Monroeville Water Rescue Team

02/23/2025

🌊 🐻‍❄️ Polar Bear Plunge 🐻‍❄️ 🌊
Yesterday members from Monroeville’s Water Rescue team travelled to the city to provide support for the special olympics polar plunge.

04/12/2024

Last evening water rescue personnel were activated to standby in station to assist , if needed , with flooding in the region

04/04/2024

On April 3rd around 3:30am, the water rescue team was dispatched for a vehicle trapped in rising flood water with two people stuck inside. Units arrived on scene and confirmed the situation. Two swift water rescue technicians entered the water with a raft and made their way to the vehicle. Both people were placed into the raft and moved to safety out of the flood water.

Just a reminder don’t drive through flooded road ways. Turn around!

07/31/2023

On July 28 @ 2057 the Monroeville water team was activated to assist with the search for a teenager in the water in Glassport. Units responded with 4 divers and 6 support personnel along with the dive trailer, swift water trailer, rescue 6 and command 32. A joint effort with dive teams from Murrysville , Portvue and numerous boat teams who operated sonar in the areas . divers performed searches in area of last contact. The outcome was not as we hoped, despite a strong effort by all units on scene. Our thoughts are with the family at this difficult time.

07/24/2023

On Sunday morning water team members trained on the new sonar, boat and dive operations. Thank you to Braddock vfd for trading with us

05/13/2023

The members would like to thank Marine Commander of Lower Kiski Swift Water Rescue/Flood Response/Public Safety Dive Teams for going over our new Humminbird side scan sonar. We would also like to thank the Monroeville Fire chiefs committee for allowing us to purchase it , though our relief association. 

02/06/2023

12/25/2022

The water rescue team would like to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season!

11/24/2022

The members of the water rescue team would like to wish everyone a Happy and safe thanksgiving!

09/25/2022

09/25/2022

Early this morning members of the water team got together to get in the water. Some members worked on getting back in to diving, while new members check out the world of diving, with discover scuba.
It was great to see the old divers get back into it and while new ones checked it out.

08/24/2022

Around 4pm yesterday afternoon,Monroeville water team was dispatched for the dive team to assist oakmount fire dept for a vehicle in the river.
Divers entered the water and was unable to check the inside of the vehicle due to it being up side down. Drivers assisted with the removal of the vehicle. Monroeville responded with 5 divers.
Good job to all divers and support personnel on scene.
Units on scene from Monroeville:
UTY 5 with dive trailer, UTY 4 with swift water trailer, 4 C with boat 4, Rescue 6, CMD 32.

Photo credit To Eli Gray and new stations.