The Aspwinwall Volunteer Fire Department, Allegheny County Station 102 is located about 5 miles up the Allegheny River from downtown Pittsburgh. We serve approximately 3,000 residents and businesses within the Borough of Aspinwall covering an area of a little less than one square mile. The department also provides mutual-aid support to the neighboring communities of Sharpsburg, Blawnox, Fox Chapel, and O'Hara Township and functions as the Rapid Intervention Team for the Millvale, Etna, and Indianola fire departments.

Our organization specializes in:

• Structural Fire Suppression and Operations
• Motor Vehicle Extrication and Rescue
• River Rescue
• Rapid Intervention Team Operations

Our apparatus are housed in two fire stations and members are assigned to a station based on where they reside in town.

Aspinwall Station #1, "First Street Express."


Aspinwall Station #2, "Watchdogs on the Hill."

Fire Department Meetings and Practices

The Monthly Meeting of the Aspinwall Volunteer Fire Department takes place on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM in the meeting room of Station #1.

Departmental Training takes place the first, third and last Tuesdays of every month at 6:30 PM at Station #1.

Station 102 - "In Action!"

14APR03; Incident #90: "MVA Roll-over with Ejection"

The members of the Aspinwall Volunteer Fire Department and Fox Chapel VFD were dispatched at 17:53 to respond with Sharpsburg VFD to a Motor Vehicle Accident in the north-bound lanes of State Highway 28 between the 62nd Street Bridge and the Highland Park Bridge. Initial dispatch reported a one vehicle roll-over on the embankment with the driver ejected from the vehicle. The victim was attended to by medics from Seneca EMS and ALS from St. Margarets Hospital and transported to St. Margarets for evaluation. No extrication was required, however members of the Aspinwall VFD provided vehicle stablization and scene safety precautions while state and local law enforcement examined the scene for their report. The vehicle, a 1987 Ford Ranger Pick-up, was found on the passenger side with the vehicle front facing south in the north-bound lanes.

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20APR03; Incident #100: "Easter Sunday Morning; MVA into a Structure."

The members of the Aspinwall Volunteer Fire Department, Sharpsburg VFD, Blawnox VFD and Fox Chapel VFD were dispatched at 11:08 to a Motor Vehicle Accident into a house with entrapment, victim unconscious in the 100 block of Lexinton Avenue in Aspinwall. First unit on scene reported a Jeep Cherokee into the corner of the adjacent home just missing the natural gas meter by inches. The victim went unconscious at the wheel of her vehicle after suffering from a medical condition. She was transported to St. Margaret's Hospital by medics with Seneca EMS. Damage to the adjoining home was minimal. Units were released at 11:40.