Jefferson Volunteer Fire Company

COMMUNITY AND AREA FIRE PROTECTION. RENDER ASSISTANCE AT ACCIDENT SITES. PROVIDE AREA AMBULANCE SERVICE.

OUR FIRST RESPONSE AREA COVERS 20 SQUARE MILES, WITH ROUGHLY 6,400 PEOPLE AND 2,600 HOMES. OUR IMMEDIATE AREA INCLUDES 4 SCHOOLS, 7 CHURCHES, 2 MOBILE HOME PARKS, 1 RV PARK, AND NUMEROUS BUSINESSES AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES. ADDITIONALLY, WE PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR NUMEROUS STATE, COUNTY, BOROUGH AND TOWNSHIP ROADS THAT TRAVERSE THE AREA, 1 RAILROAD LINE, AND MANY HIGH PRESSURE GAS AND PROPANE LINES. WITH MANY MUTUAL AID REQUESTS, OUR RESPONSE AREA EXPANDS TO 100 SQUARE MILES. 12,700 PEOPLE, AND 4,550 HOMES. OUR NORMAL RESPONSE TO THESE REQUESTS IS WITHIN 20-25 MINUTES WITH 20 PLUS MEMBERS WHEN AVAILABLE. WE FEEL THAT THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE DEPARTMENTS DEDICATION TO SERVING THE PUBLIC, AS WELL AS OUR OWN COMMUNITY. THE NUMBER OF MUTUAL AID RESPONSES IN 2023 WAS 3, AS WELL AS 26 PUBLIC SERVICE CALLS INCLUDING 3 SEPARATE TREES DOWN RESPONSES. ALSO IN 2023 WE RESPONDED TO 53 FIRE RELATED CALLS, INCLUDING 23 STRUCTURE FIRES, 6 FIELD FIRES, 18 FIRE ALARM ACTIVATIONS, 1 ILLEGAL BURN, 2 CONTROLLED BURNS AND 3 UNKNOWN TYPE FIRES. WE ALSO RESPONDED TO 3 UNKNOWN ODOR INVESTIGATIONS, 13 REPORTS OF WIRES ON FIRE AND 1 FALSE FIRE ALARM ACTIVATION.

THE NUMBER OF AMBULANCE RELATED CALLS IN 2023 WAS 371. WE ALSO RESPONDED TO 49 MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, AND 2 VEHICLE FIRES. WE TRANSPORTED PATIENTS TO WAYNESBURG PA, WASHINGTON PA, AND MORGANTOWN WV. IN ADDITION TO GROUND AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION, WE ALSO PROVIDED 2 HELICOPTER LANDING ZONE SETUPS AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FIELD, FOR THOSE PATIENTS THAT NEEDED TO BE AIR LIFTED TO A HOSPITAL WITH A TRAUMA CENTER FASTER THAN GROUND TRANSPORT WOULD GET THEM THERE.

IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR AMBULANCE SERVICE, WE OFFER FIRST AID AND CPR TRAINING IN OUR FIREHALL, AND ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL ROOM DEDICATED TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING. 9 SEPARATE CLASSES WERE HELD IN 2023. ROUTINE PATIENT TRANSFERS ARE NOT HANDLED BY OUR DEPARTMENT, AS IT REMOVES OUR AMBULANCE PROTECTION FROM THE AREA FOR TOO LONG A PERIOD OF TIME. WE WERE ALSO PLACED ON STANDBY FOR ASSISTANCE TO OTHER NEIGHBORING FIRE/AMBULANCE DEPARTMENTS 1 TIME. WE DO HAVE TRAINED FIRE POLICE THAT PREFORM CROWD AID AND TRAFFIC CONTROL WHEN NEEDED. OF THE 49 MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS IN 2023, THESE MEMBERS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN KEEPING TRAFFIC FLOWING WHILE ALLOWING OUR MEMBERS TO SAVE LIVES. OUR DEPARTMENT WAS ALSO DISPATCHED AND PREFORMED 2 SEARCH DETAILS AND 1 ROAD OBSTRUCTION CALL THIS YEAR. OUR RESPONSE CREWS FEEL THAT THROUGH THEIR SWIFT AND TRAINED EFFORTS, MANY LIVES WERE SAVED IN 2023, AND RELATED PROBLEMS AVOIDED.