Live-In Program

The Lower Allen Township Fire Department is always looking for new college Live-Ins. Only ten miles away from Harrisburg Area Community College and it’s Fire Science program, the LAFD offers state-of-the-art living quarters. The LAFD currently house Live-In’s at both of it’s stations.

Lower Allen Station 1 (Headquarters) is located at 2233 Gettysburg Road. There are currently four college Live-Ins at Station 1. There are two dormitories at Station 1. Each dormitory features two seperate Live-In rooms and a shared bathroom. Station 1 also has three separate bunk rooms (FD Male, FD Female and EMS). The Lower Allen Township Public Safety Department has separate male and female locker rooms that include showers at Station 1. Station 1 features a full kitchen, a cozy lounge, state-of-the-art gym, training/meeting room, laundry room and a watch office. Station 1 houses Engine 3-12, Truck 12 and Utility 12. It shares the apparatus bays with two Lower Allen Township EMS ambulances and a West Shore EMS paramedic truck.

Lower Allen Station 2 (Rupp) is located at 800 Rupp Avenue, just outside of Shiremanstown. There are currently four Live-Ins at Station 2. The bunk room at Station 2 is a single bunk room with six bunks and has two bathrooms; one each for male and females. Station 2 has a full kitchen, a day room, a pool table, a laundry room and a watch office. Station 2 houses Engine 1-12, Engine 2-12, Squad 12, and Duty Car 12.

Why should you choose the Lower Allen Township Fire Department?
The Lower Allen Township Fire Department responds to approximately 600 runs a year from two stations. The LAFD provides mutual aid to many neighboring municipalities on a regular basis and on a variety of different incidents. There are four major highways running through Lower Allen Township, as well as other many heavily traveled roads. Lower Allen Township is made up of many different types of occupancies including, but not limited to, residential homes, apartment complexes, a state prison complex, warehouses, trucking terminals, rural land and strip malls. There are over 17,000 residents living in the township but with the large business industry in the township, that number grows daily. The township is approximately 10 square miles in size.

The LAFD is very active in a Fire Prevention and Education program. This not only includes Fire Prevention week in October, but a smoke detector campaign that started in 2008. The LAFD is constantly keeping Lower Allen Township a safe place to live and work in on a daily basis.

What do you get as a LAFD Live-In?
• Free room and board
• Paid training
• Free uniforms
• Volunteer Retirement Program
• Modern apparatus
• Close proximity to several local colleges (HACC, Messiah, York, Central Penn, etc.)
• Computer and wireless Internet access
• Your own Lower Allen Township e-mail address
• Free washer/dryer use
• Full kitchen and lounge areas
• Two days off per week and evenings off
• VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPERIENCE