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ENGINE CREW GETS SPECIALED TO OAKRIDGE BUILDING FIRE
At 2306 hrs, on August 23, a Firefighter from Company 215 was traveling on Battle Ridge Road in South Fayette when he noticed a large amount of smoke and fire in the area of Boys Home Road. Allegheny County Fire Communications was immediately notified for the unknown type fire. Being an unknown type fire, Company 269 (Oakridge) was the department on the run card to investigate. As 269 Engine arrived in the area it was discovered that there was a moderate sized vacant commercial building (the former Oakdale Boys Industrial Home) fully involved. At 2320 hrs the call was upgraded to a Commercial Structure Fire.
With the upgrade to building fire the balance of the card included Engines 267 (Sturgeon), 268 (Fairview), 125 (Presto), Trucks, 266 (Cuddy) and 12 (McDonald Washington County). As the men of 215 were relaxing after a night of training, they hard the call go out and advised 269 Chief that they were standing by with 6 Volunteers. 269 Chief then added the Wagon from 215 to the assignment at 2325 hrs. After the short 1.3 mile ride up Union Ave, the Engine Company arrived on scene ahead of most of the first due companies.
After cutting their way through the woods to get to the building Command assigned 215 Engine to water supply. Following the 1500’ lay of 5” hose 215 Engine supplied 269 Engine with water for the remainder of the detail.
The crew of the Engine was then assigned to suppression duties on both the Charlie and Alpha side of the building until 0141 hrs when the fire was deemed under control by Command. After repacking the 1500’ of hose the men of Company 215 returned to service at 0314 hrs.
(Units on scene: Engines: 269 125-1, 125-2, 215, 267-1, 267-2, and 268. Truck 266. Brush: 266 and 12. Truck 12 covered the valley from” everyone’s favorite fire department”, Station 215)
***History on the Oakdale Boys Industrial Home: The Oakdale Boys Home was opened in 1900 and spanned 371 acres. The “home” (a maximum security facility) housed 130-150 juvenile delinquent boys ranging in age from 6-18 years old. The boys came from 31 counties across Pennsylvania. The boy’s average sentence was 18 months. After becoming a resident of the home, the boys were forced to farm the land for hay, corn, oats, wheat, milk, and butter. If a “resident” acted out or escaped, his head was shaved and he was sent to the dungeon on the 2nd floor of the main building to be kept in solitary confinement. The home was closed down by the state in May of 1977 after “zoning issues” with South Fayette Township.***
04/17/2011 – Possible Hot Wires Down – Gamble RD/Azalea DR
At 15:45 Allegheny County Fire Communications dispatched Company 215 to possible hot wires down in the area of Gamble Rd and Azalea Dr. While enroute to the station, 215 Asst Chief radioed ACFC with the request of our “fire tones” to be hit out again in order to set the whistle off since it wasn’t triggered from initial dispatch. 215 Deputy immediately radioed 215 Asst to tell him that it wasn’t necessary since there was at least 7 of us convoying off the hill. 215 Asst received and notified 215 Deputy that he was just going to respond to the scene via POV. 215 Engine (chauffeured by FF Roger Williams) was enroute minutes later with a full crew of 8. Nothing was found in the area of Gamble Rd and Azalea Dr, instead, approximately a half of a mile shy on Gamble Rd Units found a cable wire that was on the ground to the side of the road. 215 Capt deployed the Tac-Stick to check to see if there was a presence of electric current. Results were negative along with discovering the one end was disconnected from the pole. Company members removed the cable from the road way and cleared the scene at 16:04.
O.H.C. LOSES LIFE MEMBER
It is with deep regret the Oakdale Hose Company must announce the passing of 41 year, Life Member, Carl Belluomini. Carl joined the department in 1970 and was an extremely active member throughout the years. Brother Belluomini was a fixture in the lunch stand during the annual street fair and always had a smile on his face while behind the grill in the 90 degree weather.
Carl passed away on April 8, 2011. He is survived by his wife Marlene, daughters, Victoria and Christine, and grandchildren, Nicolas, Courtney, Lauren, Daniel, and Anthony.
Carl served in the United States Navy from 1954-1958 and was a retired typographer and graphic artist.
Funeral services will be held at Thomas & Little Funeral Home at 5000 Noblestown Road in Oakdale on Monday April 11, 2011 from 2-4 and 6-8. Firefighters Service will take place at 7:00 P.M. Monday evening.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. at St Patrick’s Church in Noblestown. Carl will be laid to rest at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies in Cecil.
Please keep Carl’s family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.
God Speed Brother, we will miss you and never forget you!
-The Officers and Members of the Oakdale Hose Company
Offices held by Carl Belluomini
-Trustee- 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
-Vice President- 1973
-President- 1976, 1985, 1986
-Lieutenant- 1973
-Captain- 1974
-1st Asst. Chief- 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979
NEW ADDITION TO THE OAKDALE HOSE COMPANY!
The Oakdale Hose Company is happy to announce the birth of Joseph Alexander Cameron Jr. Joseph was born on April 8, 2011 at 1624 Hours. Joseph is 9 pounds 3 ounces and 22 inches long. Joseph’s dad, Joey (Bones) Cameron, has been a firefighter/EMT for Company 215 since 2003. Joey and his wife Aubre were married last year and little Joseph is their first child.
Please join the members of Company 215 in congratulating Joey and Aubre in bringing this beautiful baby into the world!
MANY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS TO YOU BOTH!!!!!!!
Congratulations guys and thanks for the newest member of “the Oakdale Heat”!!!
-The Officers and membership of the Oakdale Hose Company
04/07/2011 – DWELLING FIRE – 80 BLOCK OF GRACE LANE
As the members of the Oakdale Hose Company were returning to “America’s Home Town”, after a long hard day at work, their rest and relaxation would be short lived. At 1729 Hours, Engine Company 215 was alerted to respond on a first alarm assignment to the 80 Block of Grace Lane for a reported dwelling fire with possible entrapment.
215 Engine quickly responded with 7 Volunteers, followed by 215 Rescue with 4, and 215 Engine 2 with 4 men. North Fayette Police arrived on the scene and relayed to Allegheny County Fire Communications a report of a fully involved mobile home fire. 267 Engine arrived shortly after to confirm the report given by North Fayette Police. Water supply was quickly established by 267 Engine and two 1-3/4″ preconnected hand lines were stretched to start the initial attack. Attack crews made entry and began interior fire fighting operations. 215 engine’s crew were sent in behind 267′s crews to provide support with fire suppresion efforts and began to open the structure up. Truck 12′s crew began horizontaly ventilating and then began overhauling. The bulk of the fire was expediently knocked down and the fire was deemed under control at 1745 hours by Chief 267. Shortly thereafter, the bulk of the crews and equipment were released by command. As per the authority of 267 Chief, 267 Engine and 215 Engine would remain on the scene to await the Fire Marshall’s Office.
The American Red Cross was contacted for the 4 displaced victims.
Units on scene: 267 Engine, 215 Engine, 215 Engine 2, 215 Rescue, 209 Engine 2, 209 Engine 3, 209 Rescue, 12 Engine (McDonald), 12 Truck (McDonald), 13 Engine (R.I.T.) (Midway), Medic 195-1, Rehab 313 (NorthWest EMS), Allegheny County Fire Marshall’s
OAKDALE VOLUNTEERS RECEIVE LAPTOP DONATION
A donation has been approved by the Highmark Insurance Company to the Oakdale Hose Company. The donation of 3 laptop computers will be used for Company 215 to participate in the MDT (Mobile Data Terminal) program with Allegheny County Communications.
The MDT’s will allow the members of the department to see incident updates in real time as they are being processed by the 911 center. They also have the capabilities of the Hazardous Material Guide Book, detailed map of Allegheny County, a white board feature that will allow the Incident Commander to diagram the scene as it is being worked. The MDT will also allow us (if at the station) to see calls before they are dispatched.
Although the computers are not in our hands yet, the volunteers and the community are very excited to have this new technology coming to us with in the next few months!