He said the fire station was discussed and planned for decades before ground finally was broken for it in 2020. Piantine joined the department in 1974 and has been fire chief for 20 years. But he added it is just another example of the department members’ dedication that culminated with Saturday’s dedication of the nearly 12,000-square-foot building. It’s fantastic it finally got done, and I’m really glad to be here to see it,” said Balega, as he snapped photographs of a 1-year-old relative, Tred Tedesco, at the steering wheel of one the department’s fire engines parked outside the fire house.įire Chief Mark Piantine said he is elated Balega made the 4,000-plus-mile trip. “I’ve been a member since I was a teenager at Derry Area High School in the 1980s, and they were talking about a new fire station back then. He wanted to be there Saturday when the department finally dedicated its new $1.8 million fire station on School Street. But he traveled 4,000-miles to his native Western Pennsylvania to join his firefighting brothers in Bradenville, where he learned the ropes. Anyone who wonders what a monumental occasion the completion of Derry Township’s new fire station in Bradenville means to the community only needs to meet lifetime township firefighter Brian Balega.īalega, 51, is now a retired fire investigator from the Anchorage (Alaska) Fire Department.
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