Monroeville Volunteer Fire Company #5. We are a 100% volunteer Fire and EMS company located in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, which is just East of the City of Pittsburgh.

In February 1955, Judge W. H. McNaugher signed and placed the County of Allegheny seal on the Charter of Monroeville Volunteer Fire Company No. 5 of Monroeville, Pa.
The founding members were Howard Tarr, the Departments first Chief, George Moon, Walter Stroschein, Kenneth Howe Sr. and James Shafley.

The Departments first Station was located on Stroschein Road in the side garage bay of the Gulf Service Station located at Stroschein Road and William Penn Highway (business SR 22). The station had a pole siren that alerted its members that was activated when the Police Dispatcher called the gas station and the attendant went into the back room and flipped a light switch. Only members that heard the siren would respond and they had no idea as to the nature of the call until they arrived at the station.

The Department started with a 1947 open cab American LaFrance pumper with a 750-gpm single stage pump and 300 gallons of water. They also purchased a car, which they used as a manpower squad for members who responded and missed the first out engine.

Monroeville Station #5 was one of the first Volunteer Departments in the area to install 2-way radio communications in both their vehicles which allowed them to communicate with the Police Dispatcher when they were responding to calls. The Fire Company was licensed by the FCC as KGF378 on Frequency 33.860. When the rest of the Monroeville Volunteer Fire Companies later applied for their radio licenses, the call signs that were issued were almost sequential.