Midway Volunteer Fire Department

05/26/2026

Congratulations to the Fort Cherry Baseball Team on an incredible run to the WPIAL Baseball Championship! We wish you the best of luck today! Bring it home!! ⚾️🎉

We send our best wishes to our Boys' Baseball team, who will seek their first WPIAL championship in 40 years today at EQT Park in Washington. This email contains a number of important items for those wishing to attend.

GAME INFO: Fort Cherry Rangers vs. Neshannock
GAME TIME: 4 PM
GAME LOCATION: EQT Park (Wild Things Stadium)
TICKET INFO: The main box office and right-field entrances will be open at 12:00 pm on Tuesday, May 26. All tickets will be GENERAL ADMISSION - $10. All seats will be available on a general admission seating basis. Tickets will also be available at: www.gofan.co
PARKING INFO: There is no preferred parking available. A parking charge of $5.00 per vehicle will be charged. All fans will enter through the right-field entrance located next to the Wild Things Executive Office.
PROHIBITED ITEMS: The following items are not permitted at any WPIAL tournament venues: backpacks, coolers, large purses, thermoses, cans, bottles, flasks, alcoholic beverages, laser pointers, laser lights, sirens, whistles, artificial noisemakers, large sized radios (boom boxes), duffle bags, tote bags, strollers, banners, video and movie cameras, cameras with attachable lenses, tripods, weapons, and any other item that may pose a security risk to players, participants or fans Noisemakers (air horns, cowbells, plastic milk cartons with coins, etc.) are prohibited. No towels, flags, or signs are permitted. Fans who bring these to the gate will be turned away. If any of these items are discovered after gate entry, they will be confiscated.
FOOD/BEVERAGE: Children’s juice boxes and items necessary for medical and dietary purposes are permitted. Alcoholic beverages, cans, glass bottles and thermoses are NOT permitted. ALL bags are subject to search upon entry and within the ballpark. For the comfort and security of all guests, hazardous or disruptive items cannot be brought into the Park. All items are subject to search by game day security. Stadium concession stands will be available for spectators. Spectators are not permitted to bring outside food/beverages into the stadium.

LET'S GO RANGERS!
Fort Cherry School District

05/25/2026

05/20/2026

May 17-23 is observed as National EMS week to recognize the dedication of emergency medical service providers. The officers and members of the Midway Volunteer Fire Department would like to thank Fort Cherry Ambulance Service for all of their hard work, dedication, and support that goes unrecognized. We would also like to recognize our own members who serve as licensed emergency medical providers. Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication that supports the mission of the Midway Volunteer Fire Department!

Emergency Medical Responder:
Firefighter Mason Adams
Fire Chief Doug Baird
Firefighter Brittany Fitz
Firefighter Gina Kokoskie
Firefighter Kairy Moss

Emergency Medical Technician:
Lieutenant Dustin Baird
Captain Jacob Baird
Assistant Chief Dale Baird
Firefighter Ryan Cook
Firefighter JD Dhans
Assistant Chief Bill Jordan
Firefighter Chuck Nourigat
Firefighter Patrick Saltzman
Lieutenant John Scott
Firefighter Sarah Seik

Paramedic:
Tom Bruce
Chris Berg

Registered Nurse:
Firefighter Lesley Baird
Firefighter Savannah Curtis
Firefighter Sarah Seik
Firefighter Nicole Stewart

05/12/2026

The Midway Volunteer Fire Department is proud to announce that we are now Gold Helmet Certified through NIOSH and National Firefighter Registry for Cancer! This makes us 1 out of 163 fire departments in the United States to achieve this important recognition. This certification represents our continued commitment to the health, safety, and the well-being of our firefighters, both on and off of the fireground. Thank you to everyone who took the time to learn, participate, and help strive to keep our department moving forward!

We are honored to be recognized as a Gold Helmet Department for having many of our firefighters enrolled in the for Cancer. The NFR is the largest effort undertaken to understand and reduce cancer among U.S. firefighters. Congratulations to our department for being a leader in this historic effort!

Please visit the website to learn more: - with NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

04/28/2026

On Sunday April 26, Midway Volunteer Fire Department hosted a 6-hour training lecture titled “The Fireground Playbook: Tools for Managing a More Organized Fireground.”

Members learned the 8 functions of the command system, how to apply the functions to make a successful fireground, recognition prime decision making, and gave everyone “slides” that they can put into their personal “slide-bank” to assist in making future decisions on the fireground. The 8 functions of the command system included deployment management, assume/confirm/position of command, situation evaluation (size-up), strategy development/incident action planning, incident communications, incident organization, review/revisions, and continuation/support/termination of command.

We would like to thank Chief Sohyda from the Upper St. Clair Fire Department for presenting and Wally’s Towing for providing lunch. Not only did our members attend but we also had members from Slovan VFD, Mt. Pleasant VFC, Sturgeon VFD, Hanover VFD and the City of Washington Fire Department in attendance.

04/06/2026

Our thoughts are with the Walnuttown Volunteer Fire Company as they mourn the loss of both their Fire Chief and Assistant Fire Chief.

Both were killed in the line of duty over the weekend.