West Ridge Fire Department Station 47
4775 Sterrettania Rd, Erie, PA 16506
ABOUT THE WEST RIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT The West Ridge Fire Department is a fully volunteer department that is located in the southwestern Millcreek Township, a western suburb of Erie, Pennsylvania. Currently, Millcreek Township is the 2nd biggest municipality in Erie County with a population of around 53, 000. The West Ridge Fire Department has been an all volunteer fire department since 1940. For several years, WRFD has been one of the busiest fire companies in Millcreek Township's. This can be attributed to WRFD protected roughly around 40% of Millcreek Township. The West Ridge Fire Department is a full service fire department. The services provided by WRFD are fire protection, rescue, hazmat, emergency medical services, public relations, fire prevention and several special service requests. West Ridge FD operates from two station. Currently, the apparatus fleet consists of a chief's vehicle, two engines, an tower ladder, an air/light truck and an utility truck. The West Ridge Fire Department is currently dispatch by Erie County Communications. The first due district is a suburban setting. In our district, you will find highways, schools of all levels, several industrial facilities, residents, nursing facilities, several shopping plazas, hotels, few high rises and other miscellaneous buildings. When responding to mutual aid first due districts, you will find a major shopping district, 2 interstate freeways, several nursing facilities, several major traffic ways, hotels and several other types of structures. In Millcreek Township, you will find 4 all volunteer fire departments. These fire departments are, Belle Valley and West Ridge. For several years, all 4 departments have been acting on mutual and automatic mutual aid dispatches and requests. Back in 1999, the 4 fire departments along with the Lake Shore Fire Department came together and formed Millcreek Paramedics Service. Millcreek Paramedics Service ( MPS ) is a career ALS ambulance service that covers Millcreek Township and surrounding districts when requested. Since WRFD is an all volunteer fire department, we are always looking for new members. If you would like additional information on how to join, you can stop by either fire station whenever a member is at the station or on Monday evenings at 7pm. The classes of membership are firefighter, junior firefighter, fire police or auxiliary. Thank you for visiting our website. On this website, you will find a lot of information about West Ridge Fire Department
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