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Welcome to the Official Site of the
Washington Township Volunteer Fire Company
Fayette County Station 42
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The Washington Twp. Volunteer Fire Company's annual street parade happens today. Come enjoy the fine food, pop, beer and parade commencing at 7:00pm. We will have fun and games for everyone, including a moon bounce and dunk tank.
We'll see you here.
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AuriaD
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Friday 25 June 2010 - 13:18:42
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KimballD
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Tuesday 13 April 2010 - 06:45:31
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On March 10, 2010 at approx 0020 hours the Washington Township VFC was dispatched for a vehicle accident on Rehobeth Church Rd just past Cooks Rd. Rescue 42 marked en route with 6 volunteers, and upon arrival found one vehicle still in the roadway into a tree with minor injuries. 42 Captain assumed command and 42 Lt tended to the patient while the rest of the Rescue crew handled the hazards. Squad 42 was requested to shut down the road at Leeper Rd and Rehobeth Rd. All units operated on scene until command was terminated at approx 0113 hours.
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On March 9, 2010 at approx 1949 hours the Washington Township VFC was dispatched to Perryopolis Rd near Rathway Trucking for a vehicle accident, vehicle rolled over pole and wires down. Rescue 42 marked en route with 5 volunteers. 32 Assistant Chief arrived on scene and confirmed one vehicle rolled over numerous times with pole sheared low hanging wires and minor entrapment. Engine 42 than marked en route, and upon the Rescue's arrival 42 Second Assistant Chief assumed command. The Rescue's crew assisted Rostraver West Newton EMS with extricating the patient. Stat MediVac 5 was called to the scene to transport patient to Pittsburgh. Station 32 Perry was requested to shut down the road at Rathway and Perryopolis Rd. All 42 units operated on scene until approx 2204 hours.
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On March 4, 2010 at approx 0121 hours Station 19 Grindstone was dispatched for a possible trailer on fire. Truck 42 and Rescue 42 was on the initial dispatch which Truck 42 marked en route with 6 volunteers and Rescue 42 had 5 volunteers on board. 19 Engine 2 marked en route with heavy fire in the area and shortly after confirmed fully involved trailer fire. Upon arriving Captain 42 took a three man crew to the A/B Corner to start pulling the siding off for better access inside the trailer to hit the remaining hot spots from the exterior. Rescue 42 assisted with lighting up the scene and the rest of the 42 crew stood bye. All 42 units operated on scene until 0320 hours. Westmoreland County Station 80 North Belle Vernon Stood bye in their station while all 42 units operated on scene.
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On February 13, 2010 at approx 1218 hours the Washington Township Volunteers were dispatched to Cleveland St to assist Station 16 Roscoe Washington County with the Rescue for a working structure fire. Rescue 42 marked en route with 6 volunteers. Upon arrival 42 Engineer and 42 Safety Officer started to fill air bottles using the Rescue's Cascade system. 42 2nd Assist Chief and a 42 Firefighter went to the roof for ventilation. After ventilation was complete 42 2nd Asst. Chief and 42 2nd Captain took a four man crew for interior operations. All units cleared the scene at approx 1623 hours, which while operating on scene Westmoreland County Station 80 North Belle Vernon remained on stand by to handle any calls in Washington Township.
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On February 9, 2010 at approx 1044 hours Washington Township VFC was activated to assist Station 31 Webster VFD Westmoreland County with the Tanker on a working structure fire. Tanker and Squad 42 marked en route with 6 volunteers. Upon the Tankers arrival it provided water to Engine 105 (Rostraver Central), and the Squads crew assisted with overhaul and ventilation. All units operated on scene until 1305 hours. A 7 man crew remained in station to handle any additional calls.
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On February 2, 2010 at approx 1951 hours Station 36 Smock VFD was dispatched to Pine Hill Rd for a report of structure fire. Station 36 arrived on scene to find a fully involved structure fire. At approx 2001 hours Tanker 42 was requested to the scene. Tanker & Squad 42 marked en route with 7 volunteers, and upon Tanker 42's arrival supplied water to Tanker 11. Since no drop tank was needed the Squad's crew went and assisted with Salvage and overhaul. Tanker 42 used two and a half loads of it's 3,500 gallon tank. All units cleared at approx 2233 hours, which a 14 man crew remained in station to handle any additional alarms.
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In the early afternoon hours on February 5, 2010 a large snow storm came into the Mon Valley Area dropping large amounts of snow. When it was all said and done approx. two feet of snow was laying on the ground. This storm didn't only bring snow; it brought a large amount of calls for the Volunteers at the Washington Township VFC. At the height of the storm the volunteers were running 21 calls per day. The whole area was declared a disaster area and was put under a state of emergency. Power was knocked out to approx 95% of the entire area for days on end. During the snow storm the volunteers ran numerous different types of calls ranging from the most common tree and wires down, to check well being calls, medicals, transformer fires, power lines on fire, electrical fires in residence, chimney fire, search detail, assisting EMS with extricating from residence snowed in, vehicle accidents, carbon monoxide poisoning and a structure fire. Not only did we have enough members to run all the calls we also had enough members to assist in the numerous residents that came to the firehall that was designated a "warming shelter", which later it became a "disaster shelter". The wife's and girlfriends of the members as well as the ladies auxiliary helped out by cooking and making dinner, lunch and breakfast for the volunteers as well as the residents who were staying here. The Washington Township Supervisors also went to D&D Food and got numerous different types of food for the members and the residents as well. The Supervisors also had someone come and cook breakfast and lunch for us. Based on what everyone was facing the members of the Washington Township VFC believe that everyone involved did a fantastic job. From the Road Crews doing what they could to keep up with the snow, the Washington Township PD helping out by finding who needed shelter, and the Township Supervisors for providing food, and space heaters. The WTVFC line officers would also like to say thanks to all the dedicated members of this department which some stayed for two or three days straight to help out.
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On January 27, 2010 at approx. 1803 hours Station 42 was dispatched to a reported apartment on fire at the Perry Ave Apartments. 42 Captain arrived on scene and was directed to the apartment where a large curtain was on fire, which caught a pile of clothes on fire and was extinguished. 42 Captain reduced the assignment to just Truck 42 and held up all other units. Chief 42 arrived on scene and assumed command where crews checked for extension and set up the PPV (positive pressure fan) for smoke ejection. At which time 42 Chief cancelled all other units. It was learned that a small child playing with a lighter started this fire. The mother and small child was evaluated by Rostraver West Newton EMS and released.
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