Borough of Vandergrift Emergency Management

Borough of Vandergrift Emergency Management This page is not monitored 24/7. Call 911 IN AN EMERGENCY.

The objective of this page is to provide useful information that will support growth of our communities preparedness and boost our resilience to the emergency of tomorrow.

PEMA’s Press Release on yesterday’s 911 outage.
07/12/2025

PEMA’s Press Release on yesterday’s 911 outage.

07/12/2025

At this time, 911 services have been restored in Pennsylvania.

07/11/2025

‼ URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT - 911 OUTAGE ‼️

For ALL emergencies, please bypass 911 and call 724-836-1551.

Westmoreland County affected by PA 911 outage.

The entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is currently experiencing a 911 system outage. This outage means standard 911 calls may not go through!

01/16/2022
Learn the sounds of fire safety.
10/07/2021

Learn the sounds of fire safety.

❓Do you know the difference between a beep and a chirp❓

Learn the sounds of fire safety…
🚨three beeps - alarm activating
🚨single chirp - replace batteries

Both instances require immediate attention.

Hear a beep 🚨🚨🚨 get on your feet!
Hear a chirp 🚨 make a change!

09/13/2021

Attention: On Tuesday, September 14th at 6:00PM there will be a multi-agency fire department training in the area of Upper Grant Ave. near Columbia Ave. The training should conclude at approximately 08:00PM. Please do not be alarmed if you see several fire trucks and personnel in the area. Local businesses will not be affected and open for business as usual. Thank you.

New criteria to active wireless emergency alerts. The photo below is an example of what an actual alert would look like.
07/25/2021

New criteria to active wireless emergency alerts. The photo below is an example of what an actual alert would look like.

Edit: corrected the implementation date...

Starting August 2, Severe Thunderstorms deemed “destructive” will activate a Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) on smartphones. Criteria for a destructive threat are hail at least 2.75 inch in diameter and/or 80 mph thunderstorm wind.

Please share this post to get the word out!

Read More: https://www.weather.gov/news/072221-svr-wea

06/21/2021

Tomorrow 06/22/2021 at 6 PM there will be a multi agency training conducted at 169 Lincoln Ave. Vandergrift at McMurtry Towers. There will be emergency service vehicles and personnel in the area. This is a planned event and there is no actual emergency. One lane of traffic will be closed, please use caution in the area.

Thank you,

Chris Hannigan

06/11/2021

Day or night, pedestrians should follow these tips to make themselves more visible to motorists.

Familiarize yourself with all Pennsylvania's pedestrian laws and safety tips at http://bit.ly/PennDOTPedestrians.

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Borough of Vandergrift Emergency Management

This page is not monitored 24/7. Call 911 IN AN EMERGENCY.

Borough of Vandergrift Emergency Management

The mission of Vandergrift Emergency Management is to curtail the loss of life and property and protect from all hazards through a risk-based emergency management program of mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.

The idea of Whole Community Preparedness is the backbone of protecting ourselves, our community and our nation from the disasters of tomorrow.