Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire

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[quote name='fdny1075' post='269275' date='Dec 29 2008, 14:49 ']was the safety unit disbanded also at the time of the station being closed?i think the unit number for the safety unit was 4539.my how times have changed who remembers listening to pbf on vhf when you would hear squad 11 i think out of 1engine and 1 truck being dispatched to a zone.does not seem that long ago too me.[/quote]

Yes 4539 was the safety unit out of 39 house. This unit responded on all full boxes city-wide. This unit was established with the crew of 39 Engine after Bricelyn St in 1995. But due to budget cuts, when 39 was shut down along with others 2 years ago, the safety unit went too. Now, just a B.C. is dispatched as a safety officer. The squads, the last were Squads 11, 12, 24, 28 and 33. Squad 33 ran the 1st and 6th Battalions, 24 ran the South Side, 28 the West end, and 11 & 12 in the 3rd & 2nd Battalions. They were a 4 man crew and were disbanded in June 1992. Squad 11 gave Station 11 the most runs of any house in the city for a number of years.