Our ALL VOLUNTEER company protects nearly 2000 residents in the first district of Shaler Township. The district is mainly middle class residential single or multiple family dwellings, with a few small businesses as well. Our coverage area is roughly 3 square miles and we provide suppression and rescue to the district 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Dispatching is handled by Allegheny County 9-1-1, located in the Point Breeze neighborhood in the City of Pittsburgh. Our company relies on citizens of our district to ensure the company is up and running. This includes the firefighters, who are trained extensively in multiple areas of firefighting and rescue, who help to make sure our trucks are in top condition and ready to take action. Our non-firefighting members assist the company with raising funds to
keep the trucks and equipment in service. The residents of our district are our biggest asset. You are the ones who make donations to ensure that they have the best protection possible. Remember, we DO NOT receive ANY township tax monies.
Mutual-Aid extends to all other Shaler companies:
Bauerstown (259), Elfinwild (261), Shaler Villa (262), Sharps Hill (263) and Undercliff (264). Automatic Aid also extends into the Boros of Millvale (191) and Etna (149). Alarm assignments for Mutual Aid extend into other municipalities, such as Sharpsburg, Reserve, Aspinwall, Ohara, Blawnox, Ross and beyond.
We have achieved the Bronze Level of the Pennsylvania Voluntary Service Recognition, which is a certification used to measure the level of firefighters training and skills. 50% of our firefighters have completed a State Course which this recognition program falls under.
Second, we have achieved the Pennsylvania Rescue Certification for the heavy class rescue (Advanced). This was a two phase certification. First, number of firefighters who were qualified in different aspects of rescue, and then an apparatus certification, to ensure all of the necessary tools are readily available for deployment.
