While the Rescue operated at a structure fire in Turtle Creek, the Engine responded to a first due dumpster fire as a result of disposed spent fireworks. … [Read more...]
Just after midnight, Companies were called into Turtle Creek for a residential structure fire. Rescue 4 responded with 6 personnel as the Rapid Intervention Team and performed proactive duties to keep interior crews safe. Photos courtesy of First Due Photography Units: E-283, … [Read more...]
Smoke Inside a Business
Monroeville Fire Companies were dispatched to a commercial structure for an odor of smoke inside the building. Upon investigation it was determined that the odor was contributed to a fire that occurred inside an electrical vault behind the building. The fire knocked out an … [Read more...]
Water Team Requested
This evening, Monroeville's Water Rescue Team was requested into Wilmerding to assist agencies on-scene with locating an item in Turtle creek near the Patton Street bridge. The team was out for approximately two hours. … [Read more...]
Vehicle Into Structure
Just after Noon today Rescue 4 was requested into Plum to assist with a vehicle that smashed into an occupied dentist office. No injuries occurred, however severe structural damage was caused to the building. After the building was evacuated, Rescue units from Plum, Monroeville … [Read more...]
Right be fore 11 am this morning, units were dispatched to the 1100 block of James Street for a working commercial structure fire. The building housed a bar and lounge on the first floor and a residential area on the second floor. Crews encountered heavy fire upon arrival. Truck … [Read more...]
Plum Residential Fire
Around 2:35 this morning Companies were alerted for a house fire on Tartan Court in Plum. E-41 arrived right behind Truck 233 and found a well-involved vehicle fire in the front driveway that was quickly extending to the structure. E-41 crew deployed two hand lines for … [Read more...]
Service Plaza Fire
Early this morning, Engine 41 and Tanker 5 were sent to the Oakmont Service Plaza on the PA Turnpike for a reported building fire. One of the restaurants within the plaza reported a fire that started on the grill extended up into the hood system. Units arrived and investigated to … [Read more...]
This afternoon Companies were dispatched to Golden Mile Highway for a reported service garage on fire. C-51 and Truck 4 arrived to find heavy smoke emitting from the building. E-51 crew made a quick knock on a vehicle fire inside the building. No extension was found and crews … [Read more...]
Vehicle Rollover
During the morning rush, Company 4 crews were alerted for the vehicle rollover with possible entrapment. Medic 47 and Rescue 4 arrived to find a vehicle rolled over the guardrail and into a tree. The single occupant was able to self-extricate and miraculously was uninjured. R-4 … [Read more...]
Company 4 was alerted just after 10:30 last night for the house fire in Plum Borough. Rescue 4 was initially dispatched as the Rapid Intervention Team but the assignment quickly changed after arriving on scene. R-4 was assigned to pull an additional hand-line off of … [Read more...]
Busy Evening
While E-41 and a crew of six where standing by at the Level Green fire station, in-house crews were kept busy handling several calls in the first due. A high-rise fire alarm (cooking incident), a multi-vehicle wreck on the PA Turnpike, a garden apartment kitchen fire, and an … [Read more...]
Around twenty minutes after 10:00 am units were alerted for a residential row-house fire in Turtle Creek. Rescue 4 responded as the Rapid Intervention Team to a working fire in a second division bedroom, however, due to arriving on scene quickly, Command reassigned the … [Read more...]
Last night at 11:00 pm Companies were dispatched into District 1 for a possible dwelling fire. Chief 10 arrived to find a fire in the walls exposing itself after extending from the fire place. Truck 4 arrived behind E-12 and was ordered to throw ladders and open up walls for … [Read more...]
This morning around 02:20 am, crews were dispatched into Murysville for a reported residential fire. Assistant 20 arrived on scene reporting smoke showing and a working fire on the first division. Rescue 4 was dispatched as the Rapid Intervention Team but was second arriving and … [Read more...]
