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Pittsburgh City Council

Providing Fire and Emergency Management Services to Wilkinsburg.

Written by Amy Whipple

  • The council approved a five-year Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement with the Borough of Wilkinsburg. Under the agreement, the Pittsburgh Fire Department will provide fire and emergency (disaster) management services to Wilkinsburg at a total cost of $11,933,932.
  • The cost will cover the expanded role for City Firefighters as calculated by their existing union contract.
  • The municipalities have maintained these agreements since 2011. The previous agreement expired on December 31, 2023, and the new agreement is retroactive to January 1, 2024.
  • In addition to standard fire management, services include non-emergency activities such as smoke detector installations and fire code enforcement. Both municipalities share a disaster management plan covering events like landslides, hazardous materials spills, and disease outbreaks, while retaining separate emergency medical services.

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Topics:
Public Safety & EMS
Governments:
Pittsburgh City Council
Public meetings:
City Council · February 18, 2025

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