The New Penn Hills Chamber

This Saturday, May 19th from 9:00am to 1:00pm, your Penn Hills Volunteer Firefighters will be out at most major intersections throughout our community collectin...g money as part of our fund drive. This money is vital to our annual operation budget. Please stop and give what you can. We thank you in advance for your support! See more

Three (3) Structure Fires In Two (2) Days. 2750 Robinson Blvd - Commercial Structure Fire. 8000-blk Mark Dr - Residential Structure Fire. 60-blk Pride Rd - Resi...dential Structure Fire. 750+ Calls Per Year; NO QRS/First Responder; Free Tuition Reimbursement (CCAC FIREVEST); ENGINE-TRUCK-RESCUE Company Now Accepting Applications For Live-In Firefighters Visit our website for more info. http://www.phvfd227.org/live-in-program/ #PHVFD #PHVFD227 #227 #7HOUSE #TRUCK7 #TRUCK227 #7TRUCK #PHVFDTRUCKCOMPANY #RESCUE227 #RESCUE7 #HEAVYRESCUE #HEAVYRESCUE7 #ENGINE71 #ENGINE227 #71ENGINE #ISOCLASS3 #LIVEINFIREFIGHTERSWANTED #FIREFIGHTER #STATIONLIFE #CCAC #FIREVEST #ALLEGHENYCOUNTY #PENNHILLS

Please consider attending this benefit car wash to support our very own Penn Hills Police K9 Unit.

Penn Hills Parks and Recreation has a whole lot of fun in store for you this summer! They’ve added 8 new events this year! So save this image, share it with you...r friends and mark your calendars! Parks and Recreation are excited to announce Friday Night Movies in the Park and Sunday Afternoon Music in the Park. Both are Free, family friendly events! See more

Electricity makes our lives easier, however we need to be cautious and keep safety in mind. Download our safety tip sheet: #NESM

Fire crews are battling a residential structure fire on Pride Road right now. Please use caution in the area and watch for responders heading to the scene.

It's that time of year where we get a lot of questions on burning regulations.

Honoring the bravery of firefighters around the world on International Firefighters Day!

Firefighters put themselves on the front lines everyday protecting our communities and acting as first responders in emergencies. To support these heroes, Nest,... maker of the Nest Protect Smoke and CO Alarm, and the Leary Firefighters Foundation have teamed up for the third time to award two $25,000 grants for new technology and equipment to fire departments in need. To qualify for the grant, departments will need to be nominated by members of their community. Every vote counts last year we received over 12,000 nominations! The five departments with the most nominations will become grant finalists and the Leary Firefighter Foundation will award two grants through its formal grant application process. Nominations are being accepted now on nest.com/thanks until midnight PT on May 18.

We Are Excited That This Project Will Be Coming To Penn Hills And The 227 Fire District. http://triblive.com//penn-hills-oks-community-center-at-ti

Penn Hills EMS participating in Multi-community Car Seat Safety Check and Fair on April 21, 2018 at the Forest Hills Municipal Building. Great weather, great c...ommunities, great police and EMS agencies working together to keep our children safe!! Car Seat installation at Penn Hills EMS, by appointment. Call EMS Sup'r. for details: 412/798-2041. Pictured is Penn Hills Paramedic Bret London (blue shirt) and other participating techs. Also shown are Children's Hospital and Cribs for Kids informational tables.

We are so very happy to announce that Penn Hills Lawn and Garden has now joined our Town Vision Digital Community! Stop by right off of Rodi Road to check out t...heir amazing selections for your garden and lawn, and don't miss the fantastic Steel Goat Marketplace! They don't only sell you mulch and grass seed- you can get your soil tested, get expert advice for your garden, and even help you design your own special flower pots! Welcome to our Town Vision Digital Family! See more

Sparky wants you to learn to STOP, DROP, and ROLL if your clothes catch on fire! Use this fun coloring sheet to help show your kids what to do:

Multi-community Child Seat Safety Check & Fair, Saturday, April 21, 2018 from10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Forest Hills Municipal Building.

Happy Public Safety Telecommunicators Week - April 8-14, 2018. These dedicated employees work at Allegheny County Department of Emergency Services (911), and a...nswer all the 911 calls for emergency response. They are the critical first link in emergency response. Thank you from Penn Hills EMS!! See more

Earth Day is coming up...so much more than a day...it is a movement toward a better future. See ways you can help this year. https://www.earthday.org/

It will not surprise those who know her that Barbara Bush has been a rock in the face of her failing health, worrying not for herself thanks to her abiding f...aith but for others. She is surrounded by a family she adores, and appreciates the many kind messages and, especially, the prayers she is receiving. See more

We're 88 Years Old Today! Coolest octogenarians yinz know :) Thank YOU for allowing our local family company to be a part of your families for nearly 9 decades.... Share your favorite memory of Turner's is the comments below!

How long will the detours last? Geotechnical drilling this week will help make that determination, a PennDOT official said.

The seasons take a toll on your home’s roof! The leaves, the rain, the snow. When is the right time to replace your roof and how? https://www.mrroof.com/how-often-should-i-replace-my-roof

BREAKING: Route 30 in East Pittsburgh has collapsed. An apartment building nearby has also collapsed and has been evacuated. https://bit.ly/2H6bhMI

April is Distracted Driver Awareness Month but you should drive without distractions every month! These cool apps can help you become more focused on driving! http://resources.uknowkids.com//7-apps-to-prevent-distract

You should pass by the 10th Street Bypass today. It's closed due to flooding.

Penn Hills says enough is enough when it comes to child bullying. Take notice, parents: if you're raising a bully, it's going to cost you.

Warm weather will be arriving soon, and we want to keep our children safe. NEVER LEAVE A CHILD IN A CAR!! Deaths of children in cars from Heatstroke are 100% PREVENTABLE!!

Please Join our Community litter cleanup of Long Road and Side Streets

$500 Off Select Grandstand & Multi Force Stand-On Mowers from TORO! Now through May 31, 2018!!

Easter Bunny was at Penn Hills Lawn and Garden

The 2018 Torch Run for Special Olympics is just around the corner. Click on the link to learn more about this event and how to support the PHPD team participating this year.

A few kindness rocks to share....... Respecting The Thin Blue Line. These rocks will be placed all over Pittsburgh for folks to find.

Darn it. Guess we'll just have to wait until tomorrow for the Pirates season to start.

PLEASE SHARE THIS MESSAGE It’s that time of the year again, our daylight is getting longer and the temperatures are starting to rise. This weekend is daylight ...savings time. When you are adjusting your clocks, please remember to change all of your smoke detector batteries. In addition, please change all of the batteries in your carbon monoxide and natural gas detectors. Here's what you need to know! 1: A closed door may slow the spread of smoke, heat and fire. Install smoke alarms in every sleeping room and outside each separate sleeping area. Install alarms on every level of the home. 2: Large homes may need extra smoke alarms. 3: Test your smoke alarms at least once a month. Press the test button to be sure the alarm is working. 4: Today’s smoke alarms will be more technologically advanced to respond to a multitude of fire conditions, yet mitigate false alarms. 5: When a smoke alarm sounds, get outside and stay outside. 6: Replace all smoke alarms in your home every 10 years. Smoke Detector Fact Sheet Q: How effective are smoke detectors? A: Residential fire deaths have decreased steadily as the number of homes with smoke detectors increased. Reports from the National Fire Protection Association on residential fire deaths show that people have nearly a 50 percent better chance of surviving a fire if their home has the recommended number of smoke detectors. Q: Should I replace my smoke detector? A: Smoke detectors that are 10 years old are near the end of their service life and should be replaced. A smoke detector constantly monitors the air 24 hours a day. At the end of 10 years, it has gone through over 3.5 million monitoring cycles. After this much use, components may become less reliable. This means that as the detector gets older, the potential of failing to detect a fire increases. Replacing them after 10 years reduces this possibility. Q: My detectors are wired into my electrical system. Do I need to replace them as often as battery-operated detectors? A: Yes. Both types of detectors are equally affected by age. Q: How many detectors should I have? A: The average sized home or apartment needs more than one smoke detector. The exact number depends on the number of levels in the home and the number of bedrooms. National fire safety standards recommend a minimum of one detector on each level of the home, one detector outside the bedroom area, and one in each bedroom. The detector that is placed outside of the bedroom area should be installed near enough to be heard at night through a closed bedroom door. Q: Is there more than one type of smoke detector, and what is the difference? A: There are two type of smoke detectors for homes. One type is called an ionization detector because it monitors ions, or electrically charged particles. Smoke particles entering the sensing chamber change the electrical balance of the air. The detector’s horn will sound when the change in electrical balance reaches a preset level.The other type of detector is called photoelectric because its sensing chamber uses a beam of light and a light sensor. Smoke particles entering the chamber change the amount of light that reaches the light sensor. The detector sounds when the smoke density reaches a preset level. Q: Is one type better than the other? A: The ionization detector responds faster to small smoke particles, while the photoelectric responds faster to large smoke particles. As a rule of thumb, fast-flaming fires produce more small smoke particles and smoldering fires produce more large particles. Thus, the response time of the two type of detectors will vary, depending on the mix of small and large smoke particles in the fire. But test results show that the differences in response time are small enough that both types provide enough time to escape. There are Dual-Sensor detectors available. Q: What is more important, the type of detector or the number? A: The number of detectors is more important than the type. Installing several smoke detectors of each type will provide better coverage in the extreme cases of long-term smoldering or fast flaming fires. But since both types respond in time to escape, the most important thing is to install enough detectors in the proper locations. Detectors are available with both types of sensors in the same unit, but they are more expensive than models with a single sensor. If the coise is between having only one of each type or having more of the same type, more detectors is the better choice. Q: My detector goes off when I cook. How can I stop this? A: Smoke detectors are designed to be very sensitive so they will alert occupants to a fire in time for them to escape. If a detector regularly responds to smoke from cooking, there are several options for handling this problem. One way is to replace the detector with one that has a button that silences it for a few minutes. Another way is to move the detector farther away, giving the smoke a chance to dissipate. Moving a ceiling-mounted detector to a wall can also reduce nuisance alarms. However, this will also make it a little slower to respond to a real fire.If the detector is the ionization type, another option is to replace it with a photoelectric. This detector is less sensitive to smaller smoke particles and thus is less affected by cooking smoke. Q: How can I test my detector? A: Every smoke detector comes with a test button. We recommend that people test their detectors regularly, at least once a month. Q: How can I test my detector? A: Every smoke detector comes with a test button. We recommend that people test their detectors regularly, at least once a month. Q: Should I use real smoke to test my detectors? A: This is not recommended because the burning objects used to create the smoke might cause a fire. Some stores sell pressurized cans of simulated smoke for this purpose. When using this product, follow the operating instructions and do not get the can too close to the detector. This prevents the smoke from coating the detector’s sensing chamber, which can make the detector inoperable. Q: How important is it to clean my detector? A: Cleaning is easy. Just vacuum the detector at least once a year. This will keep the openings to the sensing chamber free of dust, residue from cooking vapors and insects. Q: What about changing batteries? A: Smoke detector batteries should last at least one year under normal conditions. The biggest reason that smoke detectors don’t work is because people remove the batteries, e.g., to stop the low battery signal or a nuisance alarm, and forget to replace them. When a battery reaches the end of its service life, the detector will give a short beep every minute or so. It is easy to remove the battery and then forget to replace it. The best way to prevent this is to replace batteries at the same time each year before the low battery signal begins.

Penn Hills YMCA

Calling all adults this Saturday!

Check your mail carefully! Valpak says $100 checks have been randomly placed in their envelopes and are being mailed out to each of their 150 markets.

Look who's coming to town!!

Get your guide and buy your first home with confidence. #FirstHome #GoodbyeShoeboxApt #NoMoreSharedLaundry

To our fellow pet parents, we are voluntarily recalling specific shipments of two varieties of our dog treats Steak Grillers and Grilled Burger Bites becaus...e they potentially contain elevated levels of beef thyroid hormone. As pet parents ourselves, we understand how much you love your dog and apologize for the concern this may cause. We take this matter very seriously and are committed to taking the appropriate steps to help ensure this does not happen again. Please use our website to see if you have impacted product and for refund details: miloskitchen.com/info See more

Pennsylvania has now moved into the # 1 spot of having the most civilian fire deaths in the U.S.. This is NOT something to be proud of