The four fire departments of Plum Borough along with several mutual aid stations were dispatched at 3:20pm Friday afternoon for a residential structure fire on Old Leechburg Road between Sardis Road & Greensburg Road in the Renton (234) Fire District of Plum. From our department: 236-Chief, 236-Engine, & 236-Command responded.
234-Chief (Incident Commander) arrived on scene and reported multiple vehicles on fire as well as brush and fire endangering a building. Due to the large distance between fire hydrants the request was made for Tankers to respond and set up water shuttles to keep the fire engines supplied with water for all the hose crews. Tankers from Allegheny & Westmoreland County quickly responded.
Due to dry and breezy conditions, the fire spread across the road to a hillside which fire crews were assigned to handle as well as units sent up to the top of hill to attack from above. Incident Command requested one of the regional wildland fire units and they came out with personnel & apparatus to assist and lend additional guidance too.
Plum EMS ensured medical and rehab areas were covered for firefighters to gain relief from. The Salvation Army dispatched one of their units to also provide relief for this warm weather assignment. Plum Borough Police Department and 395-Fire Police provide traffic control to prevent unauthorized people from gaining access and potentially interfering with operations. After a few hours, the scene was brought under control and the Allegheny County Fire Marshal is investigating.
Incident Command: 234 Chief
Ground Ops: 236-Chief
Top Hill Ops: 233-Assistant-1
EMS Command: Medic 486
๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐น๐๐บ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป:
Renton Volunteer Fire Department (Plum) 234
UNITY VFD (Plum) 233
Logans Ferry Heights Volunteer Fire Department (Plum) 235
Holiday Park Volunteer Fire Department (Plum) 236
Monroeville Fire Dept. Co. #4
Monroeville Fire Company 6
Oakmont Volunteer Fire Department 216
Pitcairn Hose Company #1 229
Penn Hills VFD Station 223
Penn Hills No.7 VFC
West Wilmerding VFD Station 211
Wilkins Township VFC No. 1 302
Regional Wildfire Response Team
๐ง๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ & ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ต ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐:
Monroeville Fire Dept. Co. #5
Upper Burrell Volunteer Fire Company #1 115
Washington Township VFC – Westmoreland 102
Lower Burrell VFC No. 1 54
New Kensington Fire Department Company 2
Rural Ridge VFD 175
This is great example of how volunteer fire departments from various municipalities & counties come together to tackle a fire and safely bring it under control. As always we are looking more volunteers to join our ranks across the region, please consider checking out your local volunteer fire department to see how you can assist and make a difference.
