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Fire Company Officers for 2009

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President	Pat Riggle	Fire Chief	Dan Black
Vice President	Sandy Ridenour	Assistant Chief	Frank Filo
Secretary	Shelly Riggle	Assistant Chief	Ken Ridenour
Treasurer	Jodi Grinder	Captain	Matt Gibbons
Financial Secretary	Sandy Ridenour	Lieutenant	Dave Black
Sergeant at Arms	Henry Nolf	Lieutenant	Mike Huth
Trustee	Don Kaufman	Rescue Captains	Mark Grinder, Chris Mitchell
Trustee	Bruce Leith	Safety Officers	Jim Potlas, Henry Nolf
Trustee	Ken Ridenour	Chief Engineer	Pat Riggle

2008 Response Summary :

Incident Type	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Fire:	44	32	38	43	44	53	29
other	1			9	4	8
Building fire	10	13	9	12	7	18	17
Cooking fire	1			1
Electrical / inside	2				2
Chimney	3		3	1
Furnace	1
Mobile Home	1		2	1	2
Vehicle	7	6	11	3	11	8	4
Brush (grass)	14	13	10	14	17	13	4
Rubbish	1		1
other Outside fires	3		1	2	1	6	4
Rescue & EMS Incidents:	47	115	105	93	102	120	112
Assist EMS crews	5	10	12	14	9	10	6
Set-up LZ	14	6	15	14	26	31	37
Lift Assist	6	3
AED call	9	36	43	36	45	37	37
Vehicle accident w/injuries	1	23	24	22	9	22	16
Extrication	10	37	6	7	13	20	16
Other Rescue	1		3
Water Rescue	1		2
Hazardous Conditions:	34	24	11	15	11	13	7
-includes power lines down, fuel spills	34	24	11	15	11	13	7
Service Calls:	52	37	39	30	31	38	30
Smoke, odor investigations	7	14	18	2	12	8	9
Assist Police (traffic control, lighting)	10	10	12	14	8	3	9
Stand-by	5	2	3	3	4	4	1
all other (tree down, animal rescue)	13	11	6	11	7	23	11
Dispatched-cancelled enroute:	38		14	11	9	0	0
Controlled Burns:	6				1	1	0
Other:(include hazmat investigation)	8	7	13	7	0		5
False Alarms:	22	39	34	35	22	23	25
False call	3	8	10	2	1	1
Smoke detector activated	2	26	17	6	3	20	21
Alarm malfunction	7		2		6
Alarm activated-no fire	8		2	23	5
CO detector activated	2	5	3	4	7	2	4
Weather related:	2	5	7	3	3	10	0
flooding	2	5	7	3	3	10
Assist other Departments		44	48	52	46	49	57
TOTAL INCIDENTS	236	303	309	290	269	307	275

1963

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Original trucks and rented building

Facts about WTVFC :

--Washington Twp. Fire Company was established in 1961 , to protect the lives and property of the residents. Prior to this date, the Township was protected by the Oklahoma Fire Company.

--Washington Township Fire Company is staffed by professional Volunteers, which means ,none of our members receives any financial compensation for the many hours required to operate this Company. We are supported by our Township through a fire tax, that pays approx. 25% of the annual operating budget of the Fire Company. The other 75% is raised by our fund raising projects, so please support these projects.

--Washington Township is located in the northern tip of Westmoreland County , PA , USA.

--The primary service area is approx. 30 square miles , while we provide primary fire protection to this area , we also provide primary rescue services to many surrounding communities .

-- In 1976, the first aerial truck was purchased, a 1976 Pierce 55' Tele-Squirt for a purchase price of $102,000. Compare
this to the purchase of the 2002 Pierce 75' Quint, with a purchase price of $570,000.

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