Website Updates

- Updated link for Glassport #1
- Elizabeth Riverfest info added
- Updated Mount Oliver FDs profile
- Added links to New Brighton FD and Beaver Valley Fire Network
- MonYoughFire.com and Hoopie World's apparatus galleries have been combined to make western PA's biggest Emergency Vehicle image gallery on the net. Click Here to check it out

:: June 2006

- Wellsburg VFD Parade info listed
- McDonald McSummerfest info listed
- Citizen's Hose / Glassport #1 link updated
- Wilkins #1 Pick 3 ticket added

:: May 2006

- East Bethlehem profile updated here & their new engine picture added in apparatus picture section
- West Mead #2 VFD link added
- North Shenango FD link updated
- North Franklin Twp VFC profile updated here & site link added
- North Strabane VFD Spring Fling & 5K race posted here
- Reminder of the Scandia Chainsaw Carve going on. Detail in the events section
- Penn Hills #7 VFC profile updated here
- North Strabane VFD profile updated here
- Hepburn Twp VFC link added
- CLAN-LAB training available. Click here
- Munhall #4 profile updated here
- Munhall #4's Sauce is back. Click here

:: April 2006

- We are very happy to announce that we have revamped the apparatus & station picture section of the site. This allows us the ability to update a lot faster when new apparatus pictures are sent in. If you have a picture of a station or truck to be submitted, please email it to us at admin@monyoughfire.comand be sure to include the person we can give credit to for the picture. To see the new section click here.
- California VFD profile updated
- Oakmont VFD profile updated
- Picture of Rescue 300 added
- Gallatin Sunnyside VFD link added
- Somerset Twp / Ellsworth profiles updated
- West View FD link added
- McDonald FD profile updated
- Bentleyville VFD profile updated
- Penn Hills #5 - Thad Stevens VFD link added
- The Courage To Stay Safe… so “Everyone Goes Home” class added

:: March 2006

- Fire Line Equipment link added
- Beginning of Fire articles 8 & 9 added
- Wurtemburg-Perry VFD link added
- Newburg Fire Rescue, WI link added

:: February 2006

- Cecil VFD #3 profile updated
- Cecil VFD #3 / Muse VFD Spring Cash Bash added
- Augusta, GA FD link added
- South Fayette/Fairview Poker Run added
- Cecil #1 profile updated
- Edinboro VFD link added
- Ops4.com Fire Resources link added
- Scandia VFD Chainsaw Carve event added
- Republic VFD Daytona 500 party added.
- Penn Hills Sta 224 profile updated
- Lock 4 VFC profile updated
- McKeesport FD profile updated
- Dunbar VFD link added
- Brownsville #1 VFD profile updated
- Dravosburg profile updated
- Fenton Fire link added

:: January 2006

- We are making nice progress revamping the company profiles. Each department will now have their own page. We have started in Allegheny county and plan to do all of the surrounding counties the same way. To see the progress Click Here and then choose a department between 102 to about 190. Most departments are updated in that range, but some are still being modified.

- North Braddock VFD Inc profile updated
- South Baldwin VFD website link updated
- Wilkins #4 VFD profile updated

:: December 2005

- MonYoughFire.com would like to congratulate the following McKeesport firefighters on their recent 2005 retirements and wish them the best of luck. They are:

Fire Chief Fred Bray - 37 yearrs of service

Past Deputy Chief Joe Matta - 38 years of service

Deputy Chief Ken Forsythe - 32 years of service

Firefighter Bob Yeager - 22 years of service

- Renton VFD profile updated
- McKeesport FD profile updated
- Allegheny County Green Team link added
- Conneaut Lake Park VFD link added
- Monessen will be hosting country band NOMAD. Click here
- New article on a new communication system added
- Added a bunch of great pictures from the Monessen fire

:: November 2005

- We have re-installed our mailing list. Please sign-up for email alerts and news.
- Link to good article about volunteering added
- Added additional pictures of October Braddock fire
- Added Pitcairn VFD #2 as station 160 in Westmoreland Cnty listing
- Added a fundraising opportunity with Papa Johns
- SCBAs for sale added
- Link to Dannevirke Volunteer Fire Rescue added
- Patagonia VFD, Mercer County PA link added
- Glendale Hose Co, Allegheny County PA link updated
- Bakersfield FD Fire Explorers link added
- Lake Mishnock Fire Co, RI link added
- More pictures added to Turtle Creek fire
- Etna VFD and Underhill VFD's Cash Bash info added
- Scandia VFD Turkey Party added
- Landisburg VFC Ambulance Gun/Cash Raffle added

:: October 2005

- Added Monessen Hilltop Station 81-2's link
- Updated the Used Apparatus For Sale section
- Additional pics of Penn Hills apartment fire added

:: September 2005

- Donate items to Hurricane Victims - Click Here
- Lincoln MVA pictures added

:: August 2005

- Cleveland Hills FD, NY link updated
- Liberty - Pump Detail/Flooded Basement added
- Tri-State Fire Muster added
- Port Vue Boro Truck Rollover added
- Liberty Boro Commercial Structure Fire added
- Beginning of Fire - Part 7 article added
- New Eagle - MVA pictures added
- 2006 Firefighting Calendars For Sale
- Monongahela MVA pictures added
- Millcreek Twp Plane Crash added
- Windber FD (Somerset County) link updated
- Added some Allegheny County Truck and Squad pictures
- Washington County Rescue pictures added
- Cecil Twp Motor Vehicle Accident added
- Pinewood FD, NC link added

:: July 2005

- Additional pictures of the March 2005 Summit Twp Motel fire added
- Lebanon Lakes Vol. Fire Co.,NJ link added
- Belle Vernon VFC link added
- Emergency Equipment Supply Co., LLC link added
- Crawford County North Shenango Engine & Rescue/QRS pics added
- Glassport Multiple Structures on Fire added
- Penn Hills Structure Fire added
- Penn Hills House Fire added
- Hampton Twp Church Fire added
- Used Apparatus For Sale added
- Elizabeth Borough Training added
- Pinehill,NJ FD link added
- Emergency Lighting article added
- More engine and rescue pictures added
- Wilkins #1 VFD profile updated
- Wilkins Twp, #1, Renton VFD, Logans Ferry Gun Bash added
- Pittsburgh Fire & EMS Expo report added
- Penn Hills Kitchen fire added
- 1998 Etna House Explosion added
- Cecil #3 VFD link updated
- Community UCC code compliance article added
- COTM July/August 05 - United VFR added
- Whitaker VFC link updated
- Millvale Commercial Structure Fire added
- Mt Carmel Area Rescue Squad link updated
- Braddock Hills profile updated
- New Eagle VFD Poverty Neck Hillbillies & others concert added
- Fire equipment for sale section added
- Penn Hills #1 profile updated

::June 2005

- Pittsburgh / Carrick Vehicle Accident added
- Carba Fire Technologies, Inc. link added
- Brownsville Vehicle Accident added
- East Pennsboro Structure Fire added
- Sabre Equipment link added
- Bonair section of Pittsburgh Structure Fire added
- West Finley VFD profile updated
- Cecil #3 VFC Nascar Night / Cash Bash added
- Bauerstown VFD Vehicle Accident added
- Added more pictures to 5/27 Blawnox Fire

:: May 2005

- Pittsburgh Structure Fire added
- Beginning of a Fire - Part 6 - article added
- Post Fire pictures of the Blawnox Sportsman Club Fire added
- Lincoln Vehicle Accident added
- NFPA Codes 730 & 731 concerns article added
- Washington Co / Pittsburgh Metro FOOLS training weekend added
- McDonald VFD 2005 Corvette Raffle added
- North Franklin VFC Community Days added
- Munhall Storm Damage added
- Markleysburg VFD 50th Anniversary event added
- 1976 Hendrickson / Pierce Telesquirt For Sale added
- Emsworth 100 Year Celebration pictures added
- 3 More Apparatus For Sale added
- Monongahela MVA added
- Monongahela Residential Structure Fire added
- Used Apparatus For Sale section added
- Wolverine Fire Apparatus link added
- South Allegheny Mock Crash added
- South Fayette VFD / Fairview VFD added
- Oakmont House Fire added
- E. McKeesport MVA added
- Multiple department profiles updated
- Springfield Twp Vol Hose Co link added
- Central VFC's new website link added
- Please read this letter sent to us from Nick Markowitz Jr.
- Munhall #1 Squirt 200 & Squad 200 added
- Forward Twp Squad 155 added
- Liberty VFD, Allegheny County Station 183 is May's Company of the Month. Take a look inside their company
- Springdale Fatal Fire post fire shots added
- Kiski Twp - 2 Mobile Home Fires added
- Valley Inn - Motor Vehicle Accident added
- Monessen House Fire added
- Fire Alarm Installers Get Failing Grade article added

:: April 2005

- Liberty Vehicle Accident added
- Brownsville Fire Co #1 profile updated
- Apollo Hose Company #3 link added
- Braddock Hills VFD profile updated
- Webster Fire Station Fire added
- Penn Hills Structure Fires 1 and 2 added
- Brownsville House Fire added
- Finleyville Brush / Barn Fire added
- South Union Twp MVA/Wires Down added
- Girard Structure Fire added
- Brownsville Fire Co #1 Sta 5 link added
- Two Wrongs Make a Right article added
- Mercer County PA Fire Station listing added
- Link to Oakdale Hose Company added
- Camp Hill Borough House Fire added
- Allegheny County PA medic apparatus pics updated
- User submitted incident reports without pictures are now in the discussion forums section. Visitors are encouraged to post as they hear incidents occurring. Click here to view
- 2005 Northwestern PA Emergency Expo added in the events section.
- White Oak #1 profile updated
- Washington County Truck pictures added
- Conneaut Lake Park VFD Engine 5-1 picture added
- Susquehanna Twp Apartment Fire added
- Susquehanna Twp Garage Fire added
- Rosedale VFD (Penn Hills #2) profile updated
- Penn Hills Brush Fire added
- Added info on Essentials class at Glassport #1 Sta 161
- Updated Cecil Twp #3's profile updated

:: March 2005

- Working for the dark side article added
- Why Does the Fire Service Inspect Fire Alarms? article added
- Green Tree VFC link added
- More counties added for Fire Department Listings. Click Here
- Beginning of a Fire - Part 5 article added
- Swatara Twp Basement Fire added
- Carlisle Boro Fatal Fire added
- New Manchester VFD link added
- Marianna FD profile updated
- Andover (OH) - Residential Structure Fire added
- Duquesne - Multiple Structure Fires added
- Lincoln Van Into a Creek added
- Beginning of a Fire - Part 4 article added
- West Mifflin Gas Investigation added
- South Franklin Twp VFD & Red Knights Motorcycle Club links added
- Braddock Hills MVA added
- Mt Lebanon Chimney Fire added
- Gallatin Sunnyside VFD Pancake Breakfast added
- Lung Cancer from Asbestos article added
- North Versailles Van vs House Accident added
- Monroeville #4 VFC profile updated
- Bentleyville VFD profile updated
- Tarentum Fatal Structure Fire added
- Summit Twp Structure Fire added
- March 2005 Company of the Month added
- McDonald VFD McSummerfest 2005, and Blaine Hill VFC Midnite Run concert added
- Export VFD link added
- West Elizabeth profile updated
- Wilkins Twp 302 profile updated

:: February 2005

- Somerset Twp Structure Fire added
- Carroll Twp Vehicle Accident added
- Elite Power Products link added
- BrushTruck.com link added
- Monessen Hilltop link added
- McKeesport FD profile updated
- Washington County Medic Units & River Rescue Pictures added
- Beginning of a Fire - Part 3 article added
- Conneaut Lake - Structure Fire added
- Port Vue - Apartment Fire added
- Swatara Township MVA w/Entrapment
- New Firefighting Article added
- United VFR Structure Collapse, Pittsburgh MVA, and Lincoln MVA added
- North Fayette Apparatus Pictures added
- South Harrisburg Bedroom Fire added
- Baldwin Apartment Fire added
- Versaille profile updated
- Apparatus Picture Section has been revamped. Please send in any truck pictures that we don't have.

:: January 2005

- Harrisburg - Structure Fire
- Lower Paxton Twp - Structure Fire
- Forward Twp - Structure Fire
- West Ridge Training
- West Ridge MVA
- New pics of the Armstrong Cork Factory Fire added
- Pittsburgh - Apartment Fire
- Scandia VFD Chainsaw Carving Contest added
- Lincoln - Vehicle Fire
- Pittsburgh - Lawrenceville Structure Fire added
- Penn Hills Trash Fire added
- Canonsburg MVA added
- Pittsburgh Structure Fire added
- Brentwood VFC profile updated
- Lincoln MVA added
- Armstrong Cork Factory Fire added
- T-Shirts Available for Pre-Order
- West Lake Structure Fire added
- Washington Twp VFC profile updated
- Bear Branch Fire Department link added
- Beginning of a Fire article added
- Pictures of a Gamewell Box receiving system that is still in use today added
- Pittsburgh Dobson Street fire added
- April 2004 accident in White Oak & accident in Baldwin added
- July 2004 Motorcycle Accident in North Versailles added
- Lone Pine VFD & Central VFC profiles updated
- Pittsburgh Mackey Street and Auburn Street fires added
- Penn Hills #6 / Universal VFD profile updated
- Essentials Class at Scandia VFD in Warren County added
- Penn Hills - Mudslide/Structure Collapse added
- Braddock Hills - Residential Structure Fire added
- Baldwin/Pleasant Hills - Apartment Fire from 01/28/03 added in Past Incident Section
- New Tool to Monitor Portable Fire Extinguishers - article added
- Dravosburg profile updated
- Scandia VFD link added
- Benefit Pancake Breakfast in North Strabane added
- Pittsburgh Strip Mall Fire added
- Lincoln - Mudslide into a Structure added
- Lincoln - Mudslide into a Structure w/Fuel Spill added
- Updated links for Spring Valley Hook & Ladder Co #1 & Rattlesnake Fire Rescue
- Added link for Elbert Fire Rescue
- Updated Versailles, Footedale VFD & United VFR's profiles
- New Fire Alarm System article added
- West Lake MVA w/entrapment added
- Article on Electricty and Flooding added
- New article related to fire alarm pull stations & ADA compliance added
- New fire safety article related to yellow flex gas line added.
- Bad fire alarm system wiring jobs article added
- North Versailles MVA from 3/25/03 added

:: December 2004

- Post fire pics from a fatal fire in North Strabane added
- Monroeville #5 profile updated
- Pittsburgh Structure Fire added
- North Braddock #1 profile updated
- Added more pictures of the Versailles fire
- North Braddock #2 profile updated
- Versailles Structure Fire added
- Pittsburgh Structure Fire added
- www.GotBigWater.com link added
- Pittsburgh Structure Fire from 12/15 added
- New Eagle MVA added
- Lincoln MVA added
- New Article added
- North Braddock #3, Liberty, & Lincoln profiles updated
- Rescue Fire Co link added
- Pitcairn Structure Fire added
- Butler County FD Listings added
- 2 New Articles added
- Firefighting Articles added
- Chat Room added
- Whitehall MVA from 10/22/04 added
- Lincoln Boro MVA added
- 101 Fire Museum links added
- Munhall Structure Fire added
- Millcreek Twp MVA w/Entrapment added
- North Boroughs Fire Dispatch link added
- Rainbow VFC Winter Parade added
- United VFR profile updated
- Elizabeth VFC 1st Responder Class posted
- Bunola VFC updated
- Somerset Fire Department Listings & Links added
- Renton VFD profile updated

:: November 2004

- New Past Incidents section added
- Cecil #3 VFC link updated
- Wilkins #3 Station 303 profile updated
- West Ridge FD Trailer Fire added
- TxFirefighter.com link added
- Homestead Fire added
- McKeesport Structure Fire added
- West Mifflin Motorcycle Accident added
- Congratulations to the Elizabeth Boro Fall Essentials class on a job well done. This class has put 23 new firefighters into the Mon Valley.
- Updated Brentwood VFC's address to new address: www.brentwoodvfc.com
- Updated Blaine Hill's link to www.blainehillvfd.com
- Added link to www.fireshooter144.com

:: October 2004

- Larimer VFD link added
- Monongahela FD EVOC class added
- West Ridge Training added
- Penn Hills #7 info updated
- Lincoln Borough Vehicle Accident added
- RSS News Feed added
- Liberty Borough Vehicle Fire added
- Sharps Hill VFD link added
- McKeesport Structure Fire added
- Dravosburg Structure Fire added
- Fallowfield Structure Fire added
- Lincoln MVA and West Mifflin Structure Fire added
- Firefighting Calendars Now For Sale
- Blaine Hill Residential Structure Fire
- McKeesport Night Time Parade & Halloween Ball added
- Peachtree Fire/Rescue, GA link added
- Essentials class sponsored by Elizabeth Boro added
- Liberty Borough VFD's Fall Festival 2004 added

:: September 2004 Updated

- Munhall Structure Fire added
- More training and events will be added soon
- New Eagle MVA added
- West Lake MVA added
- Central MVA added
- Pittsburgh Pirate Game EMS Night added in Area Events. Or see the official flyer
- New NW PA Incident Page has been created
- Submission Contest has been delayed until further notice
- Rostraver Central Quad Bash has been cancelled
- West Ridge Fire Department link added
- West Lake Fire Department link added

:: August 2004 Updated

- McKeesport MVA added
- Donora Cash Bash added
- Tri State Antique Fire Engine Assoc Annual Muster listed.
- Wilkinsburg Structure Fire added
- Incident Submission Contest Announced
- Marguerite VFD website link added
- Here is a company for Fire Service Training
- Lock Four VFC website link added
- Murrysville Sta 22 website link added
- Penrith Fire Station in Australia address has been updated.
- North Braddock Fatal Residential Structure Fire from 7/26/04

:: July 2004 Updated

- North Braddock Structure Fire Added
- Munhall Structure Fire Added
- Forest Hills Structure Fire Added
- Link to Progress Fire added
- Cecil Twp VFC #3 Annual Carnival and Parade added
- Added Braddock Structure Fire
- Added Cranberry MVA
- Washington County Fireman's Convention T-Shirts for sale through Donora's website. Click here for a picture of them
- Changed Fallowfield VFC's link to their new website.
- Added Pittsburgh Metro FOOLS "Ultimate Training Weekend"
- Added Marshall Twp Post Office Fire from Hoopieworld.com
- West Elizabeth Parade added

:: June 2004 Updates

- Canton Twp VFC Orange County Chopper Raffle added - Also added a link to their site
- Canonsburg Commercial Structure Fire added. (70 pictures from on scene)
- Monessen Commercial Structure Fire added (36 pictures from on scene)
- Wilkins Twp Fatal MVC involving Rescue 302 added.
- More apparatus pictures added
- Created an Allegheny County link page
- Added 38 new Pennsylvania Fire Department Links
- Updated Mon Yough company Profiles
- Updated events and training pages
- Added North Braddock MVA
- Lincoln Borough MVA w/entrapment added
- 7 Scotland Fire Department Links added
- 6 Germany Fire Department Links added

:: May 2004 Updates

- North Braddock Bus vs SUV MVA added
- Wilkinsburg Apartment Fire added
- 353 Canadian Fire Department Links Added
- New Eagle Fatal MVA added
- 13 more Alaska Fire Company Links added.
- 7 more Nebraska Fire Company Links added.
- Braddock Dryer Fire added
- Lowes Theater Electrical condition added
- Washington County's Canton Twp and California company profiles updated
- Glassport and Elrama structure fires added
- New event added
- Forward Twp and Pennsylvania Festivals website links added.

:: April 2004 Updates

- Central - Elizabeth Twp MVA added
- New Whacker Test - Click Below
- Westmoreland County Fire Department Listings added here
- Training events added
- Waterfront CSX Railroad Bridge Fire
- Our first video has been added. This is a clip that is a little over a minute long of the Ianno's Pizza shop fire in Port Vue that occurred back in Dec '03. As this is the first video, please provide feedback (quality/difficulty loading/download time, etc). Click here for the video. Please note, there is no audio on this clip at this time. This file is only a small portion until I get the video ironed out. You need Real Player to play the video which is available here.
- Fayette County Fire Department Profiles / Info Added. Click Here
- Due to me getting sick, the 1st newsletter will be sent out in May. Thanks to all those that have signed up.

- We received our 1st Golden Web Award!!!

- Site Map Added Here
- Site of Month Updated
- April Question of the Month Added
- Couple fundraisers added
- Shopping section added. Click Here
- Whacker Test is back
- Due to time constraints, the local news links to WTAE & WPXI have been removed
- Pitcairn Structure Fire pictures added
- Edgewood Parkway East MVA pictures added
- More Pics added in Pictures section
- New fundraisers & training added. More on the way so check back often.

:: March 2004 Updates

- Our condolences to the families and friends of all involved with the 2 LODDs that happened in Pittsburgh yesterday. Links to the story are here:
Firehouse.com
- Duquesne Structure Fire
- Wilmerding Apartment Fire Pictures
- Penn Hills Structure Fire Added
- Cecil Twp Trailer Fire Added
- Question of the Month feature added. Click Here.

:: February 2004 Updates

- Discussion Board Back Up
- Bunola MVA
- New picture section. Totally redone. Click here to check it out. Incident pictures are still under Recent Area Incidents for the time being.
- New Firefighting Links for everything related to firefighting.
- Homestead Structure Fire report and pictures in Recent Area Incidents
- Donoral Technical Rescue report in Recent Area Incidents
- Search Box back functional again
- Elrama (Union Twp) Pics and report updated in Recent Area Incidents (Huge amount of pics)- Lincoln Borough MVA Pics Added in Local News section.
- As promised - Apparatus pics from Allegheny County stations 128, 130, 144, 145, 163, 189, 218, 245, 260 ,262, 264 and new pictures of 147 equipment
- General updates to Washington County companies and a new fundraiser added.
- South Baldwin 104, Broughton 270, Whitehall 301, and Pleasant Hills 232 app pics added.

:: January 2004 Updates

-- Washington County companies added. Click Here to see them. Also started adding their links if they have a website. Special thanks to Matt Koceski from New Eagle VFD.
- Want to drive more traffic to your site? Want more business? Advertise on our site. Click Here for details
- Sutersville pics and link added. Pics are in Westmoreland County pic section.
- Apparatus pics added and are now split up by county.
- Sta 293 structure fire pics added in News section
- New Classified Ads. Click Here
- Pictures in News section of school bus fire at South Allegheny High School, Liberty Borough. Click Here
- Pics of 194, 206, 208, 236 apparatus added
- More training events added
- News link added for Whitaker Fire.Click Here
- Pics and News Links Added from NVT Fatal Fire. Click Here
- Added West E's sta 291's apparatus pics here
- General website updates, including updates to fundraisers, upcoming training and news link for Elizabeth Twp structure fire. Also added United Volunteer Fire & Rescue apparatus pics here.
- New Eagle VFD Sta 14 link added. Click Here

:: December 2003 Updates

- Eastern Dispatch Companies Links Added. Click Here
- Braddock house fire news link. Click Here
- Bunola's information updated and pics added
- Eastern Dispatch Companies Added. Click Here
- Baldwin 105 Apparatus Pics Posted
- West Homestead Apartment Fire News Link Added - 12/16/03
- Mckeesport Pedestrian hit by vehicle News Link Added - 12/16/03
- Starting to update some company's 2004 officer information 12/16/03
- Monroeville Fatal Accident News Links Added
- WM 103,131,142,143,161 Apparatus pics posted
- Pic of Port Vue Structure Fire Added
- Training Events posted
- Fire Company News Links Added

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