Water Rescue Team
The Brownsville Fire Company #1 is an affiliate to the Fayette County Emergency Management Agency Swiftwater Rescue Team. BFCO1 has 6 members that are trained as Swiftwater Rescue Technicians and have been dispatched to numerous water emergencies throughout Fayette/Washington Counties. Some of our members have been deployed as far away as Wilkes-Barre, PA.
The County's Swiftwater Rescue Team is comprised of approximately 40 members (30 of which trained at the Technician level) from the Fayette County Hazardous Materials Team, Brownsville Fire Company #1, Dawson VFD, and Luzerne Township VFD (LaBelle).
Notable Responses:
09/01/2021 Stand-by for Hurricane Ida
06/26/2021 Brownsville 1 Rescue (deer)
06/22/2021 Dunbar Township 5 Rescues
10/02/2019 Brownsville 1 Rescue
07/21/2019 Uniontown City 7 Rescues
05/28/2019 Brownsville 1 Rescue
02/16/2018 Brownsville 2 Rescues
06/23/2017 Redstone Township 3 Rescues