Title : Monroeville VFC1
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monroeville volunteer fire department # 1 home archives apparatus members lighter side station store links download our application quint 1 engine 12 rescue 1 medic 1-8 medic 1-9 chief 1 squad 1 monroeville volunteer fire department # 1 photo of the day for welcome and thank you for visiting monroeville volunteer fire department #1. the municipality of monroeville is located approximately 12 miles east of the city of pittsburgh in allegheny county, pennsylvania and covers approximately 20 square miles. monroeville is comprised of single and multi-residential, retail, commercial, and industrial buildings. populations range from 70,000-100,000 daylight, and over 30,000 nighttime. the monroeville fire department is made up of five fire stations, which provide fire, ems, various phases of rescue services, and fire prevention / public education. the monroeville fire department responds to a wide variety of incidents, both in monroeville and also assisting neighboring communities. station 1 is the oldest fire station in monroeville, and began as old patton twp. fire co. 1,which has evolved into monroeville fire company #1 over 75 years. station 1 provides 100% volunteer fire and rescue services, and combination paid / volunteer emergency medical services. station 1 houses one 77' aerial quint, one heavy engine, a structural / technical rescue truck, two als/bls ambulances, light-duty squad, chief's car. upcomin events tuesday, november 11, 2008 - here is a list of upcoming events for station 1 members: november 15 & 16- training weekend @ palace inn (sat-sun) november 22 & 23- training weekend @ palace inn (sat-sun) november 25- bid opening for new rig (tuesday) december 7- monthly meeting/elections (sunday 1700hrs) december 20- annual christmas party (saturday 1800hrs) hazmat incident tuesday, november 25, 2008 - around 1030hrs today monroeville communication received a call from westmorland communication about a large fuel leak/spill in murrysville. units were dispatched to alpine village area of town to check creek area. crews staged in the area set up equipment in creek for precautions. crews were onscene for about 1hr before being released. command: chief 60 (katofsky) units: r-4, e-51, e-62,r-6, r-1, m-19, sq-6, cmd-32, mini 3 monroeville fd paticipates in historic training tuesday, november 25, 2008 - monroeville fd would like to thank ccac, allegheny county fire academy, state fire office and the monroeville fire chiefs for the training session that was held in monroeville over the past 2 weekends. monroeville fd got the opportunity over the past 2 weekends to participate in a training drill that doesn't happen very often. mfd was able to use the once famous palace inn for live fire training. crews were able to cover all aspects of fire ground ops from stand pipes, hose line management, search and rescue, forcible entry, aerial ops and command. crews used a variety of mfd equipment from engines, tankers, aerials, air truck and command truck. fire alarm w/ fire friday, november 21, 2008 - just before 1600hrs today monroeville fd was dispatched to oxford apts for a fire alarm while the call was being dispatched mecc received numerous call reporting unknown fire in the basement. chief 40 (cole) arrived onscene to find nothing showing from all sides. e-12 arrived onscene side 3 with hydrant and stand-pipes. interior crews reporting a brush fire in the basement area. crews from t-4 helped with ventilation. residents returned to apts after smoke dissipated. units were back in service in less then 30 minutes. command: chief 40 (d.cole) interior ops: c-13 (captain s. beltz) units: e-12,e-31,e-61,t-4,m-19,m-47,mpd,tv-15 electrical room fire wednesday, november 12, 2008 - this morning monroeville fd was called to one of the office buildings in the oxford development for a fire alarm. crews arrived onscene and found a small fire in the electrical room were the motors for the elevators are located. crews extinguished and contained the fire with dry chem. fire was caused by a cardboard box left near the motor. crews remained on scene for minor ventilation.**all pictures courtesy of monroeville tv-15** command: c-55 (r. douthit) units: e-12,e-31,e-42,t-5 vechile crash w/ entrapment tuesday, november 11, 2008 - tuesday afternoon station 1 was dispatched for a motor vehicle crash with injuries. c-12 (asst.chief lieb) assumed command and found 4 patients and 1 still entrapped in the vehicle. command requested additional ems units and rescue 4. crews treated other patients while r-4 worked on extrication. units transport pts to local hospitals. crews were onscene for around 30min. **all pictures courtesy of monroeville tv-15** command: c-12 (asst.chief lieb) units: a-19,a-69,m-47,woodland hills 346,e-31,rescue 1 and rescue 4 smoke in residence monday, november 10, 2008 - today monroeville fd 3,1,6,truck 5 were dispatched to a residence with smoke condition inside. chief 30 (j.hyzy) arrived onscene to find multi-residential townhouses with nothing showing. chief 30 spoke with resident and found it to be a possible problem with a washing machine. command held quint 1 and engine 31 to investigate further. crews checked interior with tic and found not other problem. command was terminated. command: chief 30 (j.hyzy) units: e-31, quint 1, m-18,t-5,mpd 1 quint machine fire sunday, november 9, 2008 - alittle after 1300hrs today monroeville fd 4,1,5 and cmd 32 were dispatched to a possible structure fire @ ruby's cleaners on monroeville blvd. e-41 and c-11 arrived to find light smoke coming from 1 and 4. crews from e-41 pulled 1 3/4 handline to main entrance e-51 arrived and established water supply and assisted with interior ops. c-11 assumed command. crews found motor fire on cleaning machine. crews used dry chem extinguishers to contain and extinguish fire. quint 1 and truck 5 assisted with overhaul and ventilation. command 32 assisted with closing roadway. crews were onscene for about 1 hr. command: asst.chief sonafelt (c-11) units: e-41,e-51,t-5,quint 1, command 32, m-47,m-19,a-58 entrance stove fire 1st district monday, october 27, 2008 - around 1700hrs this evening monroeville fd was dispatched to a residence on park place for a possible stove fire. quint 1 arrived onscene to find smoke showing from side 1 of the house and all residents evacuated. c-12 assumed command and quint 1 established a water supply. interior ops found fire out in stove with no extension. crews used natural ventilation. command: asst.chief lieb (c-12)//interior ops: captain beltz (c-13) units: quint 1,e-61,t-4,m-19,mpd 4th district house fire sunday, october 26, 2008 - around 0500hrs this morning monroeville communications received a call for a possible residential structure fire. monroeville police and captain horvath (c-45) arrived onscene to find 1 1/2 story residence with heavy fire. e-41 dropped a supply line and started with fire attack, e-51 assisted with water supply and fire attack, quint 1 set up outside lighting and also assisted with fire attack. t-4 and t-5 were split into rit and roof ops. tanker 5 staged at hydrant. ems was called to scene for 2 pt's and transported them to local burn centers. crews operated onscene for about 2hrs. scene was turned over to acfm and monroeville pd. station 6 and 3 were staffed during incident to handle all other municipal incidents. scene was turned over to allegheny county fire marshall and monroeville police. ***all pictures courtesy of monroeville tv-15*** command: chief cole (c-40)// interior ops: asst.chief feyes (c-42)// side 3 ops: asst.chief sonafelt (c-11)// roof ops: lt. karwoski (c-54)// ems ops: asst.chief gerstacker (c-52) units: e-42,t-4,r-4,e-51,tanker 5, quint 1,cmd-32,m-48,m-58, mpd,tv-15,acfm,mpw fire 2nd floor 3 ops fire prevention detail wednesday, october 22, 2008 - today the guys from station 1 took a trip with firefighter pat to snowball preschool in the 1st district. they helped explain the importance of safety to the kids and teachers then gave a tour of quint 1 and medic 19. the kids got to sit in the rigs, try on the gear and of course see all the bells and whistles. 2nd mutual aid house fire sunday, october 19, 2008 - alittle after 2300hrs tonight station 1 was again called for mutual aid into turtle creek to assist with a dryer on fire inside a residence. units arrived to find smoke and fire showing side 1. crews from quint 1 assisted with primary search and throwing ground ladders. after the fire was knocked down crews assisted with overhaul. monroeville command- asst.chief sonafelt (c-11) units: quint 1, m-19,tcfd,tcpd,wilmerding fd,north braddock vfd mutual aid residential house fire saturday, october 18, 2008 - monroeville station 1 was dispatched on 2nd alarm today to turtle creek to assist with a structure fire. quint 1,rescue 1, a19 and a18 all responded. quint 1 was ordered by command to establish 2nd water supply. crews from q-1 assisted with inital fire attack and overhaul. rescue 1 supplied air and scene lighting. crews were onscene for about 2 hours. monroeville command- asst.chief lieb (c-12) units- quint 1, rescue 1, a-19,a-18,tcfd,tcpd,wilmerding fd,north braddock vfd electrical conditon la fitness friday, october 17, 2008 - while clearing up from the 6th district mfd 4,5,1,cmd 32 were dispatched to the new la fitness in mmsc for a smell of electrical burning in the business. units arrived and staged in lot. crews checked interior of bldg along with hvac units on roof top. command- asst.chief rowntree (c-41) units- e-41,e-51,t-4,t-5,quint 1,r-1,m-19 smoke in apt bldg 6th district friday, october 17, 2008 - friday evening around 2130hrs monroeville fd was dispatched to eagle ridge apts for a report of the 2nd floor filling up with smoke. quint 1 arrived onscene to find 3 story apt bldg with nothing showing from side 1 c-12 (a/c lieb) established command. quint 1 sent a crew into investigate while e-51 and e-61 both were assigned hydrants and truck 4 went to side 1. crews found a resident that had used a fire place but had forgot to open the flue. units ventilated the bldg. no other problems. command- asst.chief lieb (c-12) units- quint 1,r-1,e-61,e-51,t-5,t-4,cmd-32,mpd,m-19 search for news stories: search by : month | year | keyword | category please select category please select category news lighter side please enter keyword please select year please select year 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 please select month please select month nov 2008 oct 2008 jul 2008 aug 2008 jun 2008 may 2008 mar 2008 feb 2008 jan 2008 dec 2007 nov 2007 oct 2007 sep 2007 aug 2007 jul 2007 may 2007 jun 2007 apr 2007 mar 2007 feb 2007 jan 2007 dec 2006 nov 2006 oct 2006 sep 2006 aug 2006 jul 2006 jun 2006 may 2006 apr 2006 mar 2006 feb 2006 jan 2006 dec 2005 nov 2005 oct 2005 sep 2005 aug 2005 jul 2005 jun 2005 may 2005 apr 2005 mar 2005 feb 2005 jan 2005 dec 2004 nov 2004 fire / ems call stats yearly fire / ems call stats monroeville fire company #1 * 122 elmwood st. * monroeville, pa 15146 * 412.824.1122 * station1info@mvfc1.com * live-ins wanted * site designed and maintained by contact the webmaster | © 2004-2004 firecompanies.com content on all sites is supplied by the fire departments, not by firecompanies.com. firecompanies.com cannot be responsible for any content, either text, pictures, or any other form of media found on the sites. web mail
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