St.
Petersburg (13 Jan.)
- A
St. Petersburg home was destroyed by a fire Thursday night while the family
was gone.
No one was reported
injured in the 7 p.m. fire in the 100 block of Railroad Street and firefighters
were still on the scene at 10:30 p.m. bringing hot spots under control.
More.
Hovey Twp.
(7 Jan)- A
Parker man was killed Friday night in a four-vehicle accident in Hovey
Township, Armstrong County.
Shawn A. McCall, 39,
was pronounced dead at the scene at 7 p.m. by Armstrong County Deputy
Coroner Thomas King as a result of blunt force trauma to his head and
chest. More.
2004
Year-in-Review
The Parker City
VFD had a busy year in 2004 with a total of 196 calls. The Quick
Response Squad received 115 calls. These calls were anywhere from
assists to other companies, to pale fires, of course, we will never
forget trucks plunging into stores!
We respond to
a wide variety of calls - all for the safety of our area. We are
also trying to raise money to help support the fire dept. We are
now selling our Fire Prevention-Lottery Calendar. In the spring,
we will be asking for your support again through Municipal Marketing,
and don’t forget the Mother’s Day Dinner. Finally, there
is Sportsman’s Night in November.
The Auxiliary
also had a busy year. Without the auxiliary we would be last. Ladies,
we thank you.
For anyone who
would like to join the Fire Dept. or the Auxiliary, please contact
the fire hall at 724-399-2222, or speak to any firefighter or auxiliary
member.
To everyone
who helped support us in any way, All of us at the Parker City VFD/QRS
say “Thank You.”
Parker
City VFD wins $68,950.00 FEMA grant Department plans to use grant for operations
and firefighter safety.
December 3rd
- Secretary Tom Ridge today announced 224 grants to fire departments
throughout the United States in the twenty-fourth round of the Fiscal
Year 2004 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program. The grants will
ultimately total approximately 8,000 awards worth nearly $750 million
in direct assistance to firefighters throughout the country, demonstrating
Homeland Security's commitment to ensuring that America's firefighters
have the resources they need to protect their communities.
More.
The Parker City VFD and QRS proudly
protects the City of Parker located in Armstrong County Pennsylvania. We
also cover Hovey and Perry townships in Armstrong County. In addition we
cover parts of Allegheny and Parker townships in Butler County as well as
Perry township Clarion County.
The
Parker City VFD also runs mutual aid calls to Foxburg, Perry Twp, St.
Petersburg, Emlenton, Eau Claire, Bruin, and Petrolia.
There
are about thirty active members of the Parker City VFD and QRS. Our QRS
team responds on all fire calls with the fire dept. and responds for BLS
medical calls in our fire coverage area. The QRS is assisted by Emlenton
or Petrolia Ambulance services.
The
fire department provides the following services to our response area:
Structural
Firefighting
Wildland
firefighting
Flammable
liquid firefighting
Vehicle rescue
Water rescue
Ice rescue
Confined
space rescue
Search &
rescue & recovery
HAZ-MAT
Emergency
Medical Response (QRS)
Landing Zone
setup
Fire Police
Fire prevention
education
Support your local fire department. Contact them
to find out how you can help, help is always welcome from people of all
ages.
Parker
City VFD website 3.5 - October 2004 - Jonathan
Anschutz - Webmaster