Dispatch was notified by the caller that there was smoke in the residence and quickly upgraded the alarm to a structure fire response including stations 90, 16, 76, and Allegheny stations 185 & 228.

Adams Township police arrived on scene and reported a working fire in the garage.
Engine 42 and Tower 42 arrived on scene and were met with smoke pushing from the garage doors.

While crews began initial ... (Full Story & Photos)

Old records from one of our parent companies, Community VFC of Valencia, reveal this letter from the Butler County Civil Defense office from 1956.

Just a few years prior, stations throughout the county acquired their first two-way radios. The first system to radio-alert ("trip out") mutual aid stations was also installed. This was a decade before County Communications ("Control") was established, ... (Full Story & Photos)

Those big yellow birds will be rolling, and munchkins and young people will be moving about to (happily or sadly) board them.

Stay alert! They’re loaded with precious cargo.... (Full Story & Photos)

Circa winter 1995. At least two are recognizable: Chief Mark Reighard (Mars VFC, white helmet) and Mark Norton (Fire police, Mars VFC, orange jacket). If you recognize any others, please comment.... (Full Story & Photos)

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