Organization

ADDRESS	1514 Norcross Rd Erie, PA 16510 Map of Station Location
PHONES	814-825-4359 814-825-1019 (FAX)
SERVICES PROVIDED	Fire Suppression Rescue / Extrication Emergency Medical Services Hazardous Materials Mitigation Service Calls Fire Prevention / Education Public Relations
MILLCREEK PARAMEDICS	Part owner of ambulance service along with the three other township fire departments and Lake Shore FD.
ORGANIZATIONS	Erie County Firefighters Association Millcreek Fire Chiefs Association National Fire Protection Association National Volunteer Fire Counsel
TRAINING	Weekly Training: Wednesday mornings at 9AM Wednesday evenings at 7PM Other periodic scheduled training All off site training is paid for by BVFD (with some exception).
BUSINESS MEETINGS	First Wednesdays of each month at 7PM
DISPATCH	Dispatched by Erie County Dept. of Public Safety / Erie County Dispatch Notified of calls via tone encoded pagers carried by all firefighters and fire-police. Tones are activated which in turns makes the pager “beep” several times. The dispatcher then announces the location and nature of the call.

RADIO FREQUENCIES
Central	453.500	Dispatch
East	453.375	Incident / Fire ground
West	453.950	Incident / Fire ground
Esper	453.412	Incident / Fire ground
Presque Isle	453.337	Incident / Fire ground
BVFD On-Site *	PRIVATE	Training / Administrative
Fire -Police	PRIVATE	Fire – Police Operations
*All Millcreek departments have separate on-site channels We also utilize the Erie County low band frequencies for mutual aid. NOTE- we do not use these channels for primary communications / dispatch
Channel 1	33.98	Dispatch
Channel 2	33.96	Incident / Fire ground
Channel 3	33.88	Incident / Fire ground
Channel 4	33.94	Incident / Fire ground

REGULAR MEMBERSHIP	You must be at least 18 years old with a high school diploma or GED REQUIREMENTS
JUNIOR MEMBERSHIP	You must be at least 16 years old and maintain a “C” average in school. REQUIREMENTS SEE JUNIOR FIREFIGHTERS PAGE
PRIMARY MUTUAL AID	Kuhl Hose, Kearsarge, Perry Hi-Way, Brookside, Erie, Wattsburg, West Ridge,Wesleyville, Lawrence Park, Fairfield, Greenfield
POLICE DEPARTMENTS	Millcreek Police Department and Pennsylvania State Police
WATER SUPPLY	90% Municipal water supply (fire hydrants). Tanker shuttles: one dry hydrant to a pond. if needed area ponds and creeks.
ISO RATING	Five Ratings are 1 (highest) – 10 (lowest).
WHY ORANGE FIRE TRUCKS	Back in the late 60’s – early 70’s the insurance companies were urging fire departments to use brighter colors on their vehicles rather than red. With a new rig that was soon to be ordered it was determined to go with orange because it was easier to see than red. Then in 1987 we added the crème color to the cabs.