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To all those who attended this years family picnic at North Park, thank you for making it a great day. We have acquired the same grove (Rose Barn) for next year on Sunday September 7, 2025, so mark your calendars. For all those who could not attend, we hope to see you next year.

If you know of anyone who needs our Thoughts, Prayers, or a Visit from us,  please let one of the PVFFA board members know.

Please keep Tom Williams in your thoughts and prayers, he is waiting for a heart transplant.

Mark Clark is undergoing aneurysm surgery the 2nd week of Oct, please keep him in your prayers.

Bob Glitsch is recovering from a serious medical condition, if you would like to send him a card, his address is 3126 Livingston Rd. Jamestown, PA 16134

Please keep them and anyone we are unaware of in your Thoughts and Prayers.

It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of;

Stephen G. Setta–9/13/2024

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.