Miscellaneous incidents include brush fires, trees or lines down, citizens assist, and fire safety training for the public.
On December 15 West Mead 1 responded to an animal rescue call for a dog in Tamarack Lake, operating from the access area along Tamarack Drive.
Strong teamwork from Vernon Central, Meadville Fire, West Mead #1 and #2, PA Game Commission, PA State Police, and STAT Medevac rescued this hunter after he suffered a cardiac arrest while hunting alone in the woods.
For the 2nd Saturday in a row crews were busy handling multiple calls from storm damage. 28-11, 28-13, and 28-14 along with several personal vehicles responded to incidents in the first due including a tree onto a house. Firefighters worked for nearly an hour helping remove the tree from the roof so the home owner [...]
After running nearly 20 calls yesterday, we wanted to take a moment to thank our members and the emergency service workers that were out in force yesterday.
Around 6:30 PM on December 2 West Mead 1 was dispatched to assist Cochranton with a reported structure fire in the borough.
West Mead 1 responded with Meadville City Police and Meadville Ambulance to a single-vehicle rollover accident with injury on Liberty Street Extension.
This morning for the last time, a West Mead 1 engine left the truck bay built 73 years ago.
For the 9th time last week West Mead 1 firefighters were back at it, this time responding with 28-11, 12, 13, and 14 to a brush fire on Franklin Pike.
A windy evening brought a trio of calls for service for the West Mead 1 volunteers, including a reported structure fire, tree down on wires, and a natural gas leak.
Thank you and congratulations to EMT Kyle Corey for completing training to operate 28-14 in support of our EMS program.
