Help Former Chief Steve Moore's Medical Care
Former Upper St. Clair Volunteer Fire Chief Steve Moore has dedicated over 38 years of his life to family, leadership, training, public service, and his Fire Department family. He has faced terminal brain cancer full force and is taking charge of fighting this awful disease. Unfortunately, he requires more intimate medical care than his insurance is capable of providing. Family, friends, and the fire department have helped as much as they can and now he must ask for financial help. Helping others has been Steves life blood. Whether at work, the Fire Department, or mentoring young fire fighters, he has not had to ask for too much over the years. He has been a staple in keeping the community safe and his legacy will live indefinitely.
Steve has personally mentored and coached me to follow the proper and effective way of firefighting. I am not the only one that has latched onto his method of training. He has inspired many High School age junior firefighters that have inspired them to take on careers in the military, and others that have moved on the successful careers inspired in public safety.
His family has liquidated assets, passed the boot around, and have finally resorted to asking for public help. By donating, the funds will be directed immediately to long term care and aftercare. Steve has a fighting spirit that has earned him to make it another Christmas and another New Year. With your support, Steve will be able to maintain his track to staying mobile, stimulate his cognitive ability, and live comfortably during the care that he receives.
To raise money to support Steves immediate care means a lot to me and our fire department. Having exhausted resources, GoFundMe is providing his family a means to continue to provide for him as he has provided so much for family and the fire department alike. Your donation will immediately impact the care Steve receives and his family is beyond grateful for your consideration.
Steve’s fight with cancer started in late December of 2017 when a headache and confusion which was thought to be a possible stroke landed him at st clair hospital to get checked. Less than 12hours later and emergency transfer he was being operated on at AGH for an emergency brain tumor removal. The tumor was Glioblastoma, a very aggressive cancer of the brain. Steve’s strong will and attitude had him walking out of the hospital ICU a few days later on Christmas Eve of that year! Post surgery he started on a chemo and radiation treatment and returned to work at the upper st clair school district bus garage. 9 months later after receiving treatment and constant imaging it was determined the tumor was back, And shortly after he was under the knife again for yet again another tumor mass removal. Post his second surgery to remove a brain tumor Steve continued to be strong but he had some hurdles to get over. His speech was affected by the surgery and the higher level of chemo treatments made it difficult for him to return to work which led to his retirement from the Upper St. Clair School district in April of 2019. Steve’s fight and treatment continued on seemed to be keeping the cancer managed which was a blessing! But that only lasted so long. Unfortunately a side effect of his treatment was the potential for blood clots. In late November of 2019 excruciating pain in his leg and then in his chest led him to the hospital which is where they discovered he had a major blood clot in his lungs and multiple clots in his leg. Fearing movement a filter was placed to keep the clots in his legs from moving and with the severity of the clot in his lungs he was put on strict bed rest for 2 weeks. Steve has struggled to regain his strength since this time and was moved into a rehab facility to work with him on physical, occupational and speech therapy. In the mist of this Steve stepped down after 12 years as Chief of the Upper St. Clair Volunteer Fire Department and changed his membership to life member. No one ever wants to see a loved one in the hospital or in a care-facility and that is especially true during the holidays. With hopes of getting Steve back home for the holidays was the goal it was missed however the doctor allowed a short term discharge to allow home home for a few hours on Christmas to spend time with his family and he enjoyed it so much he didn’t want to go back to the care facility!Although Steve has been getting stronger everyday it hasn’t come quick enough. Steve is still requiring extensive skilled nursing care, physical, occupational and speech therapy but insurance is putting an end to it this week and the family will need to find the next path for Steve all of which are out of pocket expenses. Your thoughts, prayers and love are asked for for Steve and the family and your generosity and greatly appreciated in helping lift a burden off the family. Thank you and God bless! 
