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    A special thanks to all who came out to the Family Picnic, we had a guesstimate of 150 people. The weather was great and the food and drink were divine. Mark your calendars for next years picnic (Sunday–August 30, 2026).

     The next PVFFA event will be the Memorial Mass on  Sunday—November 2, 2025 where we will honor our members who have passed this past year. This is special event for the families who have lost a Firefighter, to see, hear, and honor their loved ones. We encourage you to purchase the tickets you will be receiving in the mail to help support the Memorial Luncheon and hope to see as many of you as possible at this Service.–Thank You

Let’s make participation important in 2025.

March 15, 2025—Saturday–St. Patrick’s Day Parade

April 6, 2025— Sunday @ 12:00pm  Annual Meeting @ Local #1’s Union Hall.

May 3, 2025—Saturday—National First Responders Day–11:00am–Firefighter Memorial Service @ Troy Hill.

July 21, 2025—Monday–Local 1’s Kennywood Picnic

August 13, 2025—Wednesday—14th Annual Golf Outing–9:00am at Birdsfoot Golf  Club.

September  7, 2025—Sunday—Family Picnic @ North Park –Rose Barn–12pm till 7pm.

November 2, 2025—Sunday—Tony Caiaccia Memorial Mass at St Pauls in Oakland–12:00pm.

December 13, 2025–Saturday–PVFFA Christmas Party-Double Tree in Greentree–5:00pm till 11:00pm

Luncheon’s monthly at Nox’s on 8 Restaurant–1st Thursday of the month—–https://www.noxstavern.com/

How can I continue to give when I’m gone?

Suggest to your loved ones that in place of flowers they might consider donating to the Pittsburgh Veteran Firefighters Memorial Fund.  Your family’s donation will help the PVFFA to continue to provide bibles and monetary help to our loved ones.

These were ordinary men and women in a profession that often took them to the edge of disaster. With years of training and practice they learn to overcome their fears, while gaining self-confidence in their abilities. They knew it was inevitable that someday they would come face to face with their own mortality. These Firefighters who work to preserve life and property, and whose shadowy figures would appear among the smoke and flames, struggled daily with the unknown challenges awaiting them. The people they served in the midst of destruction, never knew their names, never knew they had wept in silence for them, and never knew how the years of endless training had not prepared them for the realities of their profession. They were not heroes, just ordinary people doing an extraordinary job.
To these men and women, their only reward was in knowing that they gave their best—they are the Retired Firefighters—people of extraordinary courage—people who gave the very best of themselves to others.