On a recent night when an earthquake rattled York County, prompting calls to 911, Dover Township firefighters overheard dispatchers sending police to a reported house explosion with fire in their coverage area.
Nine volunteers at the firehouse jumped up, put on their gear and figured out what equipment they needed. They pulled out of the station with the chief’s vehicle, an engine and a tanker.
“We were a mile and a half down the road before we were formally….