Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire

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Hazmat 1 is housed at Pittsburgh EMS Station 1 along with Rescue 1. I'm not 100% on how the Hazmat team is staffed, but I'd imagine it's a joint venture between Pittsburgh Fire and EMS. Maybe Firemedic049 can add some more info regarding it.

[FireMedic049]

Fire and EMS in Pittsburgh don't do much as a true joint venture, but that's another discussion.



To the best of my knowledge......


EMS' involvement with hazmat response is limited to the medical side of things. Fire handles the mitigation end of things.


PBF does not have on-duty staffing dedicated to hazmat response like some larger cities. Hazmat trained firefighters on-duty respond to the incidents. The various hazmat units are pretty much cross-staffed by the companies with which they are housed.

[TacSupport1]

Pittsburgh Ladder 14

2008 Seagrave Force 100'

 



 

Pittsburgh Bureau Of Fire Ladder 14 by Seth Granville, on Flickr