Shanksville Volunteer Fire Department

Shanksville Volunteer Fire Department

InfoboxFireDepartment
name = Shanksville Volunteer Fire Department

motto =
established =
annual calls = 69 (2006) 78 (2007)
staffing = 38
strength =
stations = 1
engines = 1
trucks = 1
squads =
rescues = 1
bulldozers =
airplanes =
helicopters =
fireboats =
EMSunits =
FirstResponderBLSorALS =
chief = Terry Shaffer
commissioner =
district supervisor =
website = [http://www.shanksvillefirecompany.org Shanksville Vol. Fire Dept.]

The Shanksville Volunteer Fire Department is a volunteer fire department in rural Pennsylvania. It is best known for its response to the crash of United Airlines Flight 93 during the September 11 attacks.

Call Area

The Shanksville Volunteer Fire Department provides fire, emergency medical services (EMS), and various types of rescue, including SCUBA, to the borough of Shanksville, the borough of Indian Lake, and Stonycreek Township. All are located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The fire district is approximately convert|65|mi2 with an approximate population of 3,000. It also provides emergency services for convert|15|mi of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

History

The fire company was formed in February 1951. In September 1951 the company purchased a vacant building to meet and store equipment. The company built a new truck garage and meeting place in 1989.

eptember 11 attacks

On September 11, 2001, the Shanksville Volunteer Fire Department responded to the United Airlines Flight 93 crash scene to search for survivors. [cite web |title=Pennsylvania Disaster Workers Respond to Flight 93 Tragedy |last=Long |first=Cindy |url=http://www.redcross.org/news/ds/0109wtc/010913penn.html |date=September 13, 2001 |publisher=Red Cross |accessdate=2008-09-07] They found a smoking crater convert|8|ft to convert|10|ft deep, and convert|30|ft to convert|50|ft wide surrounded by burning wreckage of the aircraft. [cite web |title='None of us will ever forget' |url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/attack/38647_main12.shtml |date=2001-09-12 |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |accessdate=2008-08-24] None of the 44 people on board survived. [cite news |last=Sara |first=Rimer |title=A Nation Challenged: The Pennsylvania Crash; 44 Victims Are Remembered, and Lauded |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0CE5D6143BF93BA2575AC0A9679C8B63 |date=2001-09-18 |work=The New York Times |accessdate=2008-08-24] Flight 93 was one of four airliners hijacked that day as part of the al-Qaeda terror attack on the United States. It is widely held that the Flight 93 hijackers intended to use the aircraft to attack the United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

An assistant chief was one of the first on the scene, within seven or eight minutes. Firefighters from seven other local companies also came to the crash site. [cite news |title=Gathering in Song and Honor
url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s_ANAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gnADAAAAIBAJ&pg=3626,9078859&dq=shanksville+volunteer+fire+company+rick+king+
date=2001-11-20 |work= Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |accessdate=2008-09-10]

hanksville Firehouse memorial

New York City fire fighters donated a memorial made from a steel cross from the World Trade Center and mounted atop a platform shaped like the Pentagon. [cite news |last=Ganassi |first=Michelle |title=NY firefighter donating steel to Shanksville |url=http://www.dailyamerican.com/articles/2008/08/22/news/news/news808.txt |date=2008-08-25
work=Daily American |accessdate=2008-08-22] Hundreds of firefighters riding motorcycles escorted the beams from New York City to Shanksville. It was installed outside the firehouse on August 25, 2008. [cite news |last=Gaskell |first=Stephanie
title=Pa. site of 9/11 crash gets WTC beam |date=2008-08-25 |work=New York Daily News |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/08/24/2008-08-24_pa_site_of_911_crash_gets_wtc_beam.html |accessdate=2008-08-25]

See also

*United Airlines Flight 93

References

External links

* [http://www.shanksvillefirecompany.org/ Shanksville's Volunteer Fire-Rescue Department]


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