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February, 2010:

Training :: Basic Vehicle Rescue – Awareness

Date: 02-28-2010
Location: Adamsburg and Community Volunteer Fire Department

 

The Adamsburg and Community Volunteer Fire Department‘s first scheduled training of the year is a Basic Vehicle Rescue Course.  This class is broken up into three separate sections, awareness, operations and technician.  Today was the second day of the awareness class. 

During this class students are taught the basic principals of vehicle rescue.  The students learned proper practices for when they first arrive on scene of a motor vehicle collision.  They also learned how to stabilize a vehicle to keep it from moving.  The students practiced this skill on many different scenarios ranging from vehicles on all four wheels, to vehicles that were upside down on-top of another vehicle.  Next the students learned proper removal technique to extricate a patient from a collision without causing additional injury or harm. (more…)

Can you find the fire hydrant in each of the below pictures?

  

Can you find the fire hydrants in these pictures

Can you find the fire hydrants in these pictures?

Adamsburg and Community Volunteer Fire Department wants to stress the importance of clearing away the snow from near and around the fire hydrant that is on your property or near your house.  Since the Snow Event on February 5 and 6th we have gotten 21″ or more of snow across the region.  This snow along with the plow trucks have partially or completely covered hydrants in Hempfield Township.  This can make it very hard to locate and use these hydrants in an emergency. Now today we are expecting an additional 8″ – 14″ of heavy snow which will add to the problem.  A total snow fall of +30″ will completely cover most for hydrants if not attended to. 

Every summer Adamsburg and Commnity Volunteer Fire Department makes an effort to go out and mark the roadway with a YELLOW DOT in front of each hydrant.  We do this to make sure that we can locate the hydrants in the winter if we get heavy snowfall. We ask that you as a responsible homeowner make sure to dig out the snow in the  area around these hydrants so when we need them we do not have to waste valuable time uncovering the hydrant. In an emergency every second counts, so by saving us this valuable time we can ensure your safety.  

If you can not physically uncover the hydrant on your property please ask a neighbor to assist you.  If you have no available assistance please call your local fire department so they can resolve this issue for you.   

Remember by taking the time to clear the snow from around your fire hydrant you may be saving the life and property of one of your neighbors or even your own.

10-0035 :: Motor Vehicle Collision

Incident # 10-0035
Date: 02-05-2010
Location: Brush Creek Road, Hempfield Township 

Adamsburg and Community Volunteer Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle collision on Brush Creek Road, Hempfield Township.  Upon arrival found one vehicle that slid on snow covered roads into another vehicle. No injuries were reported in this collision. 

This is the second heavy snow fall of the season and travel is hazardous.  6″-14″ of snow is expected across the region in the next 24 hours.  Since travel will be hazardous, and we ask that you stay home until Penn DOT and the Hempfield Department of Public Works is able to make travel safe again.   (more…)

10-0032 :: Structure Fire

Incident # 10-0032
Date: 02-01-2010
Location: Highland Ave, Hempfield Township 

Adamsburg and Community Volunteer Fire Department responded to a reported bedroom fire in a multi-family apartment complex.  Upon arrival crews found a fire in the second story bedroom of one of the apartments.  While there were initial reports of the occupants being trapped in the building, upon arrival of the fire department, everyone was found to be out of the apartment.  First crews onscene intiated an attack on the fire while additional arriving crews evacuated the other apartments within the building.  A quick response kept damage to a minimum and confined to only one apartment. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Hempfield Township Fire Marshall.

Responding Units from Adamsburg and Community Volunteer Fire Department:

Quint 10, Engine 10

Assisting Units: