Lost Creek VFD

03/02/2026

It is with deep sorrow we announce the passing of Firefighter Ralph L Bradbury. Brad joined the department in March of 2015 and served the community until moving to Kansas. He was our oldest rookie to joining the department at 69 years old. We ask you keep his family and friends in your prayers through the coming days and weeks.

02/02/2026

It's with profound sadness we have to announce the passing of Firefighter Randall Wilcox. Randy joined the fire department in 1998 and answered numerous alarms and was always willing to lend a hand in taking care of the station. Randy held the position of Assistant Supply Sergeant at different times throughout his time with the department. Even at the time his health limited his ability to answer alarms, he transitioned to taking care of things around the station especially the pop machine always making sure it was full for the members and community. Randy was always willing to be a patient to aid in training to allow the other members to be ready when the community needed them. Randy will be missed and we ask you to keep his family and friends in prayers as they navigate this difficult and unexpected time.

02/01/2026

At 18:38 a member of the Lost Creek VFD was contacted by the owner of the feed store reporting a propane leak. Engine 32 arrived on scene to find a leak in the pipe from the bottom of the tank. The leak continued after the emergency shut off was activated. Southern States was contacted and came out to off load the tank. 20% LEL reading was on gas monitor and prompted an evacuation in a 330 foot radius. Personnel evacuated residents on Railroad St, Short St, Virginia Ave, South Streetcar Way. Harrison County OEM assisted in locating a location to evacuate individuals too that was not needed as those evacuated were able to locate places on their own. Harrison County Sheriff Department assisted in shutting down Railroad St at East Main St and Unit 35 shut down Short St at South Streetcar Way. Anmoore EMS Ambulance 19 was requested for standby for this Haz-Mat incident and a staging area was established between DCs General Store and the Post Office. Mount Clare Engine 51 was alerted to the staging area to standby to handle other alarms. Southern States off loaded 252 gallons of propane and the scene was turned over to Southern States to let the remaining v***r release from the tank. Crews operated for over just 2 hours.

02/01/2026

There will be an odor of propane in the area at the end of Railroad Street along with a haze as a result of the propane leak that has been handled. Virginia Ave Short St and South Streetcar Way may be able to smell the propane. Southern States advised this is due to remaining v***r pressure being released. There is no hazard to the public as a result of this. All evacuated residents can return home. Incident has been turned over to Southern States.

01/24/2026

At 10:39 on January 24th Engine 31 was alerted for a structure fire at 765 McWhorter Road Jane Lew to assist Lewis Co 2 (Jane Lew VFD) and Lewis Co 5 (Jackson's Mill VFD) Engine 32 responded with 2 personnel, Tanker 3 responded with an additional 2 personnel. Lewis 21 arrived on scene with a working mobile home fire fully involved. Engine 32 arrived as the 2nd in engine sending manpower to assist with suppression and began establishing a water supply from a nearby hydrant with the assistance of Lewis 59 and Lewis 51 100' of 4" was laid to 21 and Engine 32 provided tank water until the hydrant was charged. Lewis 59 and Tanker 3 were both used as reserve water with lines preconneccted to Engine 32 in the event the hydrant failed. The crew off Tanker 3 assisted with fire ground operations. Squad 3 later responded with an additional 2 personnel and shut down McWhorter Road on the Harrison County side of the incident. The crews operated on scene for 1 hour and 20 minutes in temperatures well below freezing. 1 additional firefighter was in station for standby in case of another incident.

12/13/2025

Use caution on the roads. Currently Squad 3 Unit 35 and WV State Police are providing traffic control on I-79 near the 107 mile marker at the Duck Creek Overpass use caution in the area.

12/01/2025

At 05:58 on December 1st Co 1 and Co 1 EMS (Anmoore Fire/EMS) Engine 31 Engine 71 (Nutter Fort VFD) Engine 121 (Stonewood VFD) Engine 511 (Bridgeport FD) were alerted for a structure fire on Tiffany Terrace. Engine 31 responded with 2 personnel. Ambulance 17 arrived on scene with a working mobile home fire. Engine 31 arrived as the 5th in engine and was assigned to establish a water supply. The closest hydrant was too far to lay into the scene. Engine 31 provided Ladder 521 with water and used Engine 122 and Engine 12 water to maintain water until Tanker 11 (Spelter VFD) and Tanker 7 arrived to shuttle water. The crews operated on scene for 2 hours and 20 minutes.

10/14/2025

The department is placing these two Super Vac Positive Pressure Fans in service tonight. One will be on places on each engine and are battery powered which helps to make them more versatile and faster to deploy and are the first of many items to be switched over as we upgrade equipment. These were purchased from All American Fire Equipment.

07/28/2025

It is with the deep sorrow that we share the passing of our oldest serving member, Firefighter Worthy Hall was a dedicated member of our department serving for 67 years. Over his tenure Worthy served on the Board of Directors and held the following offices Vice President, Assistant Chief, and Chief. We greatly appreciate his service and dedication to the department, the Town of Lost Creek, and surrounding communities. We ask that you keep his family and friends in prayers.

View Worthy Claud Hall's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

07/26/2025

This evening members spent a couple hours placing new hose on both engines. This hose replaces some hose that didn't pass hose testing in total 1000 feet of new hose was placed in service.

06/14/2025

The past two days we have been having equipment serviced and tested. Yesterday FUBAR Enterprises came in and updated all of our mobile and portable radios. Today Waterways of Southwestern PA did our annual hose testing. We would like to thank Horizons Church Lost Creek for allowing us to use their parking lot and DC's general store for donating pizzas for lunch.

06/11/2025

We would like to thank Lipps Wrecker Service for assisting us in taking the old siren down and putting up the new siren.