Norvelt / Westmoreland Homesteads VFD

03/29/2026

Engine 37-1 and Engine-Rescue 37 responded to assist Mt. Pleasant VFD with a tractor trailer fire on the turnpike. 37 units staged at the gate. Chief 38 then requested the Engine-Rescue to their station for standby. Engine 1’s crew returned to our station to staff it and the rescue.

03/28/2026

Today, members of the department, along with the Easter Bunny, visited families in our service area and gave the kids a treat and the four legged friends a dog biscuit. Always glad to give back to the community that supports us so much.

03/27/2026

Norvelt area residents! Listen for the sirens and watch for the Easter Bunny tomorrow morning. Every kid gets a treat!

03/26/2026

Service, Squad, UTV and Engine all participated in a prescribed burn yesterday evening at Greensburg Sportsmen’s Club. Crews burnt off approximately 46 acres of switch grass on their property and were assisted by Westmoreland County Team 211 Rough Terrain Support Unit. Service, Squad, and UTV crews worked the perimeter of the fields and put out hot spots during mop up to ensure fire didn’t spread to the wood line. Engine 37-1 provided water supply for all the brush units and ATVs on scene. This time was used to train new members on wildland fire behavior and control techniques.

03/24/2026

One day remaining to vote for us for the semifinals of the best fish fry in Westmoreland County!

32 Westmoreland County fish fries across 4 regions compete head-to-head. Vote for your favorite!

03/21/2026

Roof Ventilation Training

03/21/2026

Members spent the morning doing some acquired structure training. It’s not very often we get an opportunity to train on actual structures. We were able to do evolutions of forcible entry, roof ventilation, hydro ventilation, and garage door entry.

03/21/2026

We were happy to stop in and see Landon this morning and make his day a little better! Any other First Respnders make your way to see Landon today, he’s an awesome guy!

03/20/2026

This morning at 00:50, Rescue 37 with a crew of 3 responded to assist Station 74 with a thermal battery event at Siemens in the RIDC Park. Engine/Rescue 37-2 with a crew of 4 responded to Station 38 for standby for 38, 74, and 58.

03/18/2026

We would like to announce that after months of refurbishment as well as a lot of work and training by our members that Rescue 37 is officially in service. Rescue 37 is a 1992 Pierce with a walk-in rescue body. Ex- Renovo Fire & EMS, PA; Ex-City of Kent Fire Department, OH. It features 3 Genesis eForce spreaders, 3 Genesis eForce cutters, 2 Genesis eForce rams, Paratech Gold and Grey Struts, Paratech Hydrafusions, high pressure air bags, rope rescue equipment, a multitude of wooden cribbing and shoring, a 12,000lb moveable winch, full complement of Milwaukee power tools, a 30Kw generator, CAFs fire suppression system, 30 ft light tower, and an SCBA compressor and fill station. We look forward to this apparatus serving the Norvelt community and surrounding areas for years to come. None of this would be possible without the constant support of our community!
Thank you to J. Marcoz Emergency Vehicle for another great job!

03/18/2026

The Officers and members of the department would like to thank our State Representative Leslie Rossi for her continued support and help. This funding will help further the mission of the department to provide emergency service with state of the art equipment and facilities.

HARRISBURG - Rep. Leslie Rossi (R-Westmoreland) today announced nearly $407,000 in Local Share Account grants were approved by the Commonwealth Financing Authority for projects serving communities in Westmoreland County. “These grants will help our communities address important needs, from public ...

03/18/2026

We’re in the running for the best fish fry in Westmoreland County! Voting for this round wraps up today at noon. Follow the link below to the Greensburg Times website and vote for Norvelt!

Time to pick the winners of each division of the Great Westmoreland County Fish Fry bracket.

For best church, we have St Bruno Catholic Church Of South Greensburg versus St. Raymond of the Mountains Church.

For best firehall, we have Norvelt Volunteer Fire Department Club & Roosevelt Hall versus Bovard Ladies Auxiliary.

For best club, we have American Legion, Post 868 Lower Burrell, Pa versus Export Moose.

And for best restaurant, we have Keith Heinritz Katering versus Millie's.

Who is your favorite? Vote now at https://greensburgtimes.com/fish-fries/bracket

Remember, next week the church winner will vs the firehall winner and clubs will go up against the restaurant winner.

Then the next week we’ll find our overall winner!

Please share widely! The more people who vote, the better the results. We’ve had well over 1000 different people vote so far, which is way more than we thought would participate. Let’s see if we can break our record this week.

And please keep sending us recommendations on what fish fries we should attend ourselves, even if they aren’t still in the bracket.