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...]
Crews were alerted this morning just before 6:00 am for a reported residential fire in the Unity section of Plum Borough. E-41 initially dispatched as the Rapid Intervention Team was immediately put to work by the Incident Commander as an interior suppression team. Crews found a … [Read more...]
MCI
At Noon today EMS crews were initially dispatched to evaluate three juvenile patients that were having ill effects after a noxious odor filled a school. Medic 49 and Medic 47 arrived to find that several staff members as well as many more children were complaining of headaches … [Read more...]
Last night around 9:00 pm Truck 4 was dispatched into Wilmerding for a residential structure fire. The abandoned structure was extremely difficult to access by fire apparatus and several units were called to supply water. Truck 4 was on scene for approximately 3 hours. … [Read more...]
Just after 3:30 pm today, Truck 4 was dispatched into Wilmerding for a reported residential structure fire. After approximately 2 hours the Truck was released. … [Read more...]
RIT Response
Around 3:15 this afternoon Rescue 4 was dispatched into Edgewood as the second alarm Rapid Intervention Team after a home was leveled in an explosion. A second home was damaged and impinged by fire. Monroeville Fire Co. No. 4 expresses our condolences to the family of the … [Read more...]
Last evening, just before 7 pm, Truck 4 was requested into North Huntingdon for a fire in a large commercial building. A former car dealership had caught fire and rapidly spread out of control. T-4 was utilized for aerial master streams. … [Read more...]
