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July 2, 2012
Join Rennerdale, Kirwan Heights, and Presto Volunteer Fire Departments, along with representatives from Collier Township Fireman's Association for our annual golfing event at Nevillewood Country Club.
Sponsorships, Tee Signs, and donations are now being accepted. Please visit Collier Township Firefighters Assocation for more information or contact Chris Harris at 412.770.9924.
Kirwan Heights EMS & Rehab 770 attended a Special Operations Show & Tell hosted by the Allegheny County EMS Council. Agencies from all over the county and from the City of Pittsburgh were on display for those in attendance to tour and use.
Kirwan Heights, Rennerdale, Bower Hill, Glendale, East Carnegie, Heidelberg, Scott Township EMS, Collier Township Police, and the Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office participated in a mock accident demo for the Juniors and Seniors of Chartiers Valley High School. Students Against Drunk Driving is promoting a drive safe message during Prom.
Kirwan Heights Fire & EMS responded to the report of a vehicle versus deer accident on I-79 Southbound.
Kirwan Heights EMS sent 2 ambulances to help the City of Pittsburgh with the 2012 Marathon detail. Take a look at the pics our crews sent back.
Thank you to the City of Pittsburgh and their EMS Division for allowing us to participate.
Kirwan Heights members visited Chartiers Valley Pre-School for Show & Tell. Both the morning and afternoon pre-school classes were given a tour of our vehicles and lessons on fire safety.
Thank you to the Chartiers Valley Pre-school classes for allowing us to visit.
Members of local Girl Scout Troop 50099 stopped by Kirwan Heights for a station tour and first aid lecture. They are working towards their First Aid and Safety badges currently.
Thank you to the Girl Scouts for attending!!
To schedule your Troop for a visit, click here.
Kirwan Heights hosted a Fire Safety Night at Bob Evans on Tuesday. Below Katelyn Wylie enjoys a tour of Rescue 124. Her and about 30 other children toured our apparatus and learned about fire safety.
Members of Kirwan Heights and Rennerdale Vol. Fire Depts helped other volunteers from Collier Township in the annual Clean-Up Collier Day held each year during April.
More of our members have reported back from FDIC. They are having a great time networking with other firefighters and enjoying classes. New pictures have been added.
Please check back throughout the upcoming week as we post more pictures of the classes our members are attending.
About 0600 hours this morning, Kirwan Heights Fire Department was dispatched along with crews from East Carnegie, Glendale, Bower Hill, Crafton, Greentree and the City of Pittsburgh for a "blazing commercial structure fire" at 235 Noblestowns Road. Kirwan Heights' Rapid Intervention Team and later our Station 770 Firefighter Rehab units responded.
Thankfully there were no injuries during the fire.
Everyone please take a look at these 2 articles that were printed in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review over the weekend. It is a sobering look at problems faced by ambulance services when trying to collect insurance payments for services rendered.
Low Reimbursement Rates • Reimbursement ObstaclesKirwan Heights Fire Department has taken the opportunity to send several of our Fire Department officers and members to the annual FDIC convention in Indianapolis, IN. The members attending the week long conference will be participating in a wide range of classes and training. FDIC also boasts the largest vendor area dedicated to new fire suppression and rescue technologies. We look forward to their return and the new training techniques that will return with them.
Please check back throughout the upcoming week as we post more pictures of the classes our members are attending.
Kirwan Heights Rapid Intervention Team responded into Mt. Lebanon to assist with an early morning residential structure fire.the Mt. Lebanon and several other departments. The blaze went to 3 alarms, but was quickly contained by an aggressive interior attack by the Mt. Lebanon Fire Department.
After early reports that there may be entrapment on the 2nd floor, it was found that the residence had been evacuated. There no injuries reported at this fire.
Thank you to the 50+ donors who stopped!!!
Kirwan Heights Fire Department was dispatched for a disabled vehicle on Washington Pike. The vehicle had leaked several gallons of transmission fluid on the roadway. Crews remained onscene for cleanup and traffic control until a tow truck could remove the vehicle.
Reservations are now being taken for the Firefighter I Test. Anyone interested will need to RSVP here ASAP.
NOTE: If you have already RSVP'd please do it again as the old list has been wiped clean.
About 0130 hours this morning, Kirwan Heights Fire Department and Fire Rehab were dispatched to assist Scott Township Fire District on a working structure fire. Fire was reported to be in the basement and running the walls into the attic space. Kirwan Heights EMS provided Firefighter Rehab services while firefighter from our department assisted with fire suppression, overhaul, and air supply.
During the earlier morning hours of March 26, 2012, Kirwan Heights Rescue and EMS responded to a motor vehicle accident with entrapment at the intersection of Vanadium Road and Washington Pike. This accident was actually reported by our EMS staff as it was directly in front of the station. As indicated by the picture below there was severe damage to the one vehicle involved.
Kirwan Heights Rescue personnel responded to cut open the driver's door using our "Jaws of Life." Crews remained onscene afterwards to assist with clean up and removal of the severely damaged vehicle.
One unidentified male patient was transported to Allegheny General Hospital for further evaluation and treatment of injuries sustained during the accident.
Kirwan Heights Fire Department is currently starting our review of local waterways in our response area and the South Hills. We are working with other local public safety agencies to go through Swift Water Rescue Training this spring. The goal of our review of the local waterways is to familiarize our department members with the inherent dangers of fast moving water in preparation for the upcoming rescue training.
Stay tuned to our website for more information about Swift Water and our training.
Kirwan Heights EMS was dispatched to assist Scott Township EMS at Manor Care Greentree with a StatMedevac Helicopter detail. EMS responded and assisted by transporting the crew from the landing zone to Manor Care Greentree and back. Check out our EMS crew at work!
Kirwan Heights Fire Department in conjunction with the Collier Township Municipal are working towards making your community safer. The demolition of abandoned properties along the Route 50 corridor has begun. In the past two months, four abandoned properties have been torn down and three more are scheduled for demolition.
KHFD and Collier Township are working together to remove these vacant buildings due to the threat of fire and vandalism.
Most of the homes demolished or scheduled to be demolished have been vacant or abandoned for 10 to 20 years.
Two car motor vehicle accident about 100 yards from our station. Crews responded to clean up debris and direct traffic. There were only minor injuries reported.
