Westmoreland County Hazardous Materials Response Team 800
Sunday, June 18th, 2023
Team 800 supporting the 2023 Westmoreland County Airshow at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport and collaborating with the 3rd CST WMD element to provide hazmat and rescue support. Team 800 began with arri...
Saturday, May 13th, 2023
A Tractor Low Boy combination had a roll away event and jacknifed causing the saddle tank to rupture. Local fire departments placed pads and booms and requested assistance form the team to capture an...
Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
Team 800 assisted fire departments at 5th street in Seward PA with an underflow dam and additional pads and booms. The spill was quickly mitigated with pads and booms where they could locate the prod...
Friday, November 11th, 2022
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...
Sunday, June 18th, 2023
Team 800 supporting the 2023 Westmoreland County Airshow at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport and collaborating with the 3rd CST WMD element to provide hazmat and rescue support. Team 800 began with arri...
Friday, May 19th, 2023
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Saturday, May 13th, 2023
Team 800 assisted Hempfield Township, Westmoreland companies with mitigating a saddletank rupture from a jackknifed tractor and low boy trailer. Several companies spread out to the collection basins, ...
Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
Rescue 800 crew participated in the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport FAA Triennial drill on May 10, 2023. Rescue 800 carries various high pressure, low pressure, pipe and wedge airbags and simulated lif...
Call history
Monday, December 8th, 2008
Rescue 800 responded to Down Home Ln in Hempfield Twp., as the RIT for a house fire assisting Station 104. Rescue 58 assisted Rescue 800 on scene.
Saturday, December 6th, 2008
Team 800 responded to Irwin to assist Station 57 with a diesel fuel spill. Diesel fuel entered the storm drains and nearby creek. Team 800 contained the spill in the creek with an underflow dam. The team operated on scene for nearly 3 hours.
Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Rescue 800 responded to Bullskin Twp. to assist as the RIT for a barn fire. 800 units were canceled upon arrival.
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Team 800 assisted Murrysville Fire Department with a Gasoline release from a pipeline off of Rt 22. The 8" line released product sending gasoline into the air approximately 40' when a company Representative was performing maintenance on the line.
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
Team 800 responded to an area off of Interstate 70 to assist Station 25 (New Stanton) with a tire fire. Team 800 members assisted with the foam application to attempt to extinguish the fire.
Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Team 800 assisted Station 121 (Arnold Palmer Regional Airport) with a airport standby for the John McCain visit. Rescue 800 was at the airport on 2 seperate days to assist 121 covering the standby.
Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Rescue 800 responded as the Rapid Intervention Team for a house fire off of Rt 982 in Derry Twp. Crabtree's (Station 34) Chief Watkins had command of the 1 and a half story house fire that started in the basement area.
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Team 800 assisted Station 38 (Mount Pleasant) at a structure fire on E Main St at the station of Mount Pleasant Medic 10. An ambulance caught fire inside the ambulance bay extending to building. Fire contained to ambulance bay.
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Rescue 800 responded as the R.I.T. for a house fire in Youngwood Boro. Tower 26 arrived 1st due and encountered heavy fire in a 2 story duplex and initiated a defensive strategy. Command called for a roll call after a major collapse of the structure.
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
Team 800 responded as the Rapid Intervention Team for a house fire on Ramsey Rd assisting Wilpen (Station 45).
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Team 800 was dispatch to South Main and Huff Ave. for a RV accident, with a fuel spill. The RV was heading into the BP parking lot and hit the tank into the curb causing the fuel spill. Team 800 assisted Station 32 (South Greensburg) in the clean up.
Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Team 800 responded to assist Delmont (Station 30) with a natural gas leak. Construction crews hit an unmarked gas line with a trench digger. Team assisted the local fire companies with air monitoring in the area of the leak and in near by houses.
Friday, June 13th, 2008
Rescue 800 responded as the R.I.T. to the Mountain View Inn for a working fire caused by a lightning strike to the tower area. This is the same area in the inn that had a small fire earlier this year. Team 800 assisted Marguerite (Station 33) on scene with 16 members for nearly 2 hours.
Friday, June 6th, 2008
Team 800 participated in the disaster drill, held every 3 years at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport. This year the drill, named Operation Terminal Stinger, was held over a 2 day period, and involved several scenarios, using numerous agencies from all aspects of Public Safety locally, regionally a...
Sunday, May 4th, 2008
Team 800 responded to its third train derailment of this year today in the town of Reduction, South Huntingdon Twp. Team 800 was requested by Chief 107 for a tank car that was leaking a material. The tanker was not placarded and was listed as a non hazardous material on the trains consist.
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
A fire broke out on a rear porch of a double wide trailer in Salem Twp., between Crabtree and New Alexanderia. The fire extended into a peaked roof, that was added on to the original trailer, hampering the extinguishing effort.
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Rescue 800 responded as the R.I.T. to Lloyd Ave in Latrobe. Crews had to bail out of the second division after a flash over occurred. No injuries occurred. Team 800 was on scene with 25 members for 2 1/2 hours.
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
Team 800 was dispatched as the RIT for a multi-alarm fire at a historic county bar/restaurant. Most of the counties eastern fire companies battled the large amount of fire, and bitter cold temperatures, through the night, and into the daylight hours.
Monday, February 11th, 2008
Rescue 800 was dispatched as the Rapid Intervention Team to Weaver Mill Rd in Ligonier Twp., assisting Waterford. First arriving units found a single story, single family residence well involved. After a brief offensive attack, units switched to a defensive operation.
Friday, February 1st, 2008
The team was called to assist Lloydsville with a home heating oil fuel spill. Fuel was found in a small stream that runs to Twin Lakes. A search of the stream found oil down to the lower lake at Twin Lakes.
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