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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