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The Volunteer Fire Department is staffed by professionally trained and dedicated people who give up their free time to provide fire protection to the Township. The fire fighters are not paid for the thousands of hours they spend each year in various tasks from fighting fires, to training and fire prevention, to maintaining their fire trucks.

Two-thirds of the force, reside in Upper St. Clair. These volunteers come from a variety of professions, including carpenters, contractors, students, bricklayers, chefs, mechanics, engineers, accountants, doctors, and branch managers.

The volunteers train continually in the areas of hazardous materials, rescue and fire fighting techniques. In addition to time spent responding to calls and training, many hours are spent maintaining the equipment so that it is always ready for the next call. Time is also spent cleaning and maintaining the two fire stations and conducting fire prevention programs and tours of the station.

On average, each one of the members spends approximately 10 to 15 hours per week performing various duties such as training, fire prevention, truck maintenance, record keeping and cleaning in addition to responding to emergency calls.

The Upper St. Clair Volunteer Fire Department leadership is divided into three categories. They are as follows:

Line Officers

Chief: Ted Hale

Deputy Chief 1: Mike Moore

Deputy Chief 2: Josh O’Connor

1st Captain: Alex Gillespie

2nd Captain: Richard Jurik

Lieutenant 1: Drew Gerlach

Lieutenant 2:  Eric Wharton

Board of Directors

Chairman of the Board: Dave Ickes

President: Greg Gerlach

Fire Chief: Ted Hale

Board of Director Member: Jason Braughler

Board of Director Member: Mike Gannon

Senior Members

Doug Dennig – Life Member

John Doebler – Life Member

Dan Ferguson – Life Member

Dave Kropp – Life Member

Administrative Support Members

Dave Ickes – Life Member

Russ Rausch – Life Member

Thomas (TJ) Fahey

Don Gerlach

Doug Heckman

Allison Lampman

Brad Mountain

Joe Pascarella

 

Deceased Members

Barney Cassidy Sr.

Don Deleo

Tom Edkins

Don Gerlach

George Haffner

John Lekse

Bill Neill

Anthony Messina

Steve Moore

Walter Philips Jr.

Rege Tomnay

Administrative Officers

President: Greg Gerlach

Vice President: Dave Kish

Secretary: Russ Rauch

Treasurer: Jason Braughler

Active Members

Amir Alsahlani – Junior Member

Dan Barr

Allison Bode

Jason Braughler

Chris Cerci

Michael Chornack

Marcus DelRaso

Sebastian Disipio

Robin Evans

Morgan Fredericksen

Mike Gannon – Life Member

Drew Gerlach – Life Member

Greg Gerlach – Life Member

Mark Giese

Nick Gilbert – Junior Member

Alex Gillespie

Ted Hale

Richard Jurik

Michael Kappert

Dave Kish – Life Member

Jerry Kopach – Life Member

Sarah Kozel

Ronin Lanning

Brandon Lichtman

Jacob Lowe

Rogerio Laudares

Jeff Mock

Mike Moore

Caroline Naft

Josh O’Connor

Carson Rackley – Junior Member

Nick Sohyda

Jon Stuver

Ray Tomnay – Life Member

Eric Wharton

Greg Wharton

Kevin Weinheimer

Chris Welch

Andrew Windsor – Junior Member

Honorary Members

*William Berster
*Neil Blodgett
*Patrick O’Brien
*Richard Kortmeyer
*Robert Thomson
*Douglas Watkins

* denoted deceased

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