Penn Hills Responds to Accident With Entrapment

On February 16th, 2010, Penn Hills stations 222 and 221 were alerted for an accident with entrapment on Nadine Road.  The crew cut out the windshield of the vehicle to free the operator.

For more information and pictures visit Penn Hills Station 222’s site at http://www.rosedalevfd.org/

Elizabeth Twp Fire Crews Respond to Horse Barn Collapse

On Tuesday, February 16th, 2010, another area barn collapsed.  This one in Elizabeth Twp at the Fallen Timber Stables on Fallen Timber Road.  The roof over the indoor arena portion of the stables collapsed.  Here is the report from Central VFC’s site:

At 11:22 Township Fire was alerted for a reported Barn Collapse with unknown injuries, RQ7 and EN3 responded along with Assistant 3. RQ7 arrived on scene and found a large horse barn/arena with substantial collapse, the farm owners confirmed no injuries or entrapment. RQ7, EN3 and Assistant 3 assisted with utility control and displacement of 32 horses from the attached stables to a nearby field.

For more pictures and information visit Central’s site at http://www.central147.org

Carbon VFC Responds to Head On Crash on Lincoln Highway

Carbon VFC responded to a head-on accident on February 15th, 2010 on Lincoln Highway.  Here is the report from their site:

A vehicle driving the wrong way on the Lincoln Highway caused a head-on collision involving two cars around 2030 hours (8:30PM) on Monday, February 15th, 2010. The crash sent one person to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. The first priority for firefighters after arriving on the accident scene was to ensure that all occupants involved received the medical attention they needed. After assisting Mutual Aid paramedics with packaging and loading of the sole patient onto the ambulance, fire and rescue crews provided traffic control while the Pennsylvania State Police completed their report. Once a tow truck arrived, crews finished cleaning all debris off of the highway and personnel were then returned by Lieutenant Joe Kuhn, who had command of the incident.

For more pictures and information, visit their site at http://www.carbonfire.org

Fallowfield Twp Barn Collapse/Animal Rescue

On February 15th, 2010, weight of the built up snow caused a roof to collapse on a barn at Zippay Farm in Fallowfield Twp.  A 20×50 foot roof collapsed on a barn trapping some sheep.  Crews responded and used hydraulic rescue tools to help lift the downed roof.   Police and fire units spent about 2 1/2 hours on scene and rescued 10 adult sheep and 7 baby lambs with only one sheep perishing from the collapse.

More information and pictures available at http://www.fallowfieldvfc.com

Hazardous Materials Incident – Molten Liquid Sulfur in O’Hara Twp

On Friday, February 12th, 2010, crews were called to RIDC Park in O’Hara Twp for a Hazardous Materials leak.  Molten Sulfur was leaking from a tanker.  Here is the report from Guyasuta’s website:

In the early morning rush hour Friday, Guyasuta was alerted to Sauereisen Inc. in the RIDC Industrial Park of O’Hara Township for a Hazardous Materials Leak from an offloading tanker of Molten Sulfur.  Crews used the Emergency Response Guide book for safety and first response reference information. Initial crews donned SCBA in addition to their bunker gear for respiratory protection from the Sulfur. A thermal imaging camera was also used by initial crews to determine the amount of molton liquid that was still in the tank. Crews then isolated the scene and spill site for safety and relied upon the assistance of members trained to the Hazardous Materials Technician level as well as alerting Special Operations support from neighboring Pleasant Valley VFD (217).  O’Hara Township EMA Director/Police Superintendent Jim Farringer had Allegheny County Emergency Services notified for the response of specialized HAZMAT Response Teams, which alerted the Allegheny County Blue Team (420) and Allegheny County Red Team (440).  All crews worked effectively together for 4 hours in confining, stopping the leak, and decontaminating equipment.  No injuries or contaminations were reported.

For more pictures and information, visit http://www.guyasutavfd.org/

Digging Out

I would like to apologize for the lack of updates to the site over the past week.  My first due area was heavily hit by the winter storms that rolled through.  I was without power until Tuesday evening and we are still answering storm related calls.

Site updates will resume as soon as possible.  Stay safe out there.

Say What? Hoopie World Now Has Podcasts!

I am very excited to announce Hoopie World has taken the plunge into the podcast world with the first ever Hoopie World podcast.  Listeners can now get a little more of a backstage pass to the site and get information straight from the horse’s mouth so to speak.

Please give it a listen, and please leave feedback in the comments section of this post.  Was it horrible, ok, awesome?  Let me know.

Podcast – Hoopie World Podcast – Episode 1 – 02032010

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United VFR Responds to Early Morning House Fire

United VFR was alerted on Friday, January 29th, 2010 for a residential structure fire in East McKeesport.  Here is the report from UVFR.org:

Early in the morning on January 29, 2010 UVFR stations 135 and 287 along with Pitcairn RIT 230 and Wilmerding station 306 were alerted to the 700 block of Fifth Avenue in East McKeesport for the report of a possible structure fire.

Initals calls thought that the smoke was possibly caused by a wood burner, however East McKeesport PD quickly arrived on scene and confirmed a working fire.

Crews arrived to find a 1 and 1/2 story residence with fire showing on the first floor. Due to the lay out of the home, intial crews had difficulty finding the seat of the fire. Because of the cold weather, FDNV stations 213 and 214 and Monroeville station 193 were added for manpower.

The fire was brought under control in approximately 2 hours and is under investigation by the Allegheny County Fire Marshall.

For more information and pictures visit uvfr.org

Penn Hills Responds to Vehicle Accident with Vehicle on Fire

On Thursday, January 28th, Penn Hill responded to a motor vehicle collision with a vehicle on fire.  Here is the report from Station 225’s site:

Station 221,225,and 222 were alerted to Mt. Carmel @ Blackadore for a reprted Vehicle Accident with one Vehicle on Fire.. PHPD arrived updating units of a 2 Vehicle MVC with negative entrapment and one vehicle with a Good Engine compartment Fire.. 221 Sq Arrived and went to work, followed by 225 En. Command held the assignment to 221 and 225 returning 222. Units operated on scene for about 35 min with exstiguishment and clean up.

More information and pictures can be found at http://www.phvfd225.org