Please be careful when changing your old halogen lightbulb tubes over to LED. You need to use the conversion kit and cannot plug the LED tubes into the halogen ballast this will cause a fire. 

The 2021 Chiefs and Business Officers were elected at the 2nd meeting in November. The Chiefs will appoint the Captain, Lieutenants, and Safety Officers at the beginning of the year.Chief Kurt ParshallFirst Assistant Chris CeccarelliSecond Assistant Jeff Antal President Anthony RossVice President Barb PetersRecording Secretary Nancy YatesFinancial Secretary Mike Wassilchalk JrTrustee Barb PetersTrustee Dennis PetersTrustee Anthony Ross 

In October our members purchased a 2020 Ford F350 with a utility bed as a new Squad. The truck is in service and is continuing to be fitted with updated equipment to further help us better serve the great Borough of North Belle Vernon and assist our mutual aid companies. Stay tuned for further updates!

Santa came to North Belle Vernon and rode around the borough with the elves from NBVFD. Our crew gave out over 200 treat bags to the children of North Belle Vernon. The officers and members had a great time even thou the weather did not cooperate very well. Thank you to all the families that were outside waiting on us. After Santa and his elf were safely back on their way to the North Pole the crew was treated to some hot food provided by family members. Hope to see you all again next year. Hope...

We got some big news yesterday Santa will be coming to town on Monday December 21st starting at 6pm. We will be coming around on the trucks and passing treats out to all the good boys and girls. 

With this years Pennsylvania State Grant the Engine was upgraded with new batter powered extraction tools from Genesis Rescue. The Hurst Rescue system was placed on the Air Truck as a second Rescue. 

We received a call from the North Pole at Santa was coming for the annual North Belle Vernon Light Up Night and was asked to use our station's landing zone and board the reindeer in the truck bay while Santa was down the park. Crews escorted Santa down to the park with the trucks. 

The members of Charleroi and North Belle Vernon got together on Monday September 30th for training. The departments split up into groups of 4 with members from both department intermingled in the groups for better mutual aid work, The station style training consisted of a hose maze, ground ladder operations, and fire dynamics training. Thank you to the members of Charleroi Fire Department for coming over. 

During our regular meeting held on Monday night members were presented with a wooden flag that honors our four line of duty deaths. Thank you again FF Scott Moody for the great piece. 

We are continuing to upgrade our equipment with the purchase of another thermal imaging camera and a new set of rescue tools. This equipment with along with other future and recent upgrades will better help us help the public. 

If you or your group is looking for a tour or just want to learn more about what you can do to help with fire prevention. Please give us a call 724-929-6111 and set up a tour time. We have education for all age groups. 

The members of North Belle Vernon would like to thank Bujanowski's Towing for the generous donation of water. If you would like to donate a case of water to the department please just leave it at the station. The water will go to help keep the firefighters hydrated on the hot days during emergencies. 

For the past year North Belle Vernon has been updating our protective gear with the purchase of new helmets and fire gear. We will be phasing out the older tan and yellow fire gear for the new black gear. 

On December 15, 2015 the Council of the Borough of North Belle Vernon enacted Ordinance No. 560 which Ordained and Enacted a 3 mil Fire Tax.  Due diligence by Chief Ken Ramsdell, 1st Asst. Chief John E. Garber, 2nd Asst. Chief Shelby Ferguson and Financial Secretary Mike Wassilchalk Jr. by making presentations to council and testifying to the department's needs brought forth this much needed assistance.  The fire department would like to thank Mayor Craig Ambrose, Council President...

North Belle Vernon Borough held their 2015 Light Up Night at the fire station from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.  Santa arrived on Engine #52 promptly at 6:00 escorted by car 618 (NBVPD), Engine 80, Quint 80, Air 80 and Squad 80.  A crowd estimated at over 1000 persons enjoyed Christmas music by our department DJ - Jared Ebbitt.  The Belle Vernon Area High School Band played and the St. Sebastian School Chorus sang.  Hot Dogs and hot chocolate were provided by the Recreation Commission an...

3rd Lieutenant Jeff Antal has recently received his certification as a Fire Fighter I from the National Pro Board.  Jeff is now the 8th member from Station 80 to attain this prestigious certification.  We congratulate him and recognize the commitment that he has put forth.  Other members from Station 80 include:  Fire Chief Ken Ramsdell, 1st Asst. Chief John Garber (Fire Fighter III), Captain Kurt Parshall (Fire Fighter II), 1st Lieutenant Chris Ceccarelli, 2nd Lieutenant Kol...

The 2015 Auxiliary Flea Market was held on May 2.  An overwhelming response from venders made for a very successful venture.

Asst. Fire Chief (1) [John Garber] welcomes Patrick Rice, Brenton Weightman and his father Bill to the firehouse.  Just as they arrived the Station was alerted for wires down on Broad Ave.  The Squad Crew quickly responded and after handling the situation, returned to show their visitors around.  After a brief explanation of the station and it's unique hose-tower entrance way, viewing the Day Room, Kitchen/Eating area and Meeting Room the visitors saw how a call is dispatched,...

A future firefighter responded to the scene of a major structure fire on Baltimore St.  The young man is seen here consulting with Asst. Fire Chief (1) [ John Garber ] offering his opinion on what he would do next.