Just after 1930 this evening while crews were wrapping up drill, the 1st alarm assignment was transmitted for a possible house fire in the 3200 Block of Oakland Drive in the borough. A neighbor  reported she could see a fire visible through a window of home on Oakland Drive. 183 Engine arrived reporting nothing showing from 3 sides, crews will be out investigating. As personnel approached the home, they were meant by the resident who reported a grease fire that was extinguished. Interior cr...

Just after 13:15 this afternoon the 1st alarm assignment was transmitted for smoke in the basement of a dwelling in the 400 block of Ohio Avenue in Glassport. GLAPD arrived on scene confirming a smoke condition with a unknown source at this time. 161 chief arrived assuming the command and requested 161 truck to side alpha stretching a dry line for now. Additional resources arrived discovering a small fire burning in a crawl space under the rear porch with some extension to the under side of the ...

At 09:15 this morning, the 1st alarm assignment was transmitted for a house fire in the 600 block of Owens Avenue. 183 captain arrived reporting a 1 story brick with smoke showing from the alpha side. 183 chief arrived assuming command and updating incoming units of a fire in the sub-division. 2 lines were stretched by crews on 183 rescue and 161 truck knocking the fire down relatively quickly. Crews checked for extension but results were negative, with the fire contained to the sub-division and...

Just before 5:00pm this evening crews were alerted to the intersection of Lincoln Blvd and Bellbridge Rd for a 2 vehicle crash, 1 reported to be trapped. Chief 139 arrived, confirmed 1 trapped in the  4 door car after a T-Bone type collision.  The driver of the car was complaining of neck and arm pain while the driver of the 2nd vehicle was self extricated and denying injury. Rescue 139 arrived, stabilized the vehicle and started the door removal process. Crews from Rescue 183 arrived ...

At 0048 the City of Mckeesport was sent to the 2900 block of Garbett Street for a house fire. Upon the arrival of 190 Deputy 3,fire was visible from a the charlie side and an exposure structure on the delta side. A 2nd alarm was transmitted by command sending 183 Air to the scene and 183 Rescue to Station 161 (Glassport #1) on an automatic move-up. The air truck arrived and established an SCBA refilling area. Crews remained in place until released by command.Command: 190Deputy3Companies Operatin...

Just before 5pm this evening area crews were alerted to the 2200 block of Lincoln Blvd in Lincoln Borough for a business filling with smoke. Local police arrived confirming black smoke emitting from the building. Crews from 139 and 142 arrived stretching attack lines into the building while 184 engine established a water supply. Crews from 183 assisted with ventilation and the air unit handled replenishing air in 12 scba bottles.Command: 184 Chief (T. Perozich)Companies Operating: 139,142,147,16...

Just after 1915hrs this evening crews were alerted as part of a 2nd alarm assignment for a house fire in the 1700 block of Evans Avenue in the City of McKeesport. The air truck responded to the scene while the rescue transferred into station 161 on a move up detail. Crews were out until approximately 2045.

Around 1645hrs this afternoon Rescue 183 was alerted to transfer into Central Station 147 while they operated a house fire along Industry Road. Within minutes of being alerted for the station fill, command requested our unit to the scene to assist with over haul and dealing with some hot spots. Rescue went enroute with a crew of 5, upon arrival personnel were split sending 2 members to supplement the RIT team and the others working the "A"/"B" corner of the house. 183 operate...

Storms rolled through the area this late afternoon bringing heavy rains and wind throughout the Mon Valley and Steel Valley keeping departments extremely busy. Locally your volunteers handled multiple pumping details, a power line down on Memory Lane, traffic control for a small land slide on Liberty Way and multiple tree down calls. Crews were wrapped up and back in service around 2200hrs.Command: Chief 183 (C. Derr) 

As crews were still dealing with the multiple wire incidents including the fire house having no power, the alarm was transmitted by communications for a reported building fire at Woody's Italian Restaurant in Versailles Borough. 286 engine arrived with smoke and fire showing requesting the next due pumper lay out from the hydrant. 183 air responded and provided an air refill/staging area as crews brought the fire under control.Command: 286 Chief (P. Gricar)Companies Operating: 286, 140, 147,...

Just after 1500 hours this afternoon, as wind gusts picked up throughout the area, the 911 center became swamped with calls for wires down/arcing, transformers on fire and trees down all over the county. Locally crews were sent to 2700 Block of "F" street for wires down, 800 Block of Lauck Street for a utility pole down on a vehicle with wires arcing, 100 of Block of South Allegheny Drive for arcing wires, 700 Block Memory Lane for a tree down and finally 3300 Block of Oaklan...

Just before 2200 hrs this evening crews were alerted to a reported house fire in the 800 block of Weldon Street in Port Vue. Communications was receiving multiple calls for a working fire and possible entrapment. 183 rescue picked up the hydrant near Weldon but had minimal pressure. 184 tanker was utilized as a water source until 183 engine dropped approximately 1800 feet of supply line from another hydrant. Command was able to confirm the homeowner was not home as crews worked to bring the fire...

Just before 0200 this morning, the air truck was requested into McKeesport as part of a 2nd alarm assignment for a working apartment fire in the 900 block of 5th Avenue. Crews arrived and assited with establishing an SCBA refilling area. 183 personnel remained on scene until about 0345.Companies Operating: 190, 131, 161, 183, 294, 470, EMS620, MCKPD, ACFM

Just before 03:00 am this morning, crews were alerted for a vehicle over a hillside on its roof. Police arrived on scene confirming the over turned vehicle and reporting it looked like everyone had self extricated. Personnel arrived on scene and utilized the light towers from 183 and 147 to illuminate the area while personnel looked for the  (4) passengers that had fled on foot. Eventually everyone was located and transported to local hospitals for evaluation. Personnel remained on scene wh...

Around 10:30pm this evening crews were alerted to the 2500 Block of Lincoln Blvd. in Lincoln Borough for a vehicle crash involving a tri-axle dump truck. 139 rescue arrived reporting a passenger car into the rear dump area of the truck. Crews from 184/183 arrived finding a sedan partially under the rear of a raised dump bed, negative entrapment. Apparently the dump truck pulled out from the facilities lot with it's dump bed raised causing the vehicle to become entangled in overhead utility w...

The last two days have been pretty busy in the area with residential flooding calls, then around 09:00 am crews were responding to a reported transformer explosion in the area of the Sunoco Gas Station when they discovered a very large land slide on Liberty Way. 3 utility poles were taken down, the guide rail lining the one side was ripped from the ground and a pile of mud over 7 feet high was covering the whole road. Multiple agencies were contacted including local and county public works, all ...

Just 1300hrs, the first alarm assignment was transmitted for smoke coming from a building in the area of 7th and Monongahela Avenue in Glassport. Police and EMS arrived confirming a working fire in the 700 block of Oak Ally. 161 chief reported in saying he had a header from his vantage point and requested a 2nd alarm transmitted. Departments from around the Mon Valley assisted Glassport crews with bringing the fire under control. Multiple rehab units were brought to the scene to assist with cool...

At 13:45, alarm bells rang for a commercial fire alarm at Allegheny Raw Materials along Lincoln Blvd, in the Borough of Lincoln. Communications reported they continued to receive various activation points from the alarm company. Crews arrived to find the business closed for the day with nothing showing from the exterior. Crews did there best to check through windows for any signs of an emergency. Police and personnel from 184 were able to gain entry on side charlie and did a thorough search with...

Just before 2pm this afternoon crews were alerted to the 3800 block of Mclean Drive in Lincoln Borough for a house that was possibly struck by lightning. Crews arrived and began investigating in and around the home. The resident reported hearing a loud crash type sound and possibly a light haze of smoke. Crews checked the roof, around the exterior of the home and the interior. A small, what looked to be burn hole was located in one of the bedrooms, but no smoke or fire was found after running a ...

Just before 0530 this morning, crews were alerted for a house fire with entrapment in the 800 Block of Elmwood Street in Port Vue. While units were marking enroute, 911 updated that they had lost contact with the female resident, however the last known location of her and a teen was in a division 2 bedroom. Police arrived on scene reporting smoke showing and confirming entrapment. First arriving companies arrived  finding a working fire on division 1. Crews were able to remove both mom and ...