The Lower Nazareth Board of Supervisors have unanimously approved a motion to disband the Hecktown Volunteer Ambulance Corps.
The Hecktown Volunteer Ambulance Corps has been disbanded after 51 years of service in Lower Nazareth Township. The Lower Nazareth Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion to disband the ambulance corps, according to a report in The Express-Times. The decision came 16 days earlier than expected, the report adds, and the Bethlehem Township Volunteer Fire Company transitioned as Lower Nazareth’s new EMS provider at midnight Thursday. An “OFFICIAL NOTICE OF CLOSURE” was posted Feb. 28 on Hecktown’s website and Facebook page: “It comes with much surprise, heartache, and sadness that the Lower Nazareth Township has decided to close our organization effective immediately. “We understand the decision was made at the Township meeting on…
Trinity Lutheran Church hosted a celebration for the Hecktown Volunteer Ambulance Corps' 50th anniversary.
On Saturday, Sept. 17, the Hecktown Volunteer Ambulance Corps celebrated its 50th anniversary. The day started with an open house at Trinity Lutheran Church on Route 191 in Lower Nazareth Township. Later that day the celebration moved to the church grounds, where the Allentown Municipal Band played music arranged to honor the vicitims of Sept. 11, 2001. Church volunteers served everything from sausage sandwiches to funnel cake -- all to help raise money for the ambulance corps, which has been a part of the Lower Nazareth community for 50 years. “We [the ambulance corps] used to be more like a family. We were all volunteer, but with some recent changes to regulations, and the economy being so rough, we’re having a hard time getting people …
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Barbara Scherer
12:11 pm on Saturday, March 2, 2013
I am very saddened to hear the news even though we no longer live in Lower Nazareth. My husband served with the fire and ambulance corps some years ago and they were a dedicated group. It's too bad the township could not support some paid personnel to keep the Ambulance Corp in operation. In the old days if you needed an ambulance, it was just a few minutes and they were at your door. Now who … more ›