New Year, New Fire Chief for Coopersburg

Coopersburg Fire Company starts the new year under new leadership.

2013 started off dramatically for the Coopersburg Fire Company with a fire on Jan. 5. For the first time this year, the company responded under new leadership.  In December, the fire company voted a new fire chief, Daniel Baer, into office. Baer takes over the position from Kevin Farnish.  "I can't say I'm not disappointed," said Farnish. "I had plans for the company." Farnish also works with the Emmaus Fire Company.  Coopersburg Borough is set to begin an audit of the fire company in 2013. Currently, the borough contributes approximately 30 percent of the fire company's budget.  Farnish went in front of the Coopersbug Borough Council in April 2012 to try to require fire inspections and permits issued for commercial businesses using …

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9:36 am on Thursday, January 10, 2013

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Fire Breaks Out at Coopersburg Home Saturday

A family of five is displaced by a fire that broke out about 4 p.m.

Fire Breaks Out at Coopersburg Home Saturday

A family of five is displaced by a fire that broke out about 4 p.m.

  A fire broke out Saturday afternoon at a single-family home at 329 E. Station Ave. in Coopersburg, displacing a family of five. The fire broke out about 4 p.m., according to a scanner report. The Lehigh Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross said they provided the family, including two adults and three children, with food and lodging. 

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