are in a heim Township’s Insurance Services pretty good category, and a (rating Office (ISO) number, which Little of) 2 will be better yet.” Little commented that MTFR noted dictates what homeowners and commercial buildings pay for and East Petersburg Fire Company insurance premiums. “The lower have automatic mutual aid, but as your ISO number, the better,” said an all-volunteer company, East Little, who reported that on a scale Petersburg does not have three of 1 to 10, Manheim Township is firefighters on duty 24/7 as the rated a 3. “Hopefully with this sta- Richmond station does. “We have
Keystone Pet Enhanced Therapy Services (KPETS) teams bring dogs to residents of retirement communities, schools, colleges, hospice centers, and rehab and addiction centers. The dogs provide a welcome distraction and support to those who benefit from the organization’s services. However, COVID-19 restrictions changed the demand for KPETS, and when Karen Gerth, founder and executive adviser of the organization, realized KPETS did not need all the space it was were renting for offices, she began looking for a new home for the organization. In the past, Gerth had worked at a Lancaster County retirement community. “I thought it would be neat to have an organization like KPETS on a long-term care facility campus,” said Gerth. In the spring of 2021, she contacted a friend who works at Landis Homes, 1001 E. Oregon Road,
