Friday afternoon, while Squad 2 and Ambulance 1 were on a medical aid, York Ambulance was dispatched for a simultaneous call to The Heli-pad at York Hospital for an in-coming DHART helicopter. The Fire Department is no longer required to do helicopter stand-by details due to the recent construction of an FAA approved heli-pad. York … Read More →
Truck 8 was requested to City of Portsmouth Station 1 for coverage. Truck 8 is normally assigned on the 5th alarm but due to the numerous special calls it responded in on the 4th alarm. Village Firefighters who were assisting the SMART truck quickly left the scene and made their way to Portsmouth Station 1 … Read More →
The York Village SMART truck was dispatched to the City of Portsmouth for an early morning building fire. The fire was in a garden style apartment building approximately 200×50 3 story wood frame. The SMART truck is on the 3rd alarm assignment on Portsmouth’s run card. The fire eventually went to a 4th alarm with … Read More →
Members of the York Fire Department turned out in large force for the Memorial Day Parade. Here are the members doing the annual group photo. This year they posed in front of the new Squad 2.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT Issue Date: 1047 AM EDT SUN MAY 30 2010 Expiration: 900 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2010 …SMOKE FROM FIRES IN QUEBEC CAUSING CONCERN ACROSS MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE…LARGE FIRES LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 350 MILES NORTH AND WEST OF PORTLAND, MAINE IN SOUTHERN QUEBEC ARE GENERATING LARGE AMOUNTS OF SMOKE. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS … Read More →
York Village Fire Conducted it’s regular Thursday night training at a local hot spot, York High School. We did one of our tried and true Thursday night evolutions, “roll-ups.” Where the apparatus rolls-up to a given scenario and “goes to work” as part of an initial response to a situation that has been determined by … Read More →
Late afternoon on Friday, York Dispatch began recieving calls for a motor vehicle crash at Rt. 91, Birch Hill Rd, and Mill Ln. A four-way intersection known as “Lower four corners” This is known as a “bad intersection” with many serious crashes over the years. First to arrive at the scene was Lieutenant Mike Bruno … Read More →
A York Village Firefighter completes York Fire Department’s arduous driver training program when The objectives to become “checked off” on Engine 6 are finished. Engine 6 is the first piece of apparatus that new Chauffeurs start on when they are cleared by the chief officers to begin driver training. The York Fire Department’s rigorous program was largely refined by … Read More →
For our regular Thursday night training all three Lieutenants were charged with putting on a “rope rescue awareness class” for the rest of the York Village Firefighters and officers. This class was to show the other members the various pieces of rope rescue equipment that are carried on Squad 2 and also to familiarize the … Read More →
York Village Fire Department would like to congratulate our neighbor to the south and frequent mutual aid partner; Kittery Fire Department on the delivery of their first ever Aerial device. The rig is a 2009 Pierce Arrow XT with a 1500 Gpm Pierce PUC pump and a 500 gallon water tank. It has a 75′ … Read More →