The Crabtree VFD Annual Mailing Fund Drive is currently underway. We rely on the fund drive to assist with our day-to-day operations. Every little bit helps us to maintain the top level of response and care.
Overnight at 00:55, Engine 34 operated at a quonset hut fire in Derry Twp, 71 District. Crews had a structure full of hay bales and farm machinery on fire. Units out 2 hours.
Overnight at 02:56 Rescue 34 operated in the City of Greensburg as the RIT company on a House Fire. 1st arriving units had fire on all floors of a 2-story residence. Crews out almost 2 hours.
At 16:42 the rescue alarm was sent to the village of Luxor, Hempfield Twp for a male who had fallen down into a hole in the yard. Crews arrived to find a male who had fallen down a 25 foot hole into an old mine shaft.
This evening severe thunderstorms moved thru the county and kept area fire crews busy for several hours. Crabtree crews handled tree & wires calls, along with an odor of smoke in a residence and a medical assist.