History

The Northern Bucks Wildland Fire Crew (NBWFC) was established in 2003 as a wildland fire support crew. The crew was started by Greg Reese and Mike Guarino, two men with a vision of putting together a highly qualified wildland fire crew comprised of individuals looking for a chance to protect state forests and property while bettering themselves as wildland firefighters. After recruitment, building, constant training and much hard work, in March of 2009 NBWFC became a recognized support crew for the state of Pennsylvania.

Currently, NBWFC is comprised of over thirty men and women in Northern Bucks, Montgomery, Lehigh, Lackawanna, Berks and Northampton Counties. The crew is based in Quakertown, PA, which is located in William Penn Forest District 17 and covers over 9 counties in the southeast region of the state.  It operates as Crew 907, responding to fires in the eastern half of the state. The crew members have many different specialties and skills - from crew/squad bosses to fire wardens, sawyers, emergency medical technicians and “ground pounders”. The crew is able to operate anywhere in the state of Pennsylvania, and a percentage of the crew is red carded and certified to go out of state on wildland fires.