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Written by Rusty Schreiner
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| March 2, 2010 |
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The Centre Region COG and the Alpha Fire Company are pleased to announce that Tyler Fire Equipment LLC, representing Pierce Manufacturing, Inc. has been awarded the contract for our new 75 Foot Aerial PUC Quint on a 2010 Pierce Arrow XT Chassis.
Features of the new unit include: TAK- 4 independent front suspension, seating for six, with a 515 HP Detroit Diesel Series 60 coupled to an Allison EVS 4000 transmission. Additional options include a 15KW Onan hydraulic generator, electric cord reel, a 540 amp Leece-Neville dual alternator system, all LED emergency and compartment lighting with over 205’ square feet of compartment storage space. The unit features a 1500 GPM pump with a Husky 12 foam system, a 500 gallon water tank and a 30 gallon class A foam tank. The unit will be capable of carrying over 1000 feet of 5” LDH with 6 preconnected hand lines. The aluminum aerial features a user replaceable tip with a 750 lb. tip load and creeper controls. The aerial can operate from -8 to 76 degrees. The aerial is equipped with a pinnable waterway and a 1500 GPM remote controlled nozzle. The Quint will carry over 115’ of ground ladders. Delivery of Quint 527 is expected in early August, 2010. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 March 2010 )
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Written by Steve Bair
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| February 28, 2010 |
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The month of February ended with a mutual aid call to Port Matilda Borough. Three Alpha engines responded for a reported structure fire with entrapment. Fortunately the occupants escaped this fast moving fire in a mobile home. Engines 514 and 512 went to the scene, while Engine 510 was diverted to Station 15. Engine 514 assisted with some minor overhaul and all Alpha units cleared the scene before midnight.
Congratulations to the College Township live-ins and the Sunday bunk-in crew, enjoying out the new amenities at the College Township Station, for effecting a very prompt response with Engine 512. The same group caught a second reported structure fire in the Alpha first due at 0745 hours Monday morning, March 1. This call turned out to be a furnace malfunction.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 03 March 2010 )
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Written by Jason Troup
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| February 24, 2010 |
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This morning around 7:00 AM the Alpha Fire Co. was alerted for a motor vehicle accident on I-99 Southbound in Patton Township. Reports indicated a passenger car and a tractor trailer involved with 1 person injured. The accident occurred between the Valley Vista and Grays Woods exits.
Assistant Chief S. Kauffman (504) and Engine 514 arrived on scene simultaneously to find a passenger car sideways on the shoulder of the roadway. Assistant Chief J. Martin (502) arrived shortly after and assumed command of the incident. Engine 514 set-up as a blocking vehicle until Fire Police 536 was arrived for traffic control.
The vehicle had 1 occupant with minor injuries and was transported to the Mount Nittany Medical Center by Centre LifeLink EMS.
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| Units on Scene: Engine 514, Command 534, Fire Police 536, Centre LifeLink EMS, Pennsylvania State Police |
| Command: Assistant Chief J. Martin (502) |
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Written by Steve Bair
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| February 22, 2010 |
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On Monday evening, February 22 a well attended open house ushered in the grand opening of the newly remodeled College Township Station. Since 2003 the company has responded an engine from the lower level of the township municipal building; space that formerly housed the township’s public works garage. The township had been working on a phased fit-out plan for the fire company that would have been completed sometime in 2014. In April 2007, the company approached the township seeking acceleration of the fit-out. The township incorporated the fit-out into a long-term cost improvement plan for the entire municipal building and launched the project in the spring of 2009. The result is a live-in fire station with four live-in rooms, six non live-in beds, a full kitchen, and a lounge area. The live-in spaces were occupied on February 24. We thank College Township for completing this project.
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Written by Jason Troup
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| February 22, 2010 |
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At 4:22 PM the Alpha Fire Co. was dispatched to assist Port Matilda Fire Co. with a motor vehicle accident on I-99 in Worth Township at Exit 62. Reports indicated a single vehicle accident with ejection.
Units arrived on scene to find one patient outside the vehicle and a Volkswagen sedan in the median on the southbound side of the road. EMS personnel loaded and transported the patient to Mount Nittany Medical Center.
Southbound travel on I-99 was reduced to one lane until the vehicle was removed from the scene. PennDOT arrived to provide assistance with traffic control. Units operated on the scene for approximately one hour.
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| Units on Scene: Engine 1510, 514, Rescue 1518, Fire Police 1536, Port Matilda EMS, Centre LifeLink EMS, Pennsylvania State Police, PennDOT |
| Command: Chief S. Connor (1500) |
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