Around 5:30 pm this evening Rescue 4 was requested as the Rapid Intervention Team into Plum for a residential chimney fire. Units from Plum Fire Department handled the fire while the Rescue crew stood by. Units were released approximately one hour later. … [Read more...]
Around 7:30 Saturday morning Companies were dispatched to a residential fire with possible entrapment in the 5th District. C51, E-51 and T-4 arrived to find a single family dwelling with heavy fire on the C side and roofline. E-51 crew began fire attack while T-4 crew began … [Read more...]
This afternoon Truck 4 and Rescue 4 were dispatched to Wilmerding for a possible building collapse from a potential natural gas explosion. E-306 arrived to find workers had been doing some work on the exterior of the building when the brick veneer sidewall cascaded down and … [Read more...]
A BIG Thanks
Huge appreciation for the Management and Staff at Boston Market, especially Anita Clark, for giving our crews the opportunity to have lunch on them. Several of our crews took the chance on a beautiful and sunny Friday to grab a delicious meal in between calls. Thanks again! … [Read more...]
Just after midnight Companies were called out to a local garden apartment complex for smoke in the hallway. C-40 and E-41 arrived on scene and began investigating to find a small stove-top fire in an apartment that had self extinguished prior to Fire Department arrival. E-41 crew … [Read more...]
Smoke in a High Rise
Just after 6:00 pm Companies were dispatched to a 7 story high rise in the 6th District for a report of smoke emitting from underneath an apartment door. C-40, E-41 and T-4 responded with a total of 10 personnel. E-41 arrived and was tasked by Command to stand by at a hydrant and … [Read more...]
In a common theme lately, Companies were dispatched around 3:30 this morning to a 9 story high rise in the 4th District for smoke filling the first floor hallway. E-41 arrived and began to investigate confirming smoke in the first floor hallway of the south wing. Upon further … [Read more...]
Around 10:30 this morning Company 4 responded to Mosside Boulevard south bound at the intersection with Cambridge Square Drive for a motor vehicle crash involving a passenger vehicle and a tractor trailer. Only one occupant was injured and transported to the hospital. … [Read more...]
Busy Weekend
A big 'thank you' to all the personnel that handled another busy weekend. In all, Station #4 responded to 18 EMS calls and 14 Fire incidents throughout the past 56 hours. The calls included several overdoses, several 'smoke-in-the-buildings', a couple motor vehicle collisions and … [Read more...]
Former Monroeville Station #4 Live-In Member and current DC Fire and EMS Sergeant, Daniel Kloss made a save of a 95 year old woman last night at a residential fire in Southeast DC. Dan was a live-in for five years before starting his career in the DC Fire Department. He is … [Read more...]
Just as the Rescue and the Chief cleared from a motor vehicle crash in the first due last evening, they were sent to Turtle Creek as the Rapid Intervention Team for a dwelling fire. R4 and the Chief stood by for the duration of the event without being activated. Crews returned to … [Read more...]
Entrapment
Early Saturday morning, units from Company 4 were dispatched to a motor vehicle crash with rollover and entrapment. Medic 49 and Rescue 4 arrived on scene and found a vehicle on it's roof with the driver entrapped and unresponsive. After removing the driver's side door, the … [Read more...]
Assisting the School District
Today, Paramedic Lisa Feyes and EMT Jason Horvath from Station #4, along with Dr. Daniel Schwartz from Forbes Hospital trained the newly appointed Gateway School District Police Officers and Administrators with how to administer Naloxone (or Narcan) in case of an instance of an … [Read more...]
Early Saturday morning crews were dispatched to the Holiday Inn for an automatic fire alarm. This was quickly upgraded to a commercial structure fire as staff reported a heavy smoke condition. Engine 41 and Truck 4 arrived and found a fire contained to one unit that was being … [Read more...]
Just after lunch today Truck 4, Medic 49 and the Deputy Chief were dispatched into Pitcairn for a report of smoke filling an apartment. T4 and E-229 arrived simultaneously and investigated a furnace malfunction. This caps off a pretty busy week at Station 4. We have responded to … [Read more...]
