| RIT and Tanker 103 Assist on Commercial Fire |
| Sat. Feb 13th 2010 |
The early morning hours of February 9th brought crews to Geiger's Auto Repair in the Herminie section of Sewickley Township. Upon his arrival on scene Chief 15 requested RIT 103 and a tanker alarm that brought Tanker 103. RIT assisted command with the accountability of the num...
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| Snow Keeps Volunteers Busy |
| Fri. Feb 12th 2010 |
The weekend of February 5th brought record snowfall to the local region and along with it a record number of calls for the members of the Collinsburg Volunteer Fire Company. In just four days the volunteers ran a total of 90 calls. These included numerous wires and trees down, publ...
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| Two Airlifted from West Newton Accident |
| Thu. Jan 28th 2010 |
On Tuesday January 26 fire crews from West Newton, Collinsburg and Turkeytown were alerted to a vehicle accident with injuries in front of 207 North Water Street in West Newton. Assistant 103 arrived on scene and was advised by West Newton PD that a vehicle had hit a parked car on the str...
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| Commercial Structure Fire |
| Tue. Nov 17th 2009 |
On November 11th at 21:17 crews were alerted for a structure fire at the Tri-County Plaza in Rostraver Township. Initial calls reported fire coming from a steel door in the plaza and a working fire was quickly confirmed by Rostraver P.D. on scene. This information prompted Chief 105 to a...
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| Accident with Entrapment |
| Sun. Oct 18th 2009 |
On October 14th just past 21:00 hours Station 103 along with Rescue 105 were alerted for a vehicle accident on Route 201 at Pollock Run Road in Rostraver Township. An updated call reported a patient entrapped which added Rescue 82 to the alarm. Chief 105 arrived on scene first and report...
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| Markle Road House Fire |
| Mon. Sep 21st 2009 |
On Saturday, September 19th at 23:55 crews were called to 226 Markle Road in Rostraver Township for a report of a house filling with smoke. Chief 105 (Campbell) arrived on scene first and reported a working fire with visible flames coming from the A/B side, division 2. Engine 105 w...
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| Busy Night in West Newton |
| Tue. Aug 11th 2009 |
At 21:52 hours on Tuesday August 10th crews were called to North 5th Street in West Newton Borough for an automatic fire alarm. Crew arrived on scene to find an audible alarm coming from a residence with nothing further showing. After a search of the house a smoke alarm was located on a ...
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| South Huntingdon House Fire |
| Thu. Jun 25th 2009 |
On Monday June 22, at 16:44 crew were called to assist Station 107 (Turkeytown) with a reported house fire at 913 Plummer School Road. Assistant 103-1 (M. Jones) was first on scene with heavy fire showing from the Delta side of the structure. Hand lines were pulled from Squirt 82 and Eng...
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| Flooding leads to Boat Response |
| Wed. Jun 24th 2009 |
The evening of Wednesday June 17th was the second consecutive day for heavy thunderstorm activity in Westmoreland County. At 21:50 several boats from the Yough River area were sent to assist in the central part of the county for extensive flooding and water rescues. Boat 103 (Collinsburg...
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| Rostraver Township Barn Fire |
| Fri. Apr 17th 2009 |
On the evening of April 16th at approximately 9:00 p.m. Rostraver Township Fire Crews were alerted to Route 51 in the area of C-Harper Chevrolet for a reported Barn Fire. First arriving crews reported a fully involved barn fire and Chief 105 requested Tanker 139 (Washington Township) added to ...
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