Around 11 pm last evening, Truck 4 was dispatched into Wilmerding for a reported fire inside an apartment building on Westinghouse Avenue. T-4 was ordered by Command to perform secondary searches and ventilate the structure while the Engine Companies extinguished a kitchen fire … [Read more...]
Turnpike Crash
Just be fore Noon on Sunday, Rescue 4 and Medic 49 responded to a motor vehicle crash on the PA Turnpike. A single vehicle had lost control, hit the embankment and rolled over ejecting two of the three occupants. Passersby who witnessed the crash stopped to assist prior to EMS … [Read more...]
On Saturday morning, Monroeville Dive Team was requested by Plum Fire Department to assist them with a recovery. … [Read more...]
TRAFFIC ALERT
On Thursday, August 23rd, around 1 p.m. an over-sized load was transported via Northern Pike just in front of the fire station. EMS units had to temporarily reroute while lanes were restricted and blocked along Northern Pike and William Penn Highway. … [Read more...]
Movin’ On…
Unfortunately, Fire Co. No. 4 has to say goodbye to another great Member of the Organization. Josh Doms was only with us for a little over a year and spent his last day as a Member 'riding the seat' of the Engine for several calls. We are losing him as he starts his career in the … [Read more...]
Pitcairn Fire
Early this morning Truck 4 was dispatched into Pitcairn after Police on patrol discovered smoke coming from the rear of an apartment building. C-229 and E-229 arrived to find a vehicle on fire in the attached garage under the apartment building. T-4 was ordered to place ground … [Read more...]
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...]
House Fire
This afternoon Truck 4 was dispatched into District 1 for 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...]
Vehicle Crash
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...]
Station 4 is currently seeking to fill open spots within the Residency Program. If you are a current fire fighter, EMT, or Paramedic wishing to gain experience or are a student in the area looking for a change in pace and maybe blaze a path to a career in the Emergency Services, … [Read more...]
Joseph 'Sepi' Vagnier 1976 - 1997 It was 21 years ago today that Firefighter Vagnier succumbed to injuries sustained two days earlier in the line of duty. Joey was part of a Rescue crew attempting to check occupied vehicles caught in flash-flood waters when he was swept off … [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...]
