Westmoreland County Hazardous Materials Response Team 800
Monday, February 21st, 2022
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...
Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
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...
Friday, January 14th, 2022
Team 800 responded on 1/14 to a fuel spill involving a reefer trailer diesel tank that was damaged when the trailer had become disconnected from the tractor. Team 800 assisted Station 26 with mitigat...
Saturday, December 18th, 2021
Team 800 was requested at approximately 2000 hrs to assist and support New Kensington City FD with the containment and mitigation of a vehicle accident involving two 55 gallon drums of used oil damage...
Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
Dear Friend and Supporter:We wish to sincerely thank all the businesses and individuals who help make our 20th annual 2022 golf outing a huge success. Even though we were nearly rained out from nearly...
Thursday, February 10th, 2022
Station 111 hosted a decontamination review in their new station and Team 800 conducted familiarization with the H800 apparatus. Thanks for hosting this informative session.
Saturday, February 5th, 2022
Past Chief and SFA instructor S. Teacher provided refresher training for Station 26.
Thursday, November 4th, 2021
Team 800 members spend hundreds of hours of advanced training every year and have fun doing it!
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William J Sekora Jr. - Passing of our Long Time Team 800 Member.
Tuesday, October 12th, 2021
Bill was a long time member of Team 800 and was in integral part of our radiological response and served as a radiological officer. Bill was also State Fire Academy Local Level Instructor
AHA/ASHI CPR and First Aid Instructor, Hazmat Technician/Instructor, Bill's knowledge and skills will be missed by the response community. We offer our deepest condolences to his family.
William Sekora Obituary (1958 - 2021-10-08) - Penn Township, PA - Tribune Review (legacy.com)
William J. Sekora Jr., 63, of Penn Township, passed away Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, at his residence. He was born Feb. 1, 1958, in Greensburg, to William and Rachel (Smith) Sekora. Bill dedicated his life to public service. He was a paramedic with Jeannette EMS, Penn Township EMS and Monsour Hospital Paramedic Unit. He had served as the past Chief of Penn Township EMS, and was a former member of Grandview Volunteer Fire Department and Westmoreland County Hazmat Team 800. He was also a paramedic instructor for many years. In addition to his mother, Bill is survived by his son, Matthew (Gretchen Kuhns) Stewart; sister, Cheryl (Dom) Fanell; and nephew, Jeremy Fanell and his daughter, Micaelah. He was preceded in death by his father, William J. Sekora, Sr. Friends will be received Thursday, October 14 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at LINDSAY-JOBE FUNERAL HOME INC., 3343 Route 130, Harrison City, PA 15636, where a funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Friday. Burial will follow in Twin Valley Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made, if desired, to Jeannette EMS, 225 S. 6th St., Jeannette, PA 15644. Online condolences can be given at www.Lindsay-JobeFuneralHome.com.
Published by Tribune Review on Oct. 12, 2021.
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
Dear Friend and Supporter:We wish to sincerely thank all the businesses and individuals who help make our 20th annual 2022 golf outing a huge success. Even though we were nearly rained out from nearly 2" of rain we still swung through 9 holes and offered those who attended a rain check.
Thursday, February 10th, 2022
Station 111 hosted a decontamination review in their new station and Team 800 conducted familiarization with the H800 apparatus. Thanks for hosting this informative session.
Saturday, February 5th, 2022
Past Chief and SFA instructor S. Teacher provided refresher training for Station 26.
Thursday, November 4th, 2021
Team 800 members spend hundreds of hours of advanced training every year and have fun doing it!
Tuesday, October 12th, 2021
Bill was a long time member of Team 800 and was in integral part of our radiological response and served as a radiological officer. Bill was also State Fire Academy Local Level InstructorAHA/ASHI CPR and First Aid Instructor, Hazmat Technician/Instructor, Bill's knowledge and skills will be mis...
Tuesday, January 12th, 2021
Check out the PAHAZMAT VODC conference here: https://pahazmat.com/pahmt-2020-vodc/home-2020conf.html
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2019
Team 800 dedicated Marine 800 to service September 3, 2019. The Board of Commissioners and retired USCG Security Specialist with the Maritime Security Unit of Pittsburgh christened the landing craft for use to mitigate hazardous materials on the various waterways in and adjacent to Westmoreland Cou...
Thursday, October 6th, 2016
McCutcheon Enterprises provides awareness training on confined space entry and equipment familiarization.
Wednesday, September 28th, 2016
Westmoreland County Commissioners dedicate the new HAZARD 800 and hand the keys over to Chief Teacher
Monday, August 8th, 2016
Checking out the new SCBA system integration on Hazard 800
Friday, July 8th, 2016
Team 800 Chief Teacher conducted HAZCOM training under the HMEP Grant covering Safety Data Sheets SDS and the Global Harmonization System GHS that standardizes chemical response information to better aid responders at incidents involving those products.
Friday, January 1st, 2016
Team 800 Officers 2016 Shaun Teacher - Chief / Christopher Tantlinger - Deputy Chief / Richard Johnson - Assistant Chief / William Hobaugh - Assistant Chief / Chris Kondrich - Assistant Chief / Frank Lemon - Assistant Chief / William Krulac - Safety Officer / ...
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014
Please review the new guidlines: http://yourfirstdue.com/manager/data/1198811401/File/patient-decon-natl-plng-guide.pdf Goals of patient decontamination: Achieve an improvement in patients’ acute health outcomes by reducing short-term morbidity andmortality.
Tuesday, October 14th, 2014
Ebola The Pennsylvania Department of Health (PADOH) has been monitoring the Ebola outbreak since it began earlier this year and will continue to do so – particularly in light of the first case being confirmed in the U.S.
Thursday, October 9th, 2014
Five members of Team 800 spent Thursday afternoon providing fire prevention awareness as it is related to hazardous materials at the Pressley Ridge Day School. Students were able to participate in learning what it is to Don and Doff firefighting and hazmat gear.
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
We have no words but only a heart that carries the pain of that day and we honor all the men, women and children that died that day in the air, on the ground, and in the crushing rubble and fire.
Saturday, May 24th, 2014
An animal decontamination class was coordinated by the Westmoreland/Fayette County Animal Rescue Team (CART) . A presentation from Fayette and Westmoreland HAZMAT Team Technicians provided information on the the hazardous materials incidents as they relate to caring for animals in preparation for a...
Saturday, March 8th, 2014
Team 800 participated in Operation Blue Box at the Waltz Mill Service Center SARA facility March 8, 2014. While the site is a Tier II reporting site SARA Title III facility this exercise was formulated around a radioactive evolution.
Friday, January 10th, 2014
The regular monthly meeting conducted Thursday night December 26, 2013 resulted in the following elections and appointments. The list of officers was presented by Westmoreland County Department of Public Safety Interim Director Brian Jones to the County Commissioners and approved.
Thursday, January 2nd, 2014
Team 800 members started out the new year with training on radiological, 4-gas, and PID meters and other instruments. Ten members participated in a hands on, utilization and understanding of using the various instruments including calibration set up of the tools.
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