Chicora Independent Hose Company

Good evening, We have some very exciting news about our annual fall gun bash. Please head over to Chicora VFD Fall Gun Bash page and give us a like and follow to stay up to date with upcoming announcements regarding our bash. Thank you for your continued support!

02/22/2021 @ 13:46 Fire Alarm- Alerted to assist Sugarcreek Fire (Armstrong County) with a commercial fire alarm activation. Canceled by command before arriving on scene. 02/21/2021 @ 20:13 Structure Fire- Alerted along with first alarm companies and Karns City Regional Ems for a chimney fire in a 2 story 5 stall garage. First arriving apparatus found nothing evident from the exterior. Command had personnel check division 1, 2 and attic with thermal Imager camera and no exte...nsion was found, fire was contained to the flue. Command advised Butler 911 all mutual aid companies could return In service. Interior crews removed burning logs from the wood burner and removed debris from chimney clean out pit. Ladder 26 laddered Alpha side of the structure. Roof personnel removed vent cap and found flue was clogged (creosote) 6 inches down from the top. Roof team then sent chimney kit (chain concreted into a coffee can) down the chimney to clear the blockage in the flue and then dropped 2 dry Chem bags down into the flue. See more

These are the name and numbers for the Xbox package. We will draw the winner @ 7:15. Thanks for the support

The fire department’s social hall is not available for rentals until further notice.

We were notified that the phone lines are down to the Butler communications center. Chicora FD is staffing our station until operations are back to normal. If you have an emergency please call 724-287-7769 instead of 9-1-1. We will post again when the 9-1-1 lines are back in service. Cody Craig, Chief.

01/19/2021 @ 16:48 Medical- alerted to assist Karns City Regional Ems with lifting assistance

Winter Weather Advisory for Wednesday 01-20-2021 from the NWS-Pittsburgh

01/17/2021 @ 17:48 Possible Vehicle Accident- 911 caller stated they heard a vehicle accident. Nothing was found 01/15/2021 @ 16:39 Assist Ems- Fire was alerted to assist Karns City Regional Ems with a possible landing zone. Due to weather conditions neither Stat or LifeFlight would fly 01/08/2021 @ 15:31 Medical- alerted to assist Karns City Regional Ems with lifting assistance

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2020 Call Volume 45 Fire (All Types) 39 AFAs 34 MVAs 44 SERVICE CALLS... 33 EMS ASSIST 2020 TOTAL- 195 CALLS Top 5 high call volume personnel (1) Rick Craig -151 Calls * Cody Craig- 119 Calls (2) Scott Craig- 103 Calls (3) Ray Emery- 95 Calls (4) Brad Craig- 80 Calls (5) Corey Greenly- 78 Calls * Chief officers not included 2020 Firefighter Of The Year Award Ray Emery