Thursday, January 19, 2012  Around 1000 hours Engine 82 was alerted second due to 1301 Brooke Rd, in Company 5's area, for fire in a school.  Units arrived with the school being evacuated and nothing evident.  Crews soon found smoke conditions inside with fire in a heating unit with extension into the duct work.  Engine 82 made up a leader line and ran the standpipe racks off that as a back up line.  Once inside they were tasked with controlling the utilities, specifically the power to the heater.  The fire was extinguished and the school ventilated.  Engine 82 picked up and returned in about 45 minutes.

Saturday, January 14, 2012  At 1059 hours Engine 82 was alerted to 6102 Elder St, in Seat Pleasant, for a kitchen on fire in a home.  Engine 82 arrived within a minute or so to find smoke showing and advanced a line.  The crew found fire involving the kitchen and living room area and extinguished the same.  The assignment was scaled back as units worked to check for extension, hit hot spots, and overhaul.  Engine 82 picked up and returned in just over an hour.

Sunday, January 1, 2012  Just after midnight as 2012 was being brought in by the neighborhood with the usual gunfire and illegal fireworks Engine 83 was alerted to Gateway Bl and Blazer Dr, in Company 26's area, for an injured person from a fall.  While enroute PSC advised they had received a report of a person shot at the same location and police confirmed one shot in the head.  Engine 83 arrived to find a female who had been struck in the head by a wayward bullet during the New Years celebration.  The patient was conscious and the crew bandaged her up and was taken to a local trauma center to be checked out.  Engine 83 cleared in about 20 minutes.  Then while returning from the shooting, Engine 83 was alerted to Central Ave & Cindy La, in Seat Pleasant, to check on the welfare of a female laying in the road.  The crew arrived and found a female who had been thrown from a  vehicle at a high rate of speed suffering from numerous injuries.  The patient was treated and loaded into PA38 and taken to a local trauma center.  Engine 83 once again cleared in about 20 minutes.  Company 8 as a whole answered 11 calls between midnight and 0700 and 25 total on the day.

Saturday, December 31, 2011  Well another year has come to an end for Seat Pleasant and boy, what a year.  To recap, the county placed the busiest special service in the county, our very own Squad 8, out of service for good as it is "not needed" although people trapped in vehicles continue to wait longer to be extricated and engine companies continue to wait longer for special services to arrive on working fires due to the removal.  The county continues to attempt to strong arm the company into an unnecessary firehouse wasting millions of dollars that could be used elsewhere.  We are by far their favorite.  Even with all the political and financial hardships we continue to do our best to answer the calls.





Total runs : 7,807 with busiest month being January with 805 runs


Engine runs : 2.753 with the busiest being August with 296 runs


Squad runs : 803 with the busiest being January with 279 runs


Ambo runs :  4,251 with the busiest being October with 376 runs


Fires : 80 with the busiest being March with 12


Shootings : 34 with the busiest being August with 7


Tool Jobs : 9 - three for each month we had the Squad


Not too bad for a single engine/ambulance house.  We cant wait to see what 2012 will bring. Should be interesting and as always we are looking for dedicated members to help staff the station.  So if you like engine work or maybe your thing is the ambulance, let us know, we can use both.

Friday, December 30, 2011  Around 1600 hours, Engine 83 was alerted to 1501 Pine Grove Rd, in Company 26's area, for a house fire.  Chief 26 arrived first and reported a working fire.  After attempting to figure out what everyone was doing, Engine 83 dropped their crew off and completed 26's split lay eventually finding a hydrant on Addison Rd S.  The crew, who was the second due engine, was assigned RIT duties (????) as crews worked to knock a room in the basement of a house.  The fire was extinguished and the assignment scaled back.  Engine 83 returned to service in about 90 minutes after racking a lot of hose while dodging traffic.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011  Around 1437 hours Ambulance 88 was alerted to the McDonalds in the 4700 Blk of Marlboro Pk, in Company 17's area, for a report of one shot.  Units arrived with PD to find a male shot once in the leg after a robbery attempt.  The patient was treated and taken to a local trauma center by Ambulance 88 who cleared in just over an hour.

Sunday, December 25, 2011  Just after 1700 hours Ambulance 88 was alerted to Cedar Hill Cemetery at 4111 Pennsylvania Ave, in Company 17's area, for a report of one shot.  Units arrived with PD to find a male in the back part of the cemetery shot multiple times in the lower body and dumped there.  Crews quickly loaded the patient who became a trauma code and transported to a local trauma center by Ambulance 88 and PA42.  The patient was listed as critical upon arrival at the hospital.  Ambulance 88 cleared in about 90 minutes.

Saturday, December 24, 2011  As the engine crew was about to head out for night number two to ride Santa around the first due, a citizen stopped by the station and said that there was a male in a truck just down the street bleeding but didn't know what was wrong.  The crew for Ambulance 88 mounted up and rode down the street and found the truck in question and sure enough, there was a male bleeding.  After a quick assessment, the male was found to be bleeding quite a bit with multiple stab wounds to the face and head as well as the torso after apparently being robbed at another location.  The crew loaded the patient and took him to a local trauma center as police started an investigation.  Ambulance 88 cleared in just over an hour.

Friday, December 23, 2011  Just before 0700 hours, Engine 83 and Ambulance 88 were alerted to the 500 Blk of Drum Ave, in Company 5's area, for an injured person from an assault.  Units arrived with police to find an elderly female who had been beaten badly by a subject who had broke into her house.  The patient was taken to a local trauma center by Ambulance 88 and police continue to investigate the incident.  Engine 83 cleared in about 15 minutes and the ambulance in about 2 hours.  Below is a link to the news story with surveillance photos of a possible suspect and a number to call police.





Story and photos here

Thursday, December 22, 2011  Just before 0700 hours, Engine 83 and Chief 8 responded to 4209 Vine St, in Company 17's area, for a house on fire.  E17 arrived to find smoke showing from a vacant house and advanced a line.  Engine 83 arrived 3rd and laid a line coming in and reported to the rear while Chief 8 was given Division 1.  Crews found heavy fire conditions involving part of the first floor and the entire second floor.  The stairs going to the second floor were completed burned out which hampered efforts to get upstairs.  After several attempts to get a ladder maneuvered in place to use as steps, command made the call to extinguish the fire via ladder and through the windows.  Engine 83 opened up and took care of the fire on the second floor in the rear. The fire was extinguished and the assignment scaled back for overhaul.  The cause remains under investigation and the units from 8 returned in just under 2 hours.