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We aren’t often able to share our stories from our EMS calls, but we are fortunate enough to have the blessing of our patient in this case. A story from zone 2 in Pine Township: On Friday, April 21, 2023 at 6:07PM, a call was placed to Allegheny County 911…

Incidents The Wexford VFC responded to 118 calls in March. 71 calls were fire-based responses and 47 calls were for QRS responses. Notable incidents included a large brush fire in Pine, structure fire responses in Marshall and numerous wind damage calls early in the month. Our average response time for…

Incidents The Wexford VFC responded to 114 calls in March. 70 calls were fire-based responses and 44 calls were for QRS responses. Notable incidents included a structure fire response in Valencia and numerous wind storm-related calls. Our average response time for emergency incidents was 6 minutes and 59 seconds.  32…

Incidents The Wexford VFC responded to 73 calls in February. 37 calls were fire-based responses and 36 calls were for QRS responses. Notable incidents included four structure fire responses in Cranberry, Marshall, and McCandless. Crews also assisted Marshall with a fatal motor vehicle crash.  Our average response time for emergency…

Incidents We started off the year with 87 calls. 30 calls were fire-based responses and 57 calls were for QRS responses. Notable incidents included chimney fire responses in Pine and Adams Townships and a structure fire response in Cranberry Township. Crews also assisted the Adams Area Fire District with a…

January 2023 has been a record month for recruitment. We are pleased to welcome four new members and swear in one of our junior members at a special meeting last week. The following members were voted on and sworn in so that they could start the PA Entry Level Firefighter…

Incidents December was the busiest month of the year for the Wexford VFC with 128 calls. 80 calls were fire-based responses and 48 calls were for QRS responses. Notable incidents included multiple mutual aid structure fire responses, including three on Christmas Eve. Our members also handled multiple incidents related to…

Incidents Wexford VFC volunteers handled 110 calls in November. Fifty-five(55) incidents involved fire and rescue-related responses and fifty-five (55) incidents were for quick response emergency medical calls. An incident of note included a structure fire response involving a dryer fire in Marshall Township. A total of thirty-one (31) members responded…

The annual Santa Express is set for Saturday, December 10. We will release additional details including the start time and routes in the coming weeks. If you’re new to the Township of Pine, this event involves bringing Santa to the neighborhoods on a fire truck. When you hear the fire…

Incidents Wexford VFC volunteers handled 90 calls in October. Forty-nine (49) incidents involved fire and rescue-related responses and forty-one (41) incidents were for quick response emergency medical calls. An incident of note included a response to Ross Township for an apartment building fire with multiple occupants in need of rescue….