Starting February 5th Pittsburgh and the entire Western Pennsylvania region were struck with a major snow storm. National Weather Service accumulation amounts estimate approximately 27 inches of snow have fallen over the past week.

UVFR members have been busy during this time-staffing and clearing the stations in Wall and East McKeesport Boroughs and responding to multiple fire and EMS calls.

Calls included: Several car fires, CO alarms, telephone and power lines down, rapid intervention team responses, structure collapses, and several EMS calls.

Also, the officers and members of UVFR request that any able bodied citizen help protect our community by clearing the snow from around any fire hydrants that may be near their homes.