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...
Friday, June 10th, 2022
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
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.
Call history
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Team 800 was requested to assist Circleville (Station 8) with a gasoline spill on Billot Ave in North Huntingdon Twp. A van had spilled its gasoline tank onto the roadway. Station 8 personnel contained the product, and Team 800 assisted with mitigating the hazard.
Friday, January 15th, 2010
Structure fire in Ligonier Township assisted with Rapid Intervention
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Dispatched for a possible punctured heating oil tank. Chief 114 requested Team 800 to assist in containing the spill.
Thursday, December 24th, 2009
Rescue 800 responded as the RIT to the New Stanton Auto Repair on South Center Ave for a commercial structure fire on Christmas Eve. Many members from all responding departments left their families to respond.
Monday, September 21st, 2009
Team 800 responded to the County Maintenance building this morning for a Hydrochloric Acid leak. A 55 gallon drum was leaking acid onto the floor of the garage. Entry team members from the Team contained the spill, over packed the leaking drum, and neutralized the spilled product.
Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Team 800 was requested to assist Grapeville (Station 21) at the Giant Eagle in Hempfield Square with an unknown odor in the building. 800 crews used most of its available air monitoring equipment and was unable to detect any hazardous materials inside the structure.
Monday, July 6th, 2009
Station 104 (Fort Allen) requested Team 800 to assist with a gas well leaking off of Centerville Rd. A gas well with no owner information or contact information was leaking a large amount of natural gas.
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
Rescue 800 was activated as the RIT for a car fire endangering the Sheetz on William Penn Highway in Murrysville (Station 20's district). Upon arrival of the rescue, the original fire was out with no extension, and rescue 800 was assigned runoff control.
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
After spending most of the past 10 hours with there home fire companies battling mother nature, Team 800 members responded as the R.I.T. to Sewickley Creek Rd in Mount Pleasant Twp. to assist Norvelt (Station 37) with a house fire.
Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Rescue & Squad 800 for a possible electrical fire on Route 981 in Derry Township. Utility control was performed by the home company Station 71 and Ladder 113 checked roof top units for possible extensions and remained on scene until HVAC personnel could be summoned for a possible malfunctionin...
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Rescue 800 responded as the RIT to Himler Rd in Hempfield Twp assisting station 65. Rescue 800 responded with a crew of 9 and operated for 40 minutes.
Sunday, May 17th, 2009
Chief 71 (Bradenville) had command and requested Rescue 800 added to the alarm for a house hire on Rt 217 in Derry Twp (Station 92, Easter Derry's district). Rescue 800 operated on scene for over 2 hours with 8 members.
Friday, May 15th, 2009
Team 800 responded to a fuel spill in the parking lot of the Smithton Truck stop. The spill was contained by first arriving units. Team 800 assisted on scene for 1 hour.
Sunday, April 19th, 2009
Team 800 responded to a reported gas well leak at 903 Logan Road. No action was required as it was assessed to be a possible normal safety mechanism. More than a dozen HAZMAT technician, operation and specialists responded to the access road staging and remained on scene for 54 minutes until clear...
Monday, April 6th, 2009
Team 800 was activated on the first alarm for an "Alert 2' at the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport for a twin engine plane with an engine out. While units were responding, the plane switched its destination to another airport, and all units were canceled.
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Several Eastern Westmoreland County fire departments including Somerset and Fayette County companies were activated, including 2 RIT Teams; Team 800 and Somerset County 135, for a reported barn fire endangering a structure.
Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Rescue 800 responded as the R.I.T. to Serena Rd. in Ligonier Twp. assisting Station 42 (Darlington) for a house fire. Rescue 800 operated on scene for two and a half hours.
Saturday, February 14th, 2009
Rescue 800 responded as the R.I.T. to two house fires on Valentine's Day. The first at 01:16 on Westmore Ave in New Stanton and the second on Meadow Springs Rd. in Unity Twp. (Marguarite's District). Team 800 operated for a combined 3 hrs hours at the job's.
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
Team 800 responded to Mellon Rd. at the S & S Quick stop for a Diesel Fuel Spill assisting Station 64 (White Valley). A truck trying to avoid a collision with a vehicle hit a light pole and fire hydrant rupturing its saddle tank.
Monday, January 26th, 2009
Rescue 800 was dispatched as the R.I.T. for reported wires burning on the outside of the building at R.E. Uptegraff Manufacturing (SARA reporting facility) in Scottdale (Station 58). Uptegraff command reported the wires had burned off of the building with no extension.
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