Local firefighters came to the rescue Thursday evening when a worker became stranded on the roof of a three-story building in Hempfield. The man, who was installing gutter guards, became dehydrated and was unable to descend from the roof by himself, according to Dave Vinkler, captain of the Hempfield No.
Crews battled a house fire in Southwest Greensburg Monday afternoon, according to a Westmoreland 911 dispatcher. The Southwest Greensburg Fire Department and South Greensburg Volunteer Fire Department responded to the 700 block of Green Street around 1:30 p.m. According to a Facebook post from the South Greensburg VFD, firefighters prevented
Southwest Greensburg Fire Department’s Deputy Fire Chief Ed Milliron can remember when he first joined the volunteer fire department in 1982, and the fire whistle went off “you’d literally see about 40 people pouring out of their houses running to the fire station.” Times have changed, according to fire Chief