McKeesport Firefighters spend their time working at the fire station waiting to serve the community in their time of need. They are usually the first ones that respond to your homes in the event of a disaster. Whether it is a fire, car accident, storm, flood, or any other type of community or personal disaster, the McKeesport Firefighters are there to carry out their duties when called upon.

However, McKeesport Firefighters respond to more than just it's community's emergencies. They work to support other organization such as the Muscular Dystrophy Assocation (MDA), Variety for Kids, and the Salvation Army, to support charities in their efforts to enhance the lives of others. Whether it is a monetary donation from the membership, a boot drive to collect donations for these charities, or simply time from our firefighters to dedicate to fundraising. It is the nature of a firefighter to be caring, helpful, and supportative. Firefighters carry these traits with them twenty-four hours day both on and off the job.

For more information about our involvement in these charities, please click on the links to them in the Charities Section. 

The Muscular Dystrophy Association is the International Association of Fire Fighter's national charity. It has made firefighter's famous for their "Fill The Boot" campaigns from Hawaii to Maine, and this includes McKeesport. Every year firefighters take time out of their regular schedule to help "Jerry's Kids". More importantly, MDA just doesn't help kids, it helps everyone through they're research, clinic, and clinical trials.

Each year firefighters raise between $22 and $24 million dollars nationwide for this charity. Recently, in 2007 the McKeesport Firefighters raised $ 4,576.70. That is an 129% increase over the nearly $2,000 raised in 2006. All of the donations come from the public, and would not be possible with out the time and effort of our firefighters making the collection on the streets.

A special thanks goes to our firefighter Kevin Kovach, who is our MDA Coordinator. He spends many hours setting up events and attending meetings in preparation for each year's MDA drive.

For more information click on the following link http://www.mdausa.org/