Scroll down to view the various sections of Station 510 and learn more about our station.

Where we get to relax. The day room features a "Big Screen TV" all with surround sound, VCR and DVD Player. Also attached is our kitchen facilities which include a full size refrigerator, stove and oven, microwave, and coffee maker. The dayroom also has remote speakers from the Communication Area on the second floor so the crews can continuously monitor the radio and be tone alerted when paramedic and rescue services are needed.

Chief's Office

Office of Chief, William E. Plunkett

Men's Bunk Room Area

Our full-time staff work 24 hour shifts, so we provide very comfortable Men's and Women's Bunk Room Facilities. The Men's bunk room features, 5 sets of bunk beds and an Officers bed that were designed and built by Baldwin EMS personnel. End tables are next to each bed set for storage. There is also a work desk with a privacy phone. The room is equipped with tone-activated alerting devices with two-way radio communications when emergency calls are received in either Baldwin or Pleasant Hills.

George M. Bauman Training Room

Station 510 has a state of the art training center that is used to teach classes for our personnel and the community. It features state-of-the-art audiovisual materials with custom seating and lighting features, creating an excellent environment for learning. Training Room also has a miniature Sim City for Emergency Personnel to conduct large scale training simulations. The Training Room serves as the meeting room for the Board of Directors, Officers meetings Daily Morning Briefings (featured above) as well as regular internal and external training programs.

Turn Out Gear Lockers

The Turn Out Locker room is were staff houses their gear while not on duty. Each employee is issued a full set of structure fire fighting turn out gear including gloves, boots and helmet. They also receive a rescue helmet, high visibility jacket and vest. Each member is issued a ballistic vest, life vest (PFD), cover alls and other misc light equipment.

Garage

Our large garage was at one time a series of racquetball courts. Now it has the room for 9 vehicles and storage of cleaning and disinfectant supplies. The garage also contains a washer, dryer and ice machine. The portable and on board mounted oxygen cylinders are secured using storage carts and safety chains.

Equipment and Vehicle Maintenance Room

This room is located in the rear of the garage and contains medical supplies and equipment for restocking the ambulances. This room also houses a variety of hand and power tools used to perform light vehicle repairs as well as supplies to maintain the fleet and station.

Supply and Quartermaster Room

This room is located in one of the preexisting racquet ball courts. Court was remodeled to house supplies for the station as well as survival equipment used by the Strike Team. The rear of the court is the Quarter master room which has personal protective equipment, uniforms and radio equipment.

Crew Work Area

The crew area has six computer workstationss used for patient care documentation and other service related projects. Area also contains a computer workstation for the on duty Lieutenant, in addition each Lieutenant has a personal desk. On Duty staff is also able to pay attention to the stations security system via TV monitoring.

Office Manager

Lt. Sue Wiedenheft, Paramedic , manages daily billing and other administrative functions

Communications

Station 510 has various dispatch capabilities with a UHF and VHF (High) base radio system with encoder including:

Maps/Directories of South Hills Communities.
Television to monitor weather and local/national news.
Fax Machine.
Personnel Paging System.
Spare radios/chargers.

Weight Room

All personnel also have the luxury of lifting weights when the opportunity arises. The weight room is fully equipped with free weight, nautilus machines and treadmill, much of the necessary 'tools' to chisel the body to meet the demands of EMS.

Men's Locker & Rest Room Facilities

Since the station was a fitness center, we kept the locker rooms and large shower facilities.

Women's Bunk and Rest Room Facilities

The second floor has the locker rooms and shower facilities for the women staff of Baldwin EMS.

Racquetball Courts

Station 510, before Baldwin EMS moved in, was previously Off the Wall Racquetball & Fitness Cub. We still have 1 fully operational courts which are used regularly for fitness and training.

Baldwin Borough Community Food Bank

Court 3, has been converted and is the home for the Baldwin Borough Community Food Pantry. The Food Bank, stores, sorts and distributes non-perishable food from here.