Windber Fire Department, Windber Pennsylvania, USA

Windber Fire Department - Protecting the community of Windber Pennsylvania since 1899

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Apparatus Fleet

The Windber Fire Department currently utilizes a fleet of two pumpers (one equipped with rescue tools), a multipurpose pumper/ladder truck, a light-duty squad, and a duty officer's vehicle. All five apparatus are housed at the headquarters fire station on Somerset Avenue in Windber Borough.

Engine 611-1 (rescue equipped)

Engine 611-1 (rescue engine) Engine 611-1 is a 1992 Sutphen 8-man enclosed-cab pumper equipped with a 1750-GPM fire pump, 1000-gallon water tank, 30-gallon Class A foam tank, an electric generator. This unit replaced a 1967 Ford 750-GPM pumper and currently serves as the department's rescue/engine.

Engine 611-1's equipment cache includes a large assortment of different tools and equipment for performing various firefighting and rescue operations. Firefighting equipment includes forcible entry and overhaul tools, fire extinguishers, ventilation fans, saws, a portable generator/light, portable lighting, salvage equipment, a rapid intervention kit (consisting of a rapid intervention SCBA, hand tools, and a large area search rope kit), and a thermal imaging camera. Engine 611-1 also carries a leak seal kit and various absorbent materials for responses to hazardous materials incidents. Hose consists of five 1¾" attack lines, a 2½" attack line, and 1225-ft of 5" supply hose.

To handle rescue and extrication incidents, Engine 611-1 also is equipped with Hurst™ Gold Series rescue tools (including a Maverick combi-tool, X-Tractor2 cutters, spreaders, two telescoping rams, and a power plant with three tools preconnected to 100-ft reels), a stokes basket and backboard (with related accessories), cribbing, bottle jacks, high-lift jacks, Junkyard Dog™ rescue struts, an air chisel, a come-along, a porta-power, a battery operated tool-kit, and a medical bag and oxygen.

Truck 611

Truck 611 (pumper/ladder truck) Truck 611 is a multi-purpose American LaFrance Century Series pumper/ladder truck that was delivered to the department in 1981. This apparatus has a 75-ft aerial ladder, 1500-GPM fire pump, 500-gallon water tank, and an electric generator. This unit is the first responding unit to structure fires, flue fires, fire alarms and odor investigations in our fire district.

Truck 611 carries forcible entry and overhaul tools (including a Hydra-Ram™), a chimney firefighting kit, fire extinguishers, ventilation fans, saws, a portable generator/light, portable lighting, salvage equipment, rescue rope and ladder belts, a thermal imaging camera, heat gun, a 3-gas monitor, and a medical bag. Hose consists of two 1¾" attack lines, a 2½" attack line, a preconnected Blitzfire™, and 625-ft of 4" supply hose.

Squad 611

Squad 611 (rescue/hazmat support) Squad 611 is a 1999 Ford F350 with a Schwab utility body that was placed in service at the end of June 2004 after several months of work by department members. This unit replaced a 1979 Chevrolet 400-GPM light rescue and currently serves as a support unit for fire, rescue, hazardous materials, and emergency medical incidents.

Squad 611 carries a Hurst™ rescue tool (consisting of a Roadrunner combi-tool and a power plant), cribbing, forcible entry and overhaul tools, fire extinguishers, a chainsaw, a portable generator, portable lighting, a sump pump, a stokes basket and backboard (with related accessories), rescue rope and riggings (including harnesses and helmets), water rescue throwbags and personal flotation devices, a 3-gas monitor, a leak seal kit, various hazmat absorbent materials, and a medical bag and oxygen.

Duty Officer

The duty officer's vehicle was placed into service on June 29, 2006. It is intended to be used by the WFD's officer-in-charge (OIC) to handle fire department business and respond to incidents in order to perform a quick scene size up, establish incident command, and make assignments to incoming apparatus. This vehicle is also a back-up squad and was formerly a Northern EMS paramedic response vehicle.

Engine 611-2

Engine 611-2 is a 1977 American LaFrance Century Series pumper purchased to replace a 1953/1969 Oren-International 750-GPM pumper. Engine 611-2 is powered by a Cummins 350 diesel engine and is equipped with a 1250-GPM fire pump and 750-gallon water tank. In 1991, Ashley’s Truck Service in Peters Township, Pennsylvania, refurbished the 1977 pumper to make the outdated vehicle compliant with newer safety standards. This unit responds to brush fires and is currently serving as the department's reserve engine.