Our Department

About Us

Protecting the families and businesses of North Apollo Borough and the surrounding Kiski Valley with dedicated volunteer emergency response and community fire safety education.

Engine No. 2 parked on the street in front of a brick church

Our History

Formed in 1932, the North Apollo Volunteer Fire Department has spent more than nine decades protecting North Apollo Borough and its neighbors along the Kiski River. We operate as Station 170 out of our firehall on 16th Street, staffed entirely by volunteers from right here in the community.

Our members respond to structure fires, vehicle accidents, brush fires, medical assists, and severe weather events across the borough and on mutual aid to surrounding Armstrong and Westmoreland County departments — while also teaching fire safety, hosting community dinners, and running the fundraisers that keep our apparatus and gear ready.

Line Officers

Fire Chief
Chris Kerr
Deputy Chief
Jason Burns
Captain
Brandon King

Administrative Officers

President
James Barclay
Vice President
Brandon King
Secretary
Allison King
Treasurer
Michele Bernat

Apparatus & Equipment

  • Front view of the department's light blue and white Pierce engine
    Engine No. 2

    Pierce Dash pumper — primary fire attack unit for the borough.

  • Engine 171 blocking a rural roadway with a police cruiser behind it
    Engine 171

    International / Pierce pumper — additional water and manpower on scene.

  • North Apollo 170 rescue unit with a STAT MedEvac helicopter and ambulance on scene
    Rescue 170

    Rescue and medical support unit, including landing-zone duty for STAT MedEvac.

  • Brush 172 pickup with hose reel and American flag driving through town
    Brush 172

    4x4 brush truck with hose reel for wildland and field fires.

  • Department brush unit loaded with portable pumps, hose and water tanks
    Brush / Utility Unit

    Portable pumps, tanks and hand tools for off-road and remote fires.

Around the Station

Our crews and apparatus at work in North Apollo and on mutual aid.

Department engine working a night incident in the snow with hose lines deployed
A cold night on the fireground
Brush 172 pickup with hose reel and American flag driving through town
Brush 172 in the community parade
A firefighter behind the wheel of the department's Pierce engine
Behind the wheel of Engine No. 2
Department engine parked in a field beside a landed STAT MedEvac helicopter
Securing a landing zone for the medical helicopter
Engine 171 blocking a rural roadway with a police cruiser behind it
Engine 171 blocking traffic at a roadside incident
Department brush unit loaded with portable pumps, hose and water tanks
Brush unit loaded out for a wildland call
Front view of the department's light blue and white Pierce engine
N.A.V.F.D. Engine, ready in the bay
Department engine with red warning lights running at a night call in the snow
Lights on, first due
Serve Your Community

We're Always Looking for Good People

No experience required — we provide the training, the gear and the team.

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