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...]
Early this morning Rescue 4 was alerted as the Rapid Intervention Team for an apartment fire with entrapment. R-4 arrived on scene and staged on the 'C' side as crews operated inside. No deployment was necessary and all residents made it out safely. Photos courtesy of Fire Due … [Read more...]
Residential Fire E. McKeesport
Just after 5 am this morning crews were alerted to a possible residential structure fire. Rescue 4 responded as the Rapid Intervention Team to a duplex structure with a fire in the walls. Crews made quick work of the incident and the Rescue returned about an hour later. … [Read more...]
District 3 House Fire
This morning as crews were having coffee and doing rig checks the tones dropped for a residential structure fire in District 3. Dispatch was reporting that the single occupant and her pets were all out of the building as Police arrived to confirm a working fire on the second … [Read more...]
Station 4 crews were alerted around 9:30 this morning for a reported vehicle crash with entrapment. Units were quickly updated that there was no entrapment but a tractor trailer had overturned and lost it's 56,000 pound load and was leaking fuel and motor oil. Crews arrived and … [Read more...]
Early this morning crews were alerted for the house fire in District 5. Companies worked for approximately three hours extinguishing the fire. Allegheny County Fire Marshall's Office and Monroeville Detectives are investigating the cause of the fire. Thank you to all the … [Read more...]
