Wednesday night just after 9 p.m. Companies were dispatched to a Garden Apartment complex in the first due. C-41 arrived on the scene and spoke to the evacuated resident who stated her kitchen was on fire. T-5 and E-42 crews made entry and investigated to find an extinguished … [Read more...]

This afternoon Truck 4 was dispatched into District 1 fro a reported house fire. C-11 and Truck 4 arrived an exterior fire that had been extinguished by a passerby prior to FD arrival. T-4 was tasked with checking the eaves and roof area for extension. … [Read more...]

On Saturday evening around 7 p.m. Rescue 4 and Medic 49 were dispatched to a report of a vehicle overturned with occupants entrapped. Units arrived to find a single had left the roadway and rolled over, however, all occupants were out of the vehicle. One patient was transported … [Read more...]

  Around 4 pm this afternoon Truck 4 and Medic 47 were dispatched to Pitcairn for a working apartment fire with possible entrapment. 14-A1 (Pitcairn Police) arrived on scene with heavy smoke emitting from the second floor rear of a two story 'tax-payer'. Pitcairn Police … [Read more...]

Late this afternoon, Rescue 4 and Engine 51 were dispatched to an incident where a vehicle reportedly rolled through a neighboring garage and there was now a female patient entrapped under the vehicle. R-4 and Tkr-5 crews quickly stabilized the vehicle and deployed high pressure … [Read more...]

This evening Rescue 4 was requested into Penn Hills to assist with a high angle, physical rescue of an elderly male and his dog after the vehicle they were traveling in crashed through a garage and over a one hundred foot, 70 - 75 degree embankment. The crew from R-4 was tasked … [Read more...]

This afternoon, Tanker 5 and E-41 were requested by Harrison City Fire Department for a tractor trailer on fire at the 62 MM Westbound on the PA Turnpike. While HCFD units were responding to this incident, another vehicle had jack-knifed in front of them and blocked all travel … [Read more...]

   Today, Rescue 4 was requested twice to different communities as the Rapid Intervention Team. The first activation was for East McKeesport as they had a detached shed on fire that was endangering an occupied structure. The second activation occurred later in the day when … [Read more...]

Around Noon on Sunday crews were dispatched to a local strip mall in the first due for an odor of something burning. E-42 and T-4 responded and investigated. It was determined that an HVAC motor burned up and caused a minor smoke condition. … [Read more...]

Engine 41 and Tanker 5 were requested by Harrison City FD for a tractor trailer on fire on the PA Turnpike. The brakes on the trailer caught fire and extended into the trailer and cargo. Monroeville units were on scene for approximately 45 minutes. … [Read more...]

Last evening around 8 pm Truck 4 was dispatched into Wilmerding for a reported kitchen fire. Truck 4 arrived and placed ground ladders, performed primary searches and assisted with ventilation. A stove-top fire that did not extend into the structure was quickly extinguished by … [Read more...]

  (Photo Credits: Bob Serena and Jack Fordyce) Around 10:15 this morning Rescue 4 was requested as the Rapid Intervention Team into Vandergrift for a three story apartment building on fire. The crew arrived and remained on scene without being activated. News Story … [Read more...]

Last evening Rescue 4 was dispatched into Turtle Creek as the Rapid Intervention Team on an apartment building fire. Crews worked for approximately 3 hours without being activated. All photos credited to First Due Photography … [Read more...]