Evans City Area Volunteer Fire Department

Welcome to the website of the ECVFD. We proudly serve the residents of Evans City Borough and Forward Township for Fire, Rescue and QRS. We have 30 active members who respond to an average of 170 calls per year. This site is still under construction, keep checking back as new content is always being added.

Vegetable oil spill
Monday, 13 April 2009

At 20:30 on Thursday, April 9, Station 20 was alerted to Evans City Rd. in Forward Township for a service call. A tanker trailer was on its side in a parking lot, spilling an unknown amount of vegetable oil. Upon arrival of Engine 20, Safety Officer 20 requested Butler County Hazmat Team 100. In the meantime, crews continued the work begun by the employees of the facility by preventing spillage into a nearby creek. The hazmat team arrived, checked on the containment of the product, then went about drilling a hole in the tanker to remove some of the remaining product. The tanker was later righted and Team 100 and Station 20 units cleared the scene at approximately 23:00.

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