Training included familiarization, maintenance, and replacing the battery on our large volume portable pump. Activities like this help assure our equipment is ready anytime needed and personnel are familiar with proper operations.

Tonight’s training drill included basic vehicle rescue training with some new demonstration hydraulic rescue tools.

The YVFD participated in a rural water movement training drill with companies from the Ligonier Valley. Tankers and apparatus from 39, 43,44,45, and 110 pumped water from Mill Creek and shuttled it to a dump site at the Ligonier High School, drafted the water, and discharged it through Tower 43 and ...

Thanks to Mike Griffiths Covid Avengers 3-D printing crew for the donation of protective face shields.

Class A and B foam training, practice, and maintenance.

At 19:11 the Foam Truck, Engine, and Tanker were sent to extinguish a brush and mulch fire endangering an electrical box in the parking lot area of the Mt. Laurel Plaza. Chief 39 arrived to find a smoldering fire in a small area under bushes. A booster CAFS line was stretched from the foam truck and...

At 15:23 the Rescue was dispatched to assist Station 114 with a physical Rescue for a patient who fell over a steep hillside off Horseshoe Drive. The first arriving officer reported a lady down a 75-to-100 foot hillside denying any serious injury. Firefighters set up a rope system and hands from 39 ...

At 12:44 the Rescue and Service were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident with injuries at Mountain Laurel Plaza in District 73. Upon arrival Chief 39 reported 2 entrapped in one vehicle. Hands went to work extricating the occupants. One person was transported by Mutual Aid Ambulance. Also assisti...

At 16:38 the Engine and Rescue-Engine were sent to assist Station 114 with a natural gas leak at a residence on Horseshoe Drive. Command 114 requested hands from the Engine use gas monitors to determine the gas level in the house and assist with ventilation. The Rescue was assigned to hold the hydra...

At 09:49 the Tanker was dispatched to assist station 33 with a car fire on Chelsea Drive. Captain 39 arrived to report a working car fire. Other units assisting included 36 and 91.