York Fire Department


Recent Activity

Annual Formal Ball at York Harbor Inn
March 7, 2020Tonight members held their second annual winter formal ball at York Harbor Inn, in the Yorkshire ballroom. It was a good time with current and former members, members of neighboring departments, and members of York PD. A great meal was enjoyed by all attendees, followed by some great music to dance to!! Thank You to FF Anthony Pinder for the use of his pictures!!! [...] Read more...
Engine 4 and Truck 8 log more hours of driver/pump training.
March 6, 2020This afternoon several members had the afternoon off and decided to get out and do some more driver operator/fire pump training. FF Shawn Puffer is completing his chauffeur training on Engine 4 and still had some required skills to complete. Being able to drive the apparatus is not even half of the process to become a qualified chauffeur on any of our fire apparatus. There are dozens of skills objectives to complete in addition to the required 100 miles of drive time. Today he got a little closer to his goal of getting “checked off” on Engine 4. He has been working very hard at it. His dedication is going to make him an even bigger asset to the York Village Fire Department. At the drill today we were flowing 1,200 gallons per minute at the height of the evolution. As you can see from the pictures, there is a lot of “spaghetti” (hose)on the ground!! [...] Read more...
Driver training begins for spring 2020
February 27, 2020Today we kicked off the driver training program for the year. We have a couple of members who are beginning training to be a fire apparatus chauffeur. Being a qualified chauffeur is a serious responsibility. The members chosen for this role have to not only drive and handle a large, heavy piece of fire apparatus on the road but they also have to be able to operate it once they arrive at the scene of the fire or other emergency. These pieces of equipment are very complicated pieces of equipment and there is a lot of skill that goes into knowing how to drive and operate them. As the spring progresses there will be a lot more training going on!! Today we kicked off with Engine 4 on the hydrant feeding Truck 8’s aerial ladder pipe. At the height of this drill we were flowing approximately 1,300 gallons per minute!! [...] Read more...

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