A word from the Webmaster:
Three years is a long time to keep a web site design. We went live with the previous version on November 28, 2004, and now, three years later, it's time for a change.

So, here it is. 

Thanks to everyone who has contributed information, photos and suggestions over the past year. Keep them coming. A special word to the residents of Bower Hill: You are the people for whom this site is designed. Send us an e-mail at bhvfd255@yahoo.com if there's anything you'd like to know about the department or the community that you don't see here, and that we could put on the site. Thanks.

Updates 11/25/2009 - 12/4/2009
Created the December 2009 call report page
Updated the November 2009 and Summary Call Report pages
Updated information on the Members page
Added a news item on the News page
Moved outdated items from the News page to the 2009 News Archives page
Extensively revised the Community Links page

Updates 11/11/2009 - 11/16/2009
Updated the November 2009 and Summary Call Report pages
Updated information on the Members page
Moved outdated information from the Members page to the 2009 Members Archives page
Added a news item on the News page
Moved outdated items from the News page to the 2009 News Archives page
Updated the Special Events page with Breakfast with Santa information
Updated links on the Community Links page

Updates 10/26/2009 - 11/8/2009
Created the November 2009 call report page
Updated the October 2009 and Summary Call Report pages
Updated information on the Members page
Moved outdated information from the Members page to the 2009 Members Archives page
Updated links on the Fire and Emergency Services Links and Community Links pages
Added the link to Stowe Township VFD #5 (Presston) to the Station ID page
Updated news items on the News page

Updates 10/17/2009 - 10/24/2009
Updated the October 2009 and Summary Call Report pages
Updated information on the Members page
Moved outdated information from the Members page to the 2009 Members Archives page
Updated the link to Kirwan Heights VFD on the Fire and Emergency Services Links and Station ID pages
Updated information on the Hall Rental page

Updates 9/28/2009 - 10/15/2009
Created the October 2009 call report page
Updated the September 2009 and Summary Call Report pages
Updated information on the Members page
Moved outdated information from the Members page to the 2009 Members Archives page
Added news items on the News page
Moved outdated items from the News page to the 2009 News Archives page
Updated the Special Events page with Spaghetti Dinner information

Updates 9/16/2009
Updated the September 2009 and Summary Call Report pages
Updated information on the Members page
Moved outdated information from the Members page to the 2009 Members Archives page
Added a news item on the News page
Added links for Bridgeville Automotive and Fenyus Personal Training on the Community Links page

Updates 9/1/2009 - 9/8/2009
Created and updated the September 2009 call report page
Updated the August 2009 and Summary Call Report pages
Updated information on the Members page
Moved outdated information from the Members page to the 2009 Members Archives page

Updates 8/5/2009 - 8/24/2009
Created and updated the August 2009 call report page
Updated the July 2009 and Summary Call Report pages
Updated information on the Members page
Added and updated links on the Community Links page

Updates 7/1/2009 - 7/24/2009
Created and updated the July 2009 call report page
Updated the June 2009 and Summary Call Report pages
Updated information on the Members page
Updated news items on the News page
Added a link to the Tri-State Antique Fire Engine Association on the Fire and Emergency Services Links page
Added Joe Besso's name to the Memorial page.
Updated the Special Events page with Cash Bash information

Updates 6/6/2009
Updated the June 2009 and Summary Call Report pages
Updated information on the Members page
Updated news items on the News page

Updates 6/3/2009
Added the June 2009 call report page
Updated the May 2009 and Summary Call Report pages
Updated information on the Members page
Added and updated news items on the News page
Moved outdated information from the Members page to the 2008 Members Archives page
Moved outdated items from the News page to the 2009 News Archives page

Updates 5/1/2009 - 5/26/2009
Added the May 2009 call report page
Updated the April 2009 and Summary Call Report pages
Updated information on the Members page
Added and updated news items on the News page
Added and updated links on the Community Links page
Resized images on many pages for faster loading

Updates 4/11/2009
Updated the April 2009 and Summary Call Report pages
Added and updated news items on the News page
Moved outdated items from the News page to the 2009 News Archives page
Archived the 2009 Fish Fry page and updated the Fish Fry page with 2010 information

Updates 3/22/2009
Updated the March 2009 and Summary Call Report pages
Updated the Calls Gallery page with associated pages for additional calls
Updated information on the Members page
Moved outdated information from the Members page to the 2008 Members Archives page
Created the Memorabilia Photo Gallery page

Updates 3/9/2009
Updated the March 2009 and Summary Call Report pages
Updated the Calls Gallery page with associated pages for additional calls

Updates 3/4/2009
Added the March 2009 Call Report page
Updated the Summary Call Report page
Updated information on the Members page
Added and updated news items on the News page
Created the 2009 News Archives page
Moved outdated items from the News page to the 2009 News Archives page
Created the Hall Photo Gallery page
Updated the Fish Fry page with the menu and prices
Updated the Calls Gallery page with associated pages for additional calls
Updated, added and removed links on the Fire and Emergency Services Links page

Updates 2/27/2009
Updated the February 2009 and Summary Call Report page
Updated the Calls Gallery page with three pages of photos for the 12/10/2008 fire
Resized images on more pages to render properly in Internet Explorer on narrow screens. (We still highly recommend Firefox for best viewing.)
Rearranged images on the Photo Gallery main page and Calls Gallery pages for easier viewing. Further updates to follow.

Updates 2/25/2009
Resized images on many pages to render properly in Internet Explorer on narrow screens. (We still highly recommend Firefox for best viewing.)
Renewed the domain name

Updates 2/19/2009
Updated the February 2009 and Summary Call Report page
Added the Calls Gallery page and four pages of photos for the 2/16/2009 fire
Added and updated news items on the News page
Updated the Photo Gallery main page

Updates 2/9/2009
Updated the February 2009 and Summary Call Report page
Moved outdated items from the News page to the 2008 News Archives page
Updated the Special Events page

Updates 2/5/2009
Updated the February 2009 and Summary Call Report page
Updated information on the Members page
Added the 2009 Members Archive page and moved outdated information from the Members page
Moved outdated information from the Members page to the 2008 Members Archives page
Added and updated news items on the News page
Moved outdated items from the News page to the 2008 News Archives page

Updates 2/3/2009
Added the February 2009 Call Report page
Updated the January 2009 and Summary Call Report page
Updated the links on the Community Links, Fire and EMS Links, and Station ID pages
Added the February calendar to the Members page

Updates 1/28/2009
Updated the January 2009 and Summary Call Report page
Updated the Special Events page with information about the Spaghetti Dinner
Uploaded the new History pages: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12; many with a new historic image

Updates 1/24/2009
Uploaded the new Photo Gallery, Gallery Tour, Gallery 5/4/2004 and Random Images pages
Added link for Scott Township Athletic Association to the Community Links page

Updates 1/22/2009
Updated the January 2009 and Summary Call Report page
Updated information on the Members page

Updates 1/18/2009
Updated the January 2009 and Summary Call Report pages
Added and updated news items on the News page
Updated information on the Members page
Moved outdated information from the Members page to the 2008 Members Archives page

Updates 1/12/2006
Updated the January 2009 and Summary Call Report pages

Updates 1/6/2009
Added the January 2009 Call Report page
Updated the Summary Call Report page
Added the January calendar and updated information on the Members page
Updated the Community Links page

Updates 12/30/2008
Updated the December 2008 and Summary Call Report pages

Updates 12/15/2008
Updated the December 2008 and Summary Call Report pages
Moved outdated items from the News page to the 2008 News Archives page
Updated the Special Events page with information about the Spaghetti Dinner

Updates 12/9/2008
Updated the December 2008 and Summary Call Report pages
Added and updated news items on the News page

Updates 12/3/2008
Added the December 2008 Call Report page
Updated the Summary Call Report page
Added the December calendar and updated information on the Members page
Added and updated news items on the News page
Moved outdated items from the News page to the 2008 News Archives page
Updated the Officers page with 2009 appointments
Updated the Fire and EMS Links page with the addition of links to Heidelberg VFD and Pittsburgh Metro Fire

Updates 11/15/2008
Updated the Special Events page with information about the Breakfast with Santa
Added and updated news items on the News page
Updated the Vehicle 29 page with new photos
Updated the photo of the new STEMS ambulance on the Vehicles page

Updates 10/23/2008
Updated the October 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Updated information on the Members page

Updates 10/15/2008
Updated the October 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Updated information on the Members page

Updates 10/12/2008
Updated the October 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Updated the Special Events page with information about the Breakfast with Santa
Added and updated news items on the News page
Moved outdated items from the News page to the 2008 News Archives page
Updated information on the Members page

Updates 10/7/2008
Updated the October 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages

Updates 10/2/2008
Added the October 2008 Call Report page
Updated the Summary Call Report page
Added the October calendar and updated information on the Members page
Updated the Special Events page with information about the Open House
Added and updated news items on the News page
Moved outdated items from the News page to the 2008 News Archives page
Updated information on the Hall Rental page
Added the Vehicle 29 page for the new STEMS ambulance
Added the new STEMS ambulance to the Vehicles page
Made a minor update to the History page to reflect the current number of vehicles

Updates 9/24/2008
Updated the September 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages

Updates 9/22/2008
Updated the September 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Updated the Fire and EMS Links page
Added and updated news items on the News page
Updated information on the Members page
Updated the Fund Drive page with information on the 2009 Fund Drive

Updates 9/18/2008
Updated the September 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Updated the Community Links page

Updates 9/13/2008
Updated the September 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Updated information on the Members page
Moved outdated information from the Members page to the 2008 Members Archives page
Added news items to the News page
Moved outdated items from the News page to the 2008 News Archives page
Updated the Fire and EMS Links and Fire and EMS Station Indentification pages

Updates 9/6/2008
Updated the September 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Updated the September calendar on the Members page

Updates 9/4/2008
Updated the Fire and EMS Links and Community Links pages
Updated the Station Number Identification page

Updates 9/3/2008
Updated the July 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Added the August 2008 Call Report and September 2008 Call Report pages
Updated information on the Members page
Updated the Special Events page with information about the Cash Bash

Updates 7/15/2008
Updated the July 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Updated information on the Members page

Updates 7/6/2008
Updated information on the Members page
Moved outdated information from the Members page to the 2008 Members Archives page
Updated the Vehicles and Vehicle 28 pages
Updated the June 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Added the July 2008 Call Report page
Added  news items to the News page
Moved outdated items from the News page to the 2008 News Archives page
Updated the Fire and EMS Links and Community Links pages

Updates 5/17/2008
Updated the May 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages

Updates 5/8/2008
Updated information on the Members page
Moved outdated information from the Members page to the 2008 Members Archives page
Updated the Vehicles and Vehicle 28 pages with photos of the completed engine
Updated the April 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Added the May 2008 Call Report page

Updates 4/24/2008
Updated information on the Members page
Moved outdated information from the Members page to the 2008 Members Archives page
Updated the Vehicles and Vehicle 28 pages with photos of the completed engine

Updates 4/18/2008
Updated the April 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Updated information on the Members page
Added  a news item to the News page

Updates 4/8/2008
Updated the April 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Updated information on the Members page

Updates 4/1/2008
Updated information on the Members page
Moved outdated information from the Members page to the 2008 Members Archives page
Updated the March 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Added the April 2008 Call Report page
Added  a news item to the News page
Moved outdated items from the News page to the 2008 News Archives page
Updated the Special Events page
Updated the Fish Fry page with next year's date

Updates 3/17/2008
Updated information on the Members page
Updated the March 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages

Updates 3/13/2008
Updated information on the Members page
Moved outdated information from the Members page to the 2008 Members Archives page
Updated the March 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Added  a news item to the News page
Updated the Statistics page with current membership information

Updates 3/6/2008
Updated information on the Members page
Updated the February 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Added the March 2008 Call Report page
Added news items to the News page
Moved outdated items from the News page to the 2008 News Archives page
Updated the Vehicle 28 page with photos of the construction of the new engine

Updates 2/17/2008
Updated information on the Members page
Updated the February 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Updated the Fire and EMS Links and Community Links pages

Updates 2/14/2008
Updated information on the Members page
Updated the February 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Updated the Special Events page
Updated the News page
Moved outdated items from the News page to the 2008 News Archives page

Updates 2/6/2008
Updated information on the Members page
Moved outdated information from the Members page to the 2008 Members Archives page
Updated the February 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Moved outdated items from the News page to the 2008 News Archives page

Updates 2/1/2008
Updated information on the Members page
Updated the January 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Added the February 2008 Call Report page
Added news items to the News page
Moved outdated items from the News page to the 2007 News Archives page

Updates 1/23/2008
Added the Advance Ticket Sales phone number for the Spaghetti Dinner to the Special Events page
Added the Menu to the Fish Fry page
Updated information on the Members page
Moved outdated information from the Members page to the 2007 Members Archives page
Updated the January 2008 Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Completed page revisions for the Vehicles and Retired Vehicles pages
Added the Vehicle 28 page for the new engine
General refinement and error correction

Updates 1/3/2008
Updated December Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Added the January 2008 Call Report page
Updated information on the Members page
Moved outdated information from the Members page to the 2007 Members Archives page
Added a news item about the 2008-2009 department officers to the News page
Moved outdated items from the News page to the 2007 News Archives page
Updated the Department Officers page
General refinement and error correction

Updates 12/28/2007
Updated the December Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Updated information on the Members page

Updates 12/20/2007
Updated December Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Updated information on the Members page

Updates 12/17/2007
Updated December Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Added pages for the next eight Retired Vehicles
Removed outdated information from the News page
General refinement and error correction

Updates 12/13/2007
Updated December Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Added pages for the first seven Retired Vehicles
General refinement and error correction

Updates 12/3/2007
Additions to the Home page
Updated the November Call Report and Summary Call Report pages
Added December Call Report page (no calls yet)

Updates 12/2/2007
New Members page uploaded
General refinement and error correction

Updates 12/1/2007
Photos resized on all pages

Updates 11/30/2007
New versions of 10 more pages uploaded
General refinement and error correction

Updates 11/29/2007
General refinement and error correction
New Summary Call Report page created
New Monthly Call Report pages created for 2007 to date

Updates 11/28/2007
New version uploaded (partial - 50 pages).


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General Information:
This site was created using KompoZer 0.7.10 in Ubuntu Linux 7.10 and has been tested on IE 6.0 (SP2), IE 7.0, Netscape 7, Opera 9.02, Sea Monkey 1.0.6 and Firefox 2.0.0.3 in Windows xp on a narrow screen; IE 7.0, Netscape Bowser 8.2 and Firefox 2.0.0.10 in Windows Vista on a wide screen; and Firefox 2.0.0.8, Opera 9.24 and Epiphany 2.20.01 in Ubuntu Linux on a wide screen. Firefox works best on all platforms.

Thanks to Free Templates Online for the template design, "Sunrise," for this site.

The webmaster is Kevin Trichtinger.

Comments are always welcome. Send them to bhvfd255@yahoo.com