Greenwood Fire Department can now accept Donations via the Departments web site by simply clicking onto the tab marked "DONATION FEATURE" located on the Home Page tool bar. By clicking here you will be taken to a special page where you will see a button marked "DONATE", (see the photo to the right). When you are ready to donate you simply click onto this button and follow along. All donations are being processed by PAY PAL, our payment processor. This is a secure, fast and complete way to contribute. We are accepting Master Card, Visa, Discover, American Express, Bank Debit Card & Pay Pal as payment methods. Information provided by you is not stored or recorded. Our Annual Fund campaign is about to hit the streets. We are hopeful that by providing this feature will enable residents the ability to donate in a more convenient way.  

The Greenwood Hose Co. No. 1 2010 Annual Fire Department Fund Drive is about to hit the streets. The Department will soon mail over 2700 addresses asking for the financial support of both our Residential and Business community.Did you know that in 2009 only 30% of the households contacted responded to our plea with a financial contribution while only 15% of the business community responded to our financial plea. You would be surprised at yet another statistic in regard to who uses the Fire Department services more; Residential or Business? The correct answer is: BUSINESSES?

Never the less, the members of the Greenwood Fire Department are extremely appreciative of the past financial support form all respondents. It is because of your generosity that we are able to continue the work of providing Fire Protection to the Community of Moosic.

For the first time in 2010, your Donations will be accepted via US Mail or we can accept electronically via or web site. On the Home Page of our site, click onto the "Donation Feature" button and follow along. Pay Pal our vendor is processing all payments and all information is completely safe and confidential. We accept Master Card, Visa, American Express, Discover, Bank Debit Card or Pay Pal.

In addition to asking for your financial help, please don’t forget that we never end our search for interested people that would like to join our Fire Fighting ranks. Anyone interested can call the Fire Station @ 570-961-9454, stop by our facility on Birney Avenue or use the ‘Contact Us" on our Home page tool bar.

OUR GOAL FOR 2010 IS $50,000.00

With the recent award of a Funding Grant, Greenwood Fire has updated handheld portable radios. These radios are an essential part of each firefighters protective gear. The upgrade will help insure the department meets the FCC Narrow Band mandate due to be in place during 2012. Motorola XTS 1500 Digital Radios were chosen to replace several handheld units that have been in service since the late 1980's.  

In a fund raising effort, Greenwood Fire Department is selling all three current department patches as window stickers for vehicles or what have you.

The Circle Patch, is the current patch that adorns all apparatus along with being worn on all class B work uniforms.

The Gumby Patch, is the department mascot patch worn by some on their turnout gear. ( How Gumby, came to be the department mascot is somewhat of a story I have heard many variations of, involving a fire college weekend somewhere in the United States, with the early hell raisers of the department. As anyone from that time knows this group was notorious and the stories I'm sure don't rival the event itself )

The Class A Patch, " AKA " ( Pregnant Lady Patch ) is the patch worn on all Class A uniform Jackets. 

ALL patch window stickers are currently available for you to purchase at a cost of only $ 3.00 per sticker. All proceeds go to the Fire department.

USE THE CONTACT US. SECTION OF THE WEBSITE TO OBTAIN A WINDOW STICKER TODAY !!!!!

Thanks to Thorton Graphics.

UPDATED ******AUGUST 16, 2010 Moosic Mayor John Segila was laid to rest today after a wonderful tribute. Click onto the WNEP TV link below marked MOOSIC MAYOR TRIBUTE for the video story. Thank you to our Emergency Service Partners: Old Forge Fire Department, Duryea Fire Department, Taylor Fire Department & Scranton Fire Department for their unselfish help with providing our part of the tribute.

Long time Moosic Mayor and Greenwood Fire Department member John Segilia Sr. passed away this week. Mayor Segilia, 76, died on Wednesday at home after a sudden illness. He shared 54 years of marriage with his loving wife, Loretta.
Born and educated in Hazleton, he was the son of the late Thomas and Mary Segilia. He faithfully served his country during the Korean War. John was an employee of AT&T for more than 30 years. He was a parishioner of Divine Mercy parish, formally St. Joseph's, in the Minooka section of Scranton, and lived in Moosic borough for 49 years.
John was best defined by his love of family and his tireless service to the people of Moosic. As a member of council and mayor, spanning 29 years, he led the fight against the state's decision to build a penitentiary on Montage Mountain in the 1970s. He also successfully opposed a proposal by a Virginia-based Hare Krishna sect to purchase Rocky Glen Park. John was supportive and played an integral role in the residential and commercial development of Montage Mountain during his public service tenure. The borough of Moosic named a park after Mayor Segilia and his longtime friend and political ally, Joseph Mercatili, in 1999. In 2002, he was named "Mayor of the Year" by the Pennsylvania State Association of Mayors and, in 2006, he received the same honor from the Pennsylvania Association of Boroughs. Mayor Segilia was a member of American Legion Post 604, a longtime member and director of the Greenwood Hose Company, a past board member of the Lackawanna County Planning Commission and Lackawanna County Council on Sports and Recreation and director and member of the Moosic Youth Center.
He was very proud of his presidency and being named "Man of the Year" by the Italian-American Democratic Association. Countless politicians on local and state levels sought his political support and counsel.
Also surviving are four children, Joanne and husband, John Jackowicz; Marie and husband, Bryan Fauver; John and wife, Marie; and James and wife, Colleen; nine grandchildren, Ashley, Bryan, Justine and John Fauver and Jessica, Danielle, James, John and Jeffrey Segilia; and two brothers, Tom, Hazelton, and Joseph, Howells, N.J.
A brother, James, also preceded him in death.
The funeral will be Monday at 10 a.m. from the Semian Funeral Home, 704 Union St., Taylor, followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 11 in Divine Mercy Parish, 312 Davis St., Scranton, to be celebrated by the Rev. Francis Pauselli, pastor. Interment with military honors will be in Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary Cemetery, Minooka.
Friends may call Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. American Legion Post 604, Moosic, will conduct services at 5.
Visit semiancares.com to share memories or extend condolences.
In this photo from 1976 Mayor Segilia is pictured during the acceptance of the Fire Departments 1976 Dodge Mini Pumper.

Rescue 98 has switched to Dewalt  36 volt cordless tools. The switch was made to obtain new battery technology and longer run time. We will publish the current Milwaukee Tools and Robo Battery pack for sale in the near future. 

Brush 98 will be utilizing a little chemical technology to enhance extinguishing capability. When the Brush unit was being spec'd out, members gave serious consideration to include a Class A Foam system to enhance extinguishing capabilities due to the limited water carrying capability. Due to the cost and maintenance matters, it was decided to by-pass the Foam system and search for other possibilities. With the recent receipt of a DCNR Grant, we are now utilizing DRENCH. Drench is a water additive that considerably decreases the surface tension of water, thus allowing deeper and quicker penetration to the seat of the fire. There are no special application needs or procedures. According to statistics, performance of the 250 gallons of water should nearly double.    

Greenwood Fire Officials were notified that a recent Grant Application submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources was approved. The funding is marked to provide several new additions to the Departments Brush Vehicle and will also be utilized to upgrade a portion of the Departments communication system. The upgrades provided by this Grant and the recent apparatus rework will certainly help the Moosic Community. Moosic was recently classified by the State of Pennsylvania as being a target hazard Community in regard to Wildland Fires. Government data that dates back a few years coupled with this springs large brush fire which was located in "Scranton" but in the Montage Mountain area helped label the community with this status. Fire Department Officers in conjunction with local DCNR officials have reviewed this classification and are satisfied with the Fire Departments response characteristics and equipment upgrades.    

Thanks again to all of the players, sponsors and members that helped make the 6th annual tournament a success. Plans are already underway for the 7th year of Golf. Bob Dougher is already signed up! Attached are some sights from the day, however, the sound was turned off...

UPDATED 6-25-10  WE'RE ALL FIXED UP AND BACK TO NORMAL... SUPER SECRET GARAGE DOOR LASAR BEAMS ON THE WAY SO THAT THIS EVENT DOESN'T REPEAT ITSELF...... GUESS WE SHOULD HAVE PRUCHASED THEM ONE OF THE OTHER 15 TIMES THE GARAGE DOORS HIT THE APPARATUS. LIVE AND LEARN....

And you think it's easy being a Fire Department...... Well, it ain't so..... After chasing and battling a traffic grid lock that overtook the Lower Valley looking for a Interstate crash that was not at the location as reported, Rescue 98 under the Command of Captain Chris Cichocki and Chauffeured by Bitty Bill Sweeney, returned to quarters.... While entering the garage a malfunctioning garage door transmitter caused the door to come down on top of the rescue vehicle.  There was no damage to the Rescue, however, we can't report the same for the Garage Door nor the ego's of the Chauffeur or Captain....Thanks to the 911 caller that provided the incorrect mile marker location... You were only 3 miles off with your location....No one was hurt in the mishap and we are hopeful that the same played out at the real location of the Interstate crash which was in a Luzerne County response district.... We all need a little humor to break the ice....it's all we on our side.........LOL.....

Greenwood Fire would like to welcome back member Mike O'Neill. Mike was over sea's studying the last few years... Welcome back Mike....

The Department would also like to welcome new members Will Stull, Ed Lokuta & Kyle Santos....

Attention all High School age ladies, Corey Allen fought the red devil and won!. Corey with the help of a few others successfully suppressed a bush fire at the old Rocky Glen Park on Sunday evening. A lot of sweat and his ability to drag his hose through the high grass made fast work of the conflagration. What a HERO....

The ATV unit and Mass Casualty unit made a rare Saturday morning appearance at a Mass Casualty Drill held at the new North Pocono High School in Daleville. The drill presented the emergency responders with an unusual number of simulated injured school occupants. Brush 98 & the Command Truck pulled the resources to a street with a funny name just off of Rt 502. The resources from the Mass Casualty Trailer were utilized during the event. Thanks to our partners at Taylor Fire Rescue for helping out with two personnel.

Pictured are both the Departments new 2010 Ford F-350 Brush unit and the departments previous 1986 unit that is now in service in Newport Twp Luzerne County. The new 2010 Ford was purchased and placed into service with the use of Grant Funding. In addition to the Brush Skid unit the vehicle is also designed to tow the departments various resource trailers.