Wilkins Township VFC No. 1

On behalf of Wilkins Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 3, Wilkins Police Department, Wilkins Public Works, Penn Center Management & our Wilkins Township Staff and Commissioners…

Thank you to all of our family, friends, residents and guests who attended Wilkins Light Up Night! We enjoyed meeting new people & seeing familiar faces!

Special thanks to 302AST Marbella & 514FM-1 Flaherty for jumping in to fix the electrical issue!

Stay tuned for our detailed Santa route for December 16th coming this week!

Reminder!

Wilkins Light Up Night is tomorrow night (Friday) in Penn Center! 🎄🎅🏼🚒

🎅🏼🎄 Wilkins Township! 🎄🎅🏼

It’s time for another visit to your township! My friends at Wilkins #1 have requested 2 appearances from me this year!

Dec. 1st - 6pm - Wilkins Light Up Night - Penn Center

Dec. 16 (17th Rain Day)- Santa Night! (Stay tuned for details)

We can’t wait to once again meet the families, friends and guests of Wilkins Twp during this holiday season!

- S.C. 🎅🏼

P.S. We hear our friends are working on a special entrance for Light Up Night!

🎅🏼🎄 Wilkins Township! 🎄🎅🏼

It’s time for another visit to your township! My friends at Wilkins #1 have requested 2 appearances from me this year!

Dec. 1st - 6pm - Wilkins Light Up Night - Penn Center

Dec. 16 (17th Rain Day)- Santa Night! (Stay tuned for details)

We can’t wait to once again meet the families, friends and guests of Wilkins Twp during this holiday season!

- S.C. 🎅🏼

P.S. We hear our friends are working on a special entrance for Light Up Night!

Our Christmas Meat and Money tickets are out and available. See our members for your chance to win or message us directly.

Thank you for your continued support!

Congratulations to our two meat and money ticket winners.

Sue Ann Lewis
Bill Shook

Thank you all for your continued support! We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Lougeay Road between Lower Rodi & Old William Penn is closed due to a Water Main Break in the area.

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours!

With today officially kicking off the holiday season, stay tuned to our page for exciting events which our department will be apart of! Including some surprise visits from special guests! 🎅🏼

Last night, both ENGs responded to Grandview Ave in North Braddock to assist with a large scale incident. Crews were met with difficult fire conditions, water supply issues and tight residential streets.

We want to thank the stand-by companies that moved around the east side of the county to provide continued service to multiple communities.

Interested in joining? Send us a message! We are always looking for new members to help serve Wilkins & our Neighboring Communities!

Photos Courtesy of:
First Due Photography
Makenzie D.

Happy Veterans Day to all those who have served our country. We salute you. 🇺🇸

Also, we send our prayers and support to our friends in Monroeville this morning. We wish the injured officer a speedy recovery!

Last night, members from Wilkins Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 3 and No. 1 began our vehicle rescue refresher.

We were fortunate to have several vehicles donated to us to train with.

Last nights drill focused on stabilization tactics. For some members, it was their first opportunity seeing some equipment in action. Great job by all!

This afternoon, a crew took 302ENG-1 to our sister station Wilkins Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 3.

For the 2nd year, 303 hosted Kindergarten Classes from Woodland Hills. The kids and their families took part in many activities, as well as seeing ENG-1.

This year, Forest Hills Volunteer Fire Department, Forest Hills Police & Wilkins Police Departments part took in the event. Thanks to Chief Hoover for the invite!

Friendly Reminder.

Don’t forget to change your clocks tomorrow morning. We “fall back” 1 hour!

This is a great time to check your smoke & CO detectors.

Our Thanksgiving Meat and Money tickets are out and ready for you.

See any member or message us directly for your tickets.

Thank you everyone for your continued support!

Congratulations to our Halloween Meat and Money ticket winners.

Sandy & Millie

AND

Dave & Linda

Thank you everyone for your continued support!

Our crews are getting ready for Halloween! Look for our crews around Pennhurst, The township center & Eastmont!

Happy Halloween!

Our crews will be out this evening helping to scare away the demons and ghouls! Make sure you wave us down and say hello!

Wilkins Township trick or treating begins at 6pm. Stay Safe! 👻💀🎃🍂

Update: Roads are reopened.

Thank you to all that assisted and participated!

Wilkins Residents.
Starting at 0730
Public Works crews will begin blocking parts of Churchill RD / Penhurst area for the Wilkins 5K.
Use Caution.

A busy day for ENG-1.

At 0310, the ENG was requested 2nd Alarm into Braddock to assist with 113.

At approximately 2130, the ENG was activated on the 1st Alarm into North Braddock to assist 207.

Crews assisted with multiple tasks at both assignments.

Great work to all the Valley Companies at both of today’s incidents.

Last evening, 302ENG-1 met up with 137RESQ at the Monroeville training center. The drill was headed up by & led by female members of both departments. Crews worked on VEIS, hoseline advancement & searches. Great work by all!

Edgewood Volunteer Fire Department

Please Avoid Thompson Run Road. Flooding Off and On.

Remember, turn around, don’t drown.

302ENG-2 is currently at the annual fire safety day at Wilkins Steam Academy in our first due!
We are proud to be apart of the 13 Communities that make up Woodland Hills School District

Go Wolverines!

Thanks to Wilkins Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 3 and our Township Fire Marshal for tagging along!

ENG-1 responded to Turtle Creek this morning. Police arrived on scene with 283CHF confirming a working fire. 302ENG crew assisted with several tasks before returning home after approximately 2 hours of work…

It was a busy Friday for the members of Wilkins #1! Some amazing members of the The FD Relief Mission of Western PA stepped up & covered our station for over 16 hours. They selfishly gave up their Friday night so our members could celebrate the Cohen Wedding

We can not stress this enough…

If you are approaching an emergency scene, please slow down.

When crews set up traffic control, it is not to keep you from your destination. It is to keep our first responders, tow truck operators, those involved in the incident and YOU safe!

This morning, shortly after 1100, crews were alerted for a vehicle into a utility pole in #3’s district. Arriving units found the vehicle had also gone into an attached garage. Crews evaluated the structure & determined that shoring up the garage ceiling was the safest option, prior to removing the vehicle.

Crews worked on scene for a little over an hour & utilized the WFCC (Wilkins, Forest Hills, Chalfant, Churchill) 328TR Rescue Trailer. The trailer is supplied with stabilization equipment, miscellaneous lumber & other equipment needed in the event of a collapse or structural failure.

Thanks to all who assisted.

Forest Hills Volunteer Fire Department
Wilkins Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 3
North Braddock VFD Inc.
Wilkins Twp, Churchill & Forest Hills PD
Wilkins DPW & Code Enforcement
Woodland Hills EMS
Culgan Towing

Please keep the families of the students and all of those involved in todays crash in Dravosburg in your thoughts and prayers today.

The Membership and Officers of Wilkins VFC 1 offer their condolences and prayers during this sad and tragic time.

Tonight, the members took E1 to Penn Center to reorient themselves with its operation. It was a great night to flow water, check our CAFS System & go over hydrant hookups.

Also, our friend from Mon Valley Emergency Vehicles, Nicholas, stopped by to grab some updated photos of E1! Thanks Nick!

Today we pause to remember the lives lost in New York, Washington DC & Shanksville on September 11, 2001….

⏰⌛️…..soon

Our Halloween meat and money tickets are out and available. Please see any member or message us directly for yours.

Thank you everyone for your continued support.

Congratulations to our two meat and money ticket winners.

Joe Calalica
Wyatt Steiger

Thank you everyone for your support, keep an eye out for our Halloween tickets.

In 2006, our department took delivery of a new Pierce Enforcer CAFS Pumper. The apparatus would become recognized for its green cab, & known for the specialized Compressed Air Foam System (CAFS), one of the first in the area. Over the years it has served as a Rescue-Engine, pumped countless fires & a fan favorite in parades all over Eastern Allegheny County….

But the question is…where has 302ENG-1 been?

Stay Tuned….

Happy Labor Day!

Crews spent the holiday weekend fixing tools, cleaning the station & partaking in a cookout last night!

While eating dinner last night, we realized….somethings been missing in the 302 House….🤔🟢🚒

Tonight, our members, along with Wilkins Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 3, participated in a “Doll House Burn”.

Members went over building construction, size-ups, ventilation / suppression tactics & flow paths.

We would like to thank our instructors for all of their insight.

Interested in joining? Message our page for details!