North Strabane Township has been recognized by the
National Weather Service as the first in Washington County
to be a Stormy Ready Community. What this means is the
Fire Department, Emergency Management Team and The
Township have put in place the equipment and trained
personnel to adequately receive and disseminate important
weather information to the residents of North Strabane.
The North Strabane Fire Department
offers on site Extinguisher Training for
all businesses with in North Strabane
Township. Contact Firefighter Travis McVay
at 724-745-1010 or [email protected] to
schedule a Class.
The North Strabane Fire Department has recently received several notable
Certifications through the agencies pictured above. They are listed out below.
• Recertification Through the Pennsylvania Department of Health as an
Advanced Life Support Service through 2021- The agency operates (2)
Advanced Life Support Units and (2) Basic Life Support Units.
• Recertification as Gold Level Participating Department for the Voluntary
Firefighter Training certification program. The certification offered through
Office of the State Fire Commissioner recognizes departments for their
dedication to training. at the Gold, 100% of the department is trained to
the minimum standard. North Strabane is 1 of only 39 departments in the
state to meet the Gold level.
• Certification as a Voluntary Rescue Service recognition Program in both
Vehicle Rescue and Swiftwater Rescue. These 2 certifications indicate that
the department meets the training and equipment requirement set forth
by the Rescue Task Force of Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services
Council. The Department is the Recognized Swiftwater response team for
Washington County.
Please Check out our Website at www.NSTFD.org were you can review or
Department Annual Report for 2018.
Follow us on facebook at www.facebook.com/pg/nstfd or enter @nstfd in
the facebook search bar.
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