Status update:
The North Bessemer VFD responded to 450 calls for service in 2020. In 2019, crews responded to 676 calls for service. In 2018, crews responded to 619 calls for service. Continue to donate to help us, help you.
Category: News
Santa’s Helpers
Santa stopped by today and dropped off all the treats for the kids for Santa rides!! Look closely, he also dropped off treats for our 4 legged friends! Santa Rides are on December 20th!
Santa’s Coming to town.
It’s starting to become closer to everyone’s favorite time of the year, Christmas!! It’s even our favorite time of the year because that means we get to drive Santa around on the fire truck!! This year Santa will be in the North Bessemer VFD Fire District on December 20th. We will keep posting reminders getting closer to the date. We hope we get to see everyone!!! Please share this post so everyone in Penn Hills knows when Santa is coming!
Ventilation Practices class
Saturday Dec 12 and Sunday the 13th, Penn Hills fire companies participated in a Ventilation Practices class. Using the old Penn Hebron school, crews performed various types of ventilation techniques and trench cuts which are a way of stopping a fires progression in large commercial buildings.
2015 Line Officers
Congratulations to the 2015 Line officers
| Officers | |
|---|---|
| Chief – Life Member | John Capone |
| Assistant Chief – EMT | Dave Zacchia |
| 1st Captain - Life Member | Lee Slagle |
| 2nd Captain - EMT | Jeff Nave |
| 3rd Captain | John Zacchia |
| 1st Lieutenant | Mike McCoy |
| 2nd Lieutenant | Matt Gauger |
Training: Flashover Simulator
Today, a few crews from 223 & Penn Hills No.7 VFC traveled out to the Washington county fire academy for the Dräger Live Fire Roadshow flashover simulator. Crews spent time in the flashover simulator learning to read and understand flashover conditions to try and prevent this from happening to us. Thanks to Dräger US Fire for hosting this great class!!
Firemen Appreciation Day
On Saturday, September 20th, The Rapp Funeral Home in Penn Hills held its Annual Penn Hills and Verona Firemen Appreciation Day. Volunteers and trucks from all the fire departments in Penn Hills and Verona came to the annual event, volunteers even provided a “man downed” situation for the visitors to see. People took bucket rides on Truck 7, while others climbed through apparatus and looked at the tools. We thank Bernadette from the funeral home for holding this event for us over the past year. Thank You!
Happy Holidays!
On December 22, Santa came to visit the kids of the North Bessemer Volunteer Fire Department District. Firefighters brought Santa around on the fire truck for all the kids to see him. We hope everyone got to see Santa. Remember, its always the Sunday before Christmas. December 21, 2014 Look for Santa again! We hope everyone has a very happy and safe holiday. Big thank you to all the members who helped cooked Christmas dinner for all the families!
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**TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT**
TO ALL PH & VERONA FF’S, THERE WILL BE A TRAINING SEMINAR AT STATION 223 THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3RD STARTING AT 19:00HRS, ANY FURTHER QUESTION CONTACT CHIEF CAPONE.
Annual Gun Bash, Saturday April 6, 2013
The gun bash is just around the corner. Saturday April 6 @ Penn Hills Station 227 – Benefits: Penn Hills No.3& No.7 VFD
Doors Open At 11:00am – Drawing Starts At Noon
Visit our Gun bash Page for more detail