| Heavy Fire Reduces Abondoned Home to Rubble |
| Sun. Jul 18th 2010 |
The Carbon volunteers were awakened around 2:30AM on Sunday, July 18th, 2010 for an early morning house fire in the Wendel section of Hempfield Township. The salvage unit and the squad truck responded to assist at the scene. Once Command 10 (Adamsburg) determined that the ho...
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| Oven Fire is First Run for the new Truck 23 |
| Sun. Jul 18th 2010 |
After completing another company training session with their new ladder truck on Sunday morning (July 18th), the Carbon Fire Department officially placed the truck into active service. The 2010 Sutphen SPH 100 foot platform tower ladder is now ready to serve not only Ca...
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| Brush Fire |
| Sat. Jul 3rd 2010 |
Fort Allen and Carbon Fire Department units were dispatched around 2300 hours (11:00PM) on Saturday night, July 3rd, 2010. The assignment sent Brush 104 (Fort Allen) and Engine 23 (Carbon) to respond to Wolfe's Nursery Road in the area of Baltzer Meyer Pike for a report of a...
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| Smoke in a Townhome |
| Tue. Jun 22nd 2010 |
The Carbon Fire Department responded to a report of smoke in the basement of a townhome at Oakridge Estates located off of South Greengate Road. The alarm was received around ( ) on Tuesday, June 22nd, and sent fire crews from Carbon, Fort Allen, Southwest Greensburg, and the City of Gre...
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| Vehicle Crash, Medical Assist, and Landing Zone All Within One Hour |
| Sat. May 15th 2010 |
The Fort Allen and Carbon Fire Departments, as well as Greensburg Rescue Company 3, were called out to a motor vehicle accident reported with injuries involving a car and a pickup truck at the intersection of Baltzer Meyer Pike and Bus Garage Road.
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| Engine and Squad to Fully Involved Vehicle Fire |
| Sat. May 1st 2010 |
The Carbon Fire Department was activated along with the Fort Allen Fire Department (Station 104) just after 2330 hours (11:30PM) on Saturday night, May 1st, 2010. The call was for a report of a motor vehicle on fire on Route 136 in the area of the Hempfield Area High School. ...
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| West Newton House Fire on North Fourth Street |
| Thu. Apr 29th 2010 |
Carbon firefighters were dispatched for a house fire in West Newton borough Thursday evening around 1800 hours (6:00PM). Salvage 500 and Squad 23 responded from the Carbon Fire Department to assist at the scene as the salvage company. Upon arrival of the crew from Carbon, th...
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| Severe Storms Pummel Region |
| Fri. Apr 16th 2010 |
The Carbon Fire Department was busier than normal late Friday afternoon into the evening as strong spring thunderstorms rolled through the area. While the engine and the squad remained busy in Carbon, the salvage unit assisted several other fire departments th...
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| Fatal House Fire near Golf Course |
| Wed. Apr 14th 2010 |
The Carbon Fire Department responded at 0700 hours (7:00AM) on Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 as the salvage company to a reported house fire with entrapment. Command 28 arrived on the scene confirming heavy fire conditions and entrapment. The house was located o...
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| Working Chimney Fire |
| Mon. Feb 15th 2010 |
The City of Jeannette requested assistance from Carbon's salvage truck after responding to a chimney fire on Lewis Avenue in the city. The salvage unit responded out of Station 23 and assisted Jeannette's firefighters with cleaning bricks and other debris out of the chimney ...
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