Recent calls
Strong Chemical Smell Coming from a Stream
Friday, November 11th, 2022
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Team 800 responded at the request of Station 6, Westmoreland County, to the area off Tinker Run Park for a smell that had been reported in the area and a sheen on the stream from the day before. Multi...
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Lead Acid Battery Spill/Release Response
Monday, September 12th, 2022
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Team 800 responded to a facility in Greensburg City that encountered an Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) battery unit failure and worked along with FD ventilation crews to conduct air monitoring and m...
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Home Heating Oil Tank Incident
Monday, February 21st, 2022
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Team 800 responded to Mutual, Unity Township to assist Station 83 Mutual & 36 Pleasant Unity fire departments to mitigate a leaking home heating fuel tank. The resident quickly called 9-1-1 to rep...
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East Huntingdon Township - Home Heating Fuel Leak
Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
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East Huntingdon Township Home Heating Fuel Leak, Team 800 personnel assisted local FD to mitigate fuel spill in the basement and then provided assistance to construct an underflow dam to collect the l...
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News headlines
Westmoreland County is 250 Years Strong
Thursday, February 23rd, 2023
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Westmoreland County Hazardous Materials Response Team 800 celebrates the 250 years of tradition and service of Westmoreland County in southwestern Pennsylvania and the team has been a proud response s...
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WCHMRT 800 Member of the Year 2022
Friday, December 2nd, 2022
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Technician Eric Gartley
Confined Space Refresher Training
Thursday, October 6th, 2022
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Team 800 personnel conducted air monitoring training with HAZSIM equipment and then conducted scenario incident command at 2 locations for an underground storm water storage system and a communication...
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Airshow 2022
Friday, June 10th, 2022
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Team 800 performed standby duties for ARFF 121 for the 2022 AirShow in Westmoreland County. 7 members of the team provided response capabilities in R800, UT800, and C800 for practice on June 10, 2022
Call volume
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Total calls
781
since 2007
Busiest month
Jun 2011
15
calls
Slowest month
Dec 2016
0
calls
Category
Total
Busiest month
Calls
Slowest month
Calls
RESPONSE
711
Jun 2011
15
Dec 2016
0
ASSESSMENT
70
Jan 2022
3
Nov 2021
0
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