Lancaster Twp. Fire Dept.: South Station: Bausman Traditional Geocache

Simple cache for all. You're looking for a camo pill bottle.

Lancaster Twp. Fire Dept.: South Station 66 .. Formerly Bausman Fire Co. 6-1.

In 1942 the Wheatland and Bausman Fire Companies were organized to provide fire protection 

for the citizens in Lancaster Township, Pennsylvania. Both departments then went idle 

while a majority of both memberships enlisted in the military during World War II. In 1944 

both companies began full-time fire protection and served their respective communities 

until 1991. It was at that time the Wheatland and Bausman Fire Companies merged to become 

the Lancaster Township Fire Department.

After your find take a moment to read the Bronze Plaque ...

In June of 1981, an 8-year-old boy had fallen into an old septic tank in School Lane 

Hills, Lancaster Township. Carbon dioxide gas had overcome the two paramedics who rescued 

him. Paramedic Bruce Ditlow went into the pit first and Paramedic Kevin Weatherlow 

followed with an air tank that he tried to share with his friend. But the carbon dioxide 

from the decaying grass knocked them both out.

Bausman Fire Company's volunteer-Firefighter Jeffrey Jones followed but ran out of air as 

he worked feverishly to help the paramedics. He could not lift the fallen medics quickly 

enough to the top of the grass pile.

The 18-year-old Jones died that day. So did Bruce Ditlow, 24, and Kevin Weatherlow, 23, 

paramedics and best friends since high school.