Crabtree Volunteer Fire Department

Call history

585 entries in the Call history

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

Saturday, July 4, 2009…This morning Crabtree crews participated in the annual Latrobe 4th of July Parade. Following the parade, Engine & Rescue 34 proceeded to Latrobe Central Fire Station for the standby assignment during the remainder of the event.

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Late Night Doanhue Rd Crash

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

Thursday, July 2, 2009...At 2305 the Rescue assignment was sent for the Vehicle Accident on Donahue Rd @ Trongo Rd, Unity Twp (114 District). 1st arriving units reported 2 vehicles with entrapment and 2 injuries.

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Another Crash with Entrapment & Ejection

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009

Wednesday, June 24, 2009...This time the dispatch brought Engine & Rescue 34 to Route 119, 1 mile N of Crabtree at 16:46 for the Vehicle Accident. Rescue 34 arrived 1st to find 2 vehicles with 1 ejected and 1 trapped.

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Overnight Crash with Entrapment on Route 22, Salem twp

Friday, June 19th, 2009

June 19, 2009...Rescue 34 was dispatched at 0146 to assist with the Vehicle Accident on Route 22, west of Hannastown Rd, Salem Twp (90 District). 1st arriving fire & ems crews found a head on collision with entrapment in both vehicles and 1 fatality.

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Severe Storms Cause Area Flooding

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

June 17, 2009...A couple hours of storms with heavy rainfall hit Westmoreland County this evening causing flash floods resulting in several rescues. Crabtree crews were kept busy for almost 6 hours, from 2050 - 0240, shutting down roads, rescuing individuals trapped in their vehicles & assisiti...

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Haz-Mat Operations Course

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Sunday, June 14, 2009...Congratulations to the members from Crabtree, New Alexandria and Lloydsville who successfully completed the 24 hour PA State Haz-Mat Operations Level Course that finished up today.

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Structural Burn Class

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

Saturday, June 6, 2009…Congratulations to the following members who successfully completed the 16 hour PA State Certified Structural Burn Course this week. R.

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Route 981, Derry Twp Crash

Monday, June 1st, 2009

Monday, June 1, 2009...This afternoon Rescue 34 took in a Vehicle Accident on Route 981 north of New Alexandria, in the 77 District. Attack 77 arrived 1st to find 2 vehicles, rear-end type collision & 1 injury.

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Vehicle Rescue Training

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

Saturday, May 30, 2009...This morning Crabtree & New Alexandria got together for a couple hours of training. Crews used a flat bed farm truck, doanted by a local farmer to practice patient extrication, stabilization, steering wheel displacement, door/roof removal and K-12 saw evolutions.

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New Alexandria Mini Storage Fire

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Tuesday, May 26, 2009...The lunch hour was interrupted at 1202 for the Structure Fire on Route 22 @ New Alexandria Mini Storage. Engine 77 arrived to find heavy smoke & fire from several storage units.

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Electrical Fire At Mt. View Inn

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Monday, May 25, 2009...The alarm went out at 2357 for an Electrical Fire in the basement of the Mountain View Inn, Unity Twp in the 33 District (Marguerite), bringing Engine & Rescue 34 with a crew of 7 on the 2nd Alarm.

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Bus Rescue Class at Fire School

Thursday, May 14th, 2009

Thursday, May 14, 2009... The Rescue took in the Bus Rescue Course during Westmoreland County Fire School Week. Congratulations to Captain Fitzpatrick for completing the course & to the Rescue crew who assisted with the evolutions.

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Round 2 of the Annual SCBA Re-Certification

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

Saturday, May, 9, 2009…7 more members fulfilled their annual SCBA requirements this morning by participating in the annual refresher program. Again, thanks to the Bradenville Fire Dept for use of their training house.

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PA Essentials of Firefighting Certification

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Thursday, May 8th, 2009…Congratulations to the following members of the Crabtree Volunteer Fire Department who attended and successfully completed all 4 modules, at over 100 hours, of the PA State Certified Essentials of Firefighting Course at the Greensburg Fire Acadamy: Sheri Gongaware, Ji...

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EVOC Class

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

Saturday, May 2, 2009…Congratulations to the following members of the Crabtree Volunteer Fire Department who recently attended & successfully completed the 16 hour, PA State Certified Emergency Vehicle Operators Course (EVOC): Robert Fitzpatrick, Jason Gongaware, Sheri Gongaware and Ed S...

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Vehicle Fire Endangering in New Alex

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Wednesday, April 29, 2009...At 2329 Engine 34 with a crew of 6, assisted with a Vehicle Fire Endangering a Structure in New Alexandria Boro. 1st arriving Engine 77 put a knock on the fire & checked for extension into the residence, with negative results.

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Annual SCBA Re-Certification

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

Sunday, April 19, 2008...This morning crews from Crabtree & Lloydsville participated in their yearly SCBA Re-certification course. Thanks to Chief 71(Bradenville) for setting us up with the house to use for the training.

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Crash w/Entrapment in Greenwald Village

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Monday, April 6, 2009...At 1300 the alarm went out for the Vehicle Accident on Bungalow Rd in Greenwald, Unity Twp (34 District). Rescue 34 quickly went enroute with a crew of 4, and arriving to find the accident on a private farm lane approximately 1/4 mile from the street.

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One Overturned on Donahue Road

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

Thursday, April 2, 2009...At 1542 Rescue 34 was alerted for the Vehicle Accident on Donahue Rd, Unity Twp in the 114 District (Lloydsville). 1st arriving units from 114 & 113 (Latrobe) found 1 vehicle that had rolled several times, coming to rest on its roof & the operator self-extricated w...

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Training Nite in New Alexandria

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Tuesday, March 24, 2009...This evening Crabtree & New Alexandria crews got together for some training at a mobile home that was donated to the Fire Departments. Crews work in teams going through SCBA, hose line advancement, ventilation and search & rescue.

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