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Township of Allegheny, PA
Westmoreland County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Allegheny 1-14-2002 by Ord. No. 12-2001. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Open burning — See Ch. 81.
Emergency services reimbursement — See Ch. 103.
Fire hydrants — See Ch. 114.
Fire prevention and safety — See Ch. 118.
Fire loss claims — See Ch. 137, Art. I.
Primary responsibility for responding to 911 alarm calls in the Township is hereby apportioned as follows:
A. 
Starting at the Lower Burrell line, Allegheny Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 (ATVFC No. 1) shall be responsible for Route 56 (Leechburg Road).
B. 
Markle Volunteer Fire Department (MVFD) shall be responsible for all of Greenwood Road and Shearsburg Road to Weinel's Crossroads.
C. 
Allegheny Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 shall be responsible for the Bonfire Shortcut and White Cloud Road from Route 56 to Five Points.
D. 
If new streets connecting Route 56 and Shearsburg Road are named and numbered, said new streets shall be the primary responsibility of MVFD. Otherwise, Leechburg Road addresses shall be the primary responsibility of ATVFC No. 1, and Shearsburg Road addresses shall be the primary responsibility of MFVD. If a new street does not connect Route 56 and Shearsburg Road, then the new street shall be the primary responsibility of ATVFC No. 1, if the new street originates from Route 56. New streets originating from Shearsburg Road which do not connect Route 56 to Shearsburg Road shall be the primary responsibility of MVFD.
E. 
Allegheny Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 shall have primary responsibility starting at Weinel's Crossroads (1127) and proceeding north on State Route 356.
F. 
Markle Volunteer Fire Department shall have primary responsibility starting at Weinel's Crossroads (1121) and proceeding south on State Route 356.
G. 
Markle Volunteer Fire Department shall have primary responsibility beginning at the point where Route 356 meets LaBelle Vue Road and continuing to the Vandergrift Borough line on LaBelle Vue Road.
H. 
Allegheny Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 shall have primary responsibility for all existing and future streets at the point where Route 356 meets LaBelle Vue Road, if and only if said streets connect to the four-lane section of Route 56.
This chapter is not intended to restrict, prevent or limit either fire company from providing additional fire response, as necessary, or as may be requested or required, beyond the territorial boundaries established herein and/or as may be necessary or required for proper fire response procedures and protocol. Rather, this chapter is intended only to generally establish the territorial fire districts within which the volunteer fire companies in Allegheny Township will respond to 911 alarm calls.