Monday, May 14, 2012  At 0812 Station 207 and Station 113 (Braddock) were dispatched for a possible structure fire smoke coming from the roof at 428 Hawkins Avenue in North Braddock.  As apparatus were calling enroute 137 Chief on scene with a working structure fire.  207 Chief then asked for a full working structure fire assignment bringing 153 Truck (Forest Hills) and 135 Rescue (East McKeesport).  207 Engine 2 on scene establishing a water supply  with a working structure fire heavy fire on the second and third floors.  137 Chief stretched a  13/4 Preconnect and starting exterior operations.  As crews were arriving they tried making an aggressive interior attack command had everyone evacuate going defensive.  Hawkins command then called for the second alarm bringing Station 278 (Swissvale), Station 137 (Edgewood), and Station 204 (Munhall) to the scene for manpower.  After the bulk of the fire was knocked down crews went in and performed extensive overhaul operations.  The last units cleared the scene a little over 6 hours later.   The Allegheny County Fire Marshals are investigating.



Units Working: 207 Engine, Engine 2 & Rescue, 113 Engine & Rescue, 153 Engine, Truck & Squad, 135 Rescue, 137 Engine, 278 Engine & Squad, 204 Truck



Command: 207 Chief (Rydzak)

Friday, May 11, 2012  At 1407 Station 207 and Station 113 (Braddock) were dispatched for a possible kitchen fire smoke coming from the kitchen.  As units were marking up police were on scene with heavy smoke showing from the rear of the structure.  The call was then updated to a working structure fire bringing 153 Truck (Forest Hills), 238 Engine (Rankin), 298 Engine (Whitaker).  Moments later 207 Chief arrived to find a 2 1/2 story structure with heavy smoke and fire in the rear of the structure.  Assisted with fire extinguishment, overhaul and cleanup.  207 was released per command.



Units Working:  113 Engine, Truck & Service, 207 Engine, Squad & Service, 153 Truck, 238 Engine & Squad, 298 Engine



Command: 113 Chief (Petrovic)

Sunday, April 15, 2012  At 2222 Station 207 was dispatched for a vehicle smoking and sparks coming from underneath it.  As units were calling enroute 113 Chief was on scene and advised units of a working vehicle fire.  207 Engine 2 stretched a preconnect for fire extinguishment.  The fire was brought under control and units remained on scene for a while with clean up.



Units Working: 207 Engine, Rescue, Squad & Service



Command: 207 Chief (Rydzak) 

Friday, April 6, 2012  At 21:49 Station 113 (Braddock), 207 Engine (North Braddock), 136 Engine (East Pittsburgh), 238 Engine (Rankin), and 153 Truck were alerted for a possible dwelling on fire in the 10-blk of Holland Ave, Braddock. Before the dispatch was even complete the 911 center had multiple calls for heavy fire coming from the home and the incident was upgraded to a working fire. Police were on scene in seconds and confirmed this with a correct address in Elm Way. 113 Engine arrived with heavy fire throughout and impeding on the "Bravo" exposure. The other companies arrived and secured multiple water supplies and began to attack the fire. Crews had a good initial knock on the main fire building but fire was found in the exposure and after about 30 minutes a 2nd Alarm was called for bringing 135 Rescue (East McKeesport), and 298 Engine (Whitaker) to the scene. Personnel continued to work for over another hour before placing the incident under control and overhaul continued at a slow pace due to the weakened structural integrity of the building. The last units cleared the scene after roughly 4 hours. The Allegheny County Fire Marshal is investigating.




Units Working: 113 Engine and Rescue, 207 Engine and Rescue, 238 Engine, 136 Engine, 153 Truck and Engine, 135 Rescue, 298 Engine

Command: 113 Chief (Petrovic)


Standby: 204 Tower (Munhall #5) in 238 Station

Tuesday, March 27, 2012  At 1605 Station 207 was dispatched to Route 30 in front of Vincents Pizza for a vehicle accident with fluids on the roadway.  207 Rescue on scene with a two vehicle accident no fluids but debris on the roadway.  207 Rescue and Squad remained on scene for a half hour with traffic control and debris cleanup.



Units Working: 207 Rescue & Squad



Command: 207 Chief (Rydzak) 

Thursday, March 22, 2012   At 1604 Station 207, Station 113 (Braddock), Station 238 (Rankin), Station 153 (Forest Hills) were dispatched for a commercial structure fire at 3 Camp Avenue in Rankin.  Moments later Braddock PD on scene with the rear of the structure on fire.  113 Engine on scene with the back porch on fire and stretched a 1 3/4 preconnect to the rear of the structure for extinguishment.  Crews from other companies checked for extension throught the rear of the structure with negative results.  207 crews cleared per 238 Chief.






Command: 238 Chief (Megley)



Units Working: 113 Engine & Squad, 238 Engine & Squad, 207 Engine, Squad & Service, 153 Engine, Squad & Truck.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012  At 2136 Station 207, Station 238 (Rankin), Station 113 (Braddock), Station 298 (Whitaker) were dispatched to a possible commercial structure fire at 121 Miller Avenue in Rankin.  238 Engine on scene with a 2 1/2 story structure with nothing showing.  Investigated further and it turned out to be a small oven fire.  207 released per command.






Command: 238 Chief (Megley)



Units Working: 238 Engine, Squad & Service, 113  Truck, 207 Engine, 298 Engine

Sunday, February 26, 2012  At 0241 Station 153 (Forest Hills) and Station 122 (Churchill) were dispatched for smoke in the residence possible chimney fire.  Forest Hills Police were on scene moments later updated units of a working structure fire.  153 Chief then called 113, 207, 303 and 135 for RIT.  153 Engine laid supply line from Brinton Road and Fairfax moments later finding there were problems with the hydrant.  207 Engine 2 laid supply line from Brinton and Ridge.  Crews worked on extinguishment and overhaul operations and called under control about an hour and a half.  207 crews released per command.



Command: 153 Chief (Theilacker)



Units Working: 153 Engine & Rescue, 122 Rescue, 207 Engine & Rescue, 113 Truck & Rescue, 303 Truck, 135 Rescue & Squad