April Recap

Incident

Crews work at a townhouse fire in Marshall

Your Wexford volunteers had a very active month with 75 calls. Forty-six (46) incidents involved fire and rescue-related responses and twenty-nine (29) incidents were for quick response emergency medical calls. April was another active month for fire incidents. We responded to two structure fires in Pine and Marshall. There were also two chimney fire responses in mutual aid communities. We also responded to a large brush fire in Cranberry, a large mulch pile fire in Richland, and a construction dumpster fire in Pine. A total of thirty-six (36) members responded to calls in April. Our average turnout time (dispatch to the first unit on the road) was two minutes and fifty-one seconds. Our average response time (dispatch to the first unit on the scene) was nine minutes and ten seconds.

Here is a breakdown of our incidents for April by major incident type:

Fire- 7
Fire Alarm- 9
Good Intent- 19
Hazardous Condition- 3
Overpressure/Explosion- 1
Rescue & QRS- 33
Service Call- 3
TOTAL- 75

Community Outreach

The Easter Bunny prepares to leave the station for the Easter Express

We were pleased to bring the Easter Bunny around to Pine Communities on April 9th. This was the second year for this event which stems from our annual Santa Express that we’ve done for decades. Crews had to brave cool temperatures and some snow flakes, but enjoyed getting out in the community and providing chocolate treats to children and milk bones to our four legged friends.