http://hoopieworld.com/wp2 Western PA Firefighting News & Information Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:05:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We all know we take great pride in our fire departments here in western PA, but there is still a lot of room for improvement.  I thought I'd poke some fun at ourselves and write this article. Here are 5 ways to tell you are in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, from ... http://hoopieworld.com/wp2/2009/07/5-ways-to-tell-you-are-in-allegheny-county-pa Here are your western PA Fire Rescue news headlines for Thursday, July 3rd, 2009. Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire crews extinguished a fire in the East Liberty section of the city last night around 2 am.  The residents tried to extinguish the fire with a garden hose prior to units arriving. [WPXI] A ... http://hoopieworld.com/wp2/2009/07/fire-rescue-headlines-carnegie-medal-east-liberty-fire-river-rescue-prevention I'm pleased to announce that we have added another site to the Hoopie World Affiliates. The new site is PittsburghFire.net.  The site is created and maintained by Andrew Cunningham. We look forward to getting some detailed stories and pictures related to Pittsburgh Fire incidents.  Please take a moment and check ... http://hoopieworld.com/wp2/2009/07/new-hoopie-world-affiliate-site-pittsburghfire-net I can't believe its July 1st already.  Time is flying by again. Here is a look at your Western PA Firefighting Headlines for July 1st, 2009. In a proactive response to the arson problems in the Sheraden section of Pittsburgh, the city has started demolition on abandoned vacant structures.  Police suspect more ... http://hoopieworld.com/wp2/2009/07/fire-headlines-demolition-fatal-mva-arnold-bar-fire-wwii-explosive-found [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="photo by George G. McMurtry, Vandergrift No. 1 via Drew Rummel (EMS 116)"][/caption] On Sunday June 28, 2009 at 0735 hours Station 99, Rescue 51, EMS station 116 and IRP 120 were dispatched to Rt 356 near the Freeport Bridge for a reported vehicle accident with entrapment.  ... http://hoopieworld.com/wp2/2009/07/allegheny-twp-rollover-accident-with-entrapment-062809 Hi all, I just wanted to give a heads up for everyone to be on the lookout for an upcoming article we'll be publishing about taking photos on a fire scene. I have secured an interview with an Allegheny County Fire Marshal this week and will be going over the do's ... http://hoopieworld.com/wp2/2009/06/upcoming-fire-scene-photography-article Here are your western PA firefighting news headlines for Tuesday, June 30th, 2009. Green Twp and Indiana Borough, both in Indiana County, were the scenes of two accidents, with the Green Twp accident proving fatal. [WTAE] Jefferson Hills firefighters responded to a vehicle over an embankment with entrapment call on Route 51 ... http://hoopieworld.com/wp2/2009/06/fire-headlines-atv-crash-mvas-suspended-pbf-ff First off, I want to thank FireGeezer from FireGeezer.com for the article about Hoopie World in his Morning Lineup yesterday.  You can read that Hoopie World announcement here.  For those that haven't visited FireGeezer.com before, I highly recommend his blog as a great source of Fire Rescue news. Since FireGeezer was ... http://hoopieworld.com/wp2/2009/06/in-response-to-firegeezer-the-meaning-of-hoopie Here are your western Pennsylvania news headlines for Monday, June 29, 2009. Now that the water is warm and boating is in full effect in the area, it has been a busy few weeks regarding river/water rescues.  Last evening Pittsburgh crews pulled a person out of the water near the 6th ... http://hoopieworld.com/wp2/2009/06/fire-headlines-more-river-rescues-fatal-house-fire-fatal-mva-vehicle-flip-on-i-376 Here is a look at your Western PA Fire Rescue news for Sunday, June 28th, 2009.  Pretty slow weekend all things considered.  Hopefully things will stay quiet for a while. Yesterday there was a fatal motorcycle accident in Moon Township.  [Tribune-Review] Chartiers was the scene of a fatal vehicle accident overnight.  The ... http://hoopieworld.com/wp2/2009/06/fire-headlines-fatal-cycle-mva-river-rescue-tractor-trailer-rollover