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Written by Jason Troup
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The fire company will be holding its annual open house this coming Sunday, October 12, 2008 from 12 PM until 4PM at the main station in downtown State College, 400 W. Beaver Ave. All members of the community are welcome attend the event. Activities at the station include bucket rides, station tours, a rescue deomonstration, and much more. For questions or for more information please contact the station at (814) 237-5359.
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Written by Brian Bittner
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14-Aug-2008
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On 08/14/08, six members of the Alpha Fire Company with Engine 512, attended a LODD funeral for brother Sean Whiten of the Roscoe PA VFC. Captain Whiten passed away during a training exercise at the Westmoreland County Training Academy on 08/09/08. Captain Whiten is a past Chief of the Roscoe Fire Company and currently served as their Captain. Sean was 46 years old and leaves behind a wife Linda and his son, Sean Robert. Sean was an outstanding educator and a very talented firefighter. A Firefighter's Funeral Service was held at the Stockdale PA VFC. Approximately 1100 firefighters, family and friends were in attendance. Rest in peace Sean, a man I considered to be a close friend and mentor through the years.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 15 August 2008 )
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Written by James Beecher
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30-July-2008
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Medlar Field, State College
On Wednesday, July 30 The Alpha’s participated again in the annual “Super Splash Day” at Medlar Field, home of the State College Spikes, the class A short-season minor league baseball team affiliated with the Pittsburg Pirates. The event, geared to the team’s young and young at heart fans promises to cool off the crowd during a mid afternoon summer game.
This years game began at noon with summer school and summer camp students from around central Pennsylvania in attendance. School busses from as far away as Hollidaysburg were seen parked at the stadium.
Rusty Schreiner, the Regional Fire Administrator along with long time member and former truck captain, and Andrew Prestia took the 100 foot Tower 517 to the stadium to set up an water shower for the children to play in. The two arrived at the park around 10 am to set up the tower and lay almost 900 feet of 3 inch line from the nearest hydrant. The game between the Spikes and their New York Penn League rivals, the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, began at noon with thousands of children in attendance. Despite the energizing fan turn out and support of the Alphas, the Spikes lost the nail biting game 7-6, but a fun time was had by all in attendance.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 15 August 2008 )
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Written by Carmine Prestia
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July 2, 2008
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EMS was dispatched to a farm at 3760 W. Whitehall Rd. to standby while the farmers went into a manure pit to get a cow out. The family grandmother noticed the cow fall into the pit while she was in the garden. The pit was half full of manure at the time the cow fell in.
EMS arrived on scene and realized that this was confined space and that there were no self contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) for the farmers going into the space.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 03 July 2008 )
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Written by Mike Vanadia & John Stephansky
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| April 26-27, 2008 |
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| This weekend, the engine and truck companies traveled to the Centre County Training site to conduct the final modules and evaluations for the in-house PERT program. Crews spent a majority of the day on Saturday doing static evolutions to hone and finalize engine and truck skills. The engine set up multiple stations that included pre-connected hose line deployment, hydrant and break operations, as well as LDH and master stream operations. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 12 May 2008 )
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Written by Jason Troup
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April 12, 2008
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This evening the Alpha Fire Co. held its annual awards banquet at the Ramada Conference Center and Hotel in State College. We would like to thank Pleasant Gap, Boalsburg, and Reliance Fire Companies for standing-by overnight to cover calls in the centre region.
Results of the awards banquet...
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 16 April 2008 )
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Written by Tom Ellis & Jason Troup
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| January 19, 2007 |
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Former safety officer and Alpha Alum Tom Ellis brings us this report from his new position within Raytheon. He is now based out of Denver, CO for Raytheon and also does some work in Antartica. Tom is pictured in the red jacket with our brother firefighters from the McMurdo Fire Station.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 21 January 2008 )
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