Home   Apparatus   BINGO   Call History   Contact Us   Guestbook   Links   Members   News   Pictures  Recent Calls Tue. Sep 20th 2011 Rostraver Township House Fire At 01:37 crews from Station 105 (Rostraver Central) were called to 715 Farmbrook Road for a reported house fire.  Statio... Read more » Mon. Sep 19th 2011 Water Rescue Crews Help Residents Near Philadelphia Collinsburg's Swift Water Rescue teams near Philadelphia providing service for Hurricaine Irene.  Video&n bsp;... Read more » Fri. Sep 9th 2011 Swiftwater Team Evacuates Dozens After a brief two hour break the morning of September 8th the CVFC Swiftwater Team was assigned a staging area in Middletown,... Read more » Apparatus Gallery Contact Information Collinsburg Volunteer Fire Company 514 Hickory Drive West Newton, PA  15089 Non-Emergency: 724-872-8568 Emergency: 911 Contact Us Driving Directions Map	News  Print this page  Subscribe to this RSS feed Page: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2011 End of Year Report Fri. Feb 3rd 2012 Asst 103-2 Greg Zenyuh once again compiled the year end data for the members of CVFC for 2011 and presented it for review.  In 2011 the company responded to 268 alarms.  Some notable incidents were:  35 Working Structure Fires, 34 Vehicle Accidents, 21 Swiftwater/Ice Rescue Respo... Read more » Passing of Firefighter Brian Weigle Thu. Dec 29th 2011 Sadly we announce the passing of Firefighter Brian Weigle, 19,  on Wednesday, December 28. Funeral arrangements are as follows: McCauley Funeral Home 901 Vine Street West Newton PA 15089   Viewing Friday 12/30/11 from 2-4 pm  and 6-9 pm Collinsburg VFC members service will be h... Read more » CVFC Receives VRSR Type 2A Certification Wed. Aug 10th 2011 On Tuesday, August 2nd members of Collinsburg VFC received our long awaited Voluntary Rescue Service Recognition for the Type 2A Swiftwater Rescue / Flood Evacuation team.  The program designed by the PA Department of Health, the PA Fish and Boat Commission and the Office of the State Fire... Read more » Chief and Assistant train with Ohiopyle State Park Thu. Jul 28th 2011 On Friday July 22nd PFBC Instructors Chief Joel Koricich and Asst. Matt Jones, along with Somerset County Swiftwater Coordinator Scott Grahn accepted an invitation to train Ohiopyle State Park personnel in safe use and application of their new water rescue boat. This was the maiden voyage for t... Read more » CVFC Adds New Members Sat. Jul 23rd 2011 At our recent monthly meeting the members of CVFC have been able to vote on and accept several new members.  Those new members include Karen Weigle, Jason Williams, Chad Gabersek, Paul Williams, and Dwayne Beere.  Each new member brings with them training and a specific skill set that... Read more » CVFC Hosts Basic Ropes and Rigging Class Fri. Jul 8th 2011 During four evening in June, State Fire Academy Instructors Jake Bell amd Bill Frye visited Station 103 to teach the PA Basic Ropes and Rigging Course.  Thirteen members of the Collinsburg VFC as well as local firefighters from West Newton, Turkeytown, and Irwin were in attendance.&nb... Read more » Water Rescue Team is Inspected for Type 2A Certification Sat. Jun 4th 2011 On Tuesday, May 31st Bob Smith from EMSI visited the station to inspect the CVFC Water Rescue Team equipment and certifications.  This is the last step on our way to becoming recognized as a Type 2A Water Rescue/Flood Evacuation team under the Voluntary Rescue Service Recognition prog... Read more » Water Rescue Team Does Demo at Camp Heritage Fri. May 27th 2011 On Tuesday, May 24th members of the water rescue team accepted the invitation by the Jeannette McKee Middle School 7th graders to do a water rescue boat demonstration on Lake Courage during their yearly field trip to Camp Heritage.  While there, team members emphasized the importance of boating... Read more » Two more Technicians Added Sat. Mar 12th 2011 Today 1st Lieutenant Rick Dietz and FF Fred Horne complete the PA Fish and Boat Commission Emergency Boat Operations and Rescue course.  The EBOR Water Rescue Technician level class focuses on effective boat operations and rescue techniques in swiftwater and flood conditions with an emphas... Read more » CVFC Members take part in Operation Ice Rescue Drill Mon. Feb 28th 2011 On February 12, 2011 Ice Rescue Technicians from all over the Pennsylvania Region 13 response teams descended upon Somerset Lake to practice some of the most practical ice rescue skills needed when performing ice rescue operations.  PA Fish and Boat Commission Instructors oversaw each of the st... Read more » Page: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |	Picture Gallery News Headlines Fri. Feb 3rd 2012 2011 End of Year Report Asst 103-2 Greg Zenyuh once again compiled the year end data for the members of CVFC for 2011 and presented it for review.&nb... Read more » Thu. Dec 29th 2011 Passing of Firefighter Brian Weigle Sadly we announce the passing of Firefighter Brian Weigle, 19,  on Wednesday, December 28. Funeral arrangements are ... Read more » Wed. Aug 10th 2011 CVFC Receives VRSR Type 2A Certification On Tuesday, August 2nd members of Collinsburg VFC received our long awaited Voluntary Rescue Service Recognition for the Type... Read more » 2012 Call Volume January  13 February   March   April   May   June   July   August   September   October   November   December   Total 13 View Call Volume History
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