Volunteer firefighters from the Merion Fire Company of Ardmore pulled motorists from floodwaters, fought a working building fire and freed a family pinned inside their car by downed power lines during the July 11 storm that triggered a township state of emergency.

Station 25 answered more than 21 emergency calls starting around 1:30 p.m. on July 11, in what the company called "one of the busiest operational periods in recent township history." The account, written by Graham Fuller and published on the company's website Monday, is the only station-level breakdown of what volunteer crews faced that afternoon.

The call list included water rescues of motorists stranded in floodwaters, multiple building-fire reports, trees that fell into homes, apartment buildings damaged by high winds and the family trapped in a vehicle beneath live wires. Crews worked continuously through the day and into the night, the company said.

The storm itself was severe. At least four microbursts tore a 12-mile path from Lower Merion to West and South Philadelphia between 2:44 p.m. and 3:15 p.m., packing straight-line winds of 60 to 70 mph, according to Mainline Media News. The winds knocked out power to nearly 7,500 PECO customers in Lower Merion, roughly one-third of the township. Downed wires struck the roof of the Wynnewood Train Station and sparked a fire that drew all Lower Merion fire companies. Responding crews had to cut paths with chainsaws just to reach some calls.

Lower Merion declared a state of emergency at 4:30 p.m. on July 11 and lifted it at 9 a.m. Sunday, July 12. By that Sunday morning, at least 55 township streets remained blocked or partially blocked by fallen trees.

Across all Lower Merion fire companies, the department logged 98 incidents over the full weekend of July 11–12, including numerous water rescues, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. Station 25's more than 21 calls came on Saturday alone, meaning the Ardmore company handled a significant share of the township-wide response on the storm's worst day.

"I think this is the reality of storms now," Lower Merion Commissioner Ray Courtney told the Inquirer on Sunday, July 13. "They are hard, they are intense, and they dump a lot of precipitation in a short period of time, and all local governments, and our state and federal government, need to be thinking about improvements to our infrastructure, and the resiliency against this kind of weather event."

The township temporarily suspended its gas-powered leaf blower ban through Saturday to let residents and contractors clear debris. The Merion Fire Company thanked neighboring fire, EMS, police, public works, utility, and emergency management partners for their coordinated response.

No injuries were reported in accounts from the fire company, the township, or the Inquirer.