Collinsburg Volunteer Fire Company

Fri. Jan 15th 2010
End of Year Report

At the January meeting 2nd Assistant Chief Greg Zenyuh Sr. presented the end of the year report for 2009. During 2009 t...

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Wed. Nov 25th 2009
Water Rescue Advanced Line Systems Rescue Training

This past week members of the CVFC completed the Advanced Line Systems Rescue module of the Pennsylvania Water Rescue Program...

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West Newton, PA 15089

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New Boat 103 Arrives

Tue. Jan 19th 2010

The new Boat 103 arrived recently and was quickly inspected by the members. The Boat is an inflatable Zodiac Mark 3 with a 40 h.p. Evinrude pump jet motor. The boat was purchased to increase the capabilities of the water rescue team at Station 103. This boat will allow team me...

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End of Year Report

Fri. Jan 15th 2010

At the January meeting 2nd Assistant Chief Greg Zenyuh Sr. presented the end of the year report for 2009. During 2009 the CVFC responded to 249 incidents. Of those incidents 40 were working structure fires, 35 were rescue incidents, and 19 were vegetation fires. Other&nbs...

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Water Rescue Advanced Line Systems Rescue Training

Wed. Nov 25th 2009

This past week members of the CVFC completed the Advanced Line Systems Rescue module of the Pennsylvania Water Rescue Program. The Advanced Line Systems Rescue requires personnel to: Select the appropriate system for the situation, establish and operate a line system, effect the rescue o...

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Water Rescue Technician Level Training

Sun. Oct 25th 2009

Several members of the Collinsburg VFC trained to technician level status as determined by the PA Fish and Boat Commission by passing the Emergency Boat Operation and Rescue class held this past week at our station. This class focused on boat handling, moving water tactics, and boat ...

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CVFC Receives Recognition

Tue. Jul 21st 2009

The Office of the State Fire Commissioner has recognized the Collinsburg VFC as a participating department of the Pennsylvania Fire Service Certification Program. This indicates that a portion of the membership of our company has received professional training and accreditation in the state....

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Swift Water Rescue Training

Fri. Jul 10th 2009

This past Wednesday members of Collinsburg and Sutersville attended their last class to become certified in Water Rescue and Emergency Response. The class, held at Stony Creek near Johnstown, was designed to allow students real swift water application of the self rescue and civilian rescue tec...

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Busy Training Schedule

Fri. Apr 24th 2009

During the month of April, members of Station 103 had a combined total of over 250 hours of State Certified Training. Classes included Hazardous Materials Awareness, Structural Burn Session, and Hazardous Materials Operations. Good Job to all those members who attended. Keep u...

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Recent Training Completion

Mon. Feb 2nd 2009

Chief Joel Koricich along with several Station 11 members successfully completed the Pa State Fire Academy, "Incident Safety Officer" class at the Westmoreland County Community College, Public Safety Trainng Center. The class focused on the role and function of the Incident Safety Officer&...

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2008 End of Year Report

Mon. Jan 12th 2009

For the year 2008 Collinsburg VFC responded to 221 total calls. These calls included 34 working structure fires, 35 vehicle accidents, 12 vegetation fire, 10 hazardous condition calls and numerous other types of incident responses. In 2008 Collinsburg VFC responded into eleven different...

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West Newton VFC honors Captain Rich Doran

Mon. Jan 12th 2009

On January 10, 2009 at their yearly firefighter banquet members of the West Newton VFC honored several local companies along with a few specific individuals for their lifesaving efforts on the night of January 24, 2008. On that evening several local companies responded to Smithton Pike in Sout...

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Recent Calls

Sat. Feb 13th 2010
RIT and Tanker 103 Assist on Commercial Fire

The early morning hours of February 9th brought crews to Geiger's Auto Repair in the Herminie section of Sewickley Township.&...

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Fri. Feb 12th 2010
Snow Keeps Volunteers Busy

The weekend of February 5th brought record snowfall to the local region and along with it a record number of calls for the me...

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Thu. Jan 28th 2010
Two Airlifted from West Newton Accident

On Tuesday January 26 fire crews from West Newton, Collinsburg and Turkeytown were alerted to a vehicle accident with injurie...

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2010 Call Volume

January	27
February	107
March	2
April
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Total	136

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