At around 1700 hours on January 6, 2015, York Village and York Beach Fire Departments were dispatched to 35 Route 1 for a report of a building fire. York dispatch advised that they were receiving calls. York Beach Car 3 (Asst. Chief Welch) was in the area and arrived first. He reported heavy fire showing … Read More →
Today is a very sad day……this is the 15th anniversary of a disastrous fire which was started in an abandoned cold storage warehouse by a couple of squatters who tipped over a candle during an argument. The fire went on to claim the lives of 6 extremely brave and dedicated Worcester firefighters. These firefighters entered … Read More →
As most York Village Firefighters were home enjoying an unusually warm, sunny November morning, the tones went off for York Village Fire to respond to Carrie Lynn Lane for a report of a smoldering area in the woods. The caller reported he had found a fire in the woods and he would walk out to … Read More →
Tonight we started our training evolution with a roll-up at the former Fazio’s restaurant at 38 Woodbridge Rd. The building is owned by York Hospital and they have allowed us to use the building for non destructive training for several years. The first scenario involved a fire on a rooftop unit. Crews opted to stretch … Read More →
Tonight we had some lousy weather and a nor’easter was dumping rain and wind all over the northeast. We took advantage of the inclement weather by staying inside and getting some of our required annual training done, with a twist. Members got to see the Scott Pak tracker in use. It is a device that … Read More →
Fires and other serious calls have been on the decline around the Town of York. The last couple days have been busy with a structure fire, a car fire, and a few other calls thrown in. Crews decided to make a meal before the Thursday night training to enjoy some brotherhood. There was a lot … Read More →
a little after 1500 hours York Village Fire was toned to respond to York St. near Route 1 for a vehicle fire. Companies arrived and found a vehicle in the road with a well involved engine compartment fire. Squad 2 positioned to block traffic and firefighters stretched the purple “trash line” to knock the fire … Read More →
York Village Fire was dispatched to 16 long Sands Rd. For an odor investigation . C-1 and Squad 2 were on scene in minutes. The next report was from C-1 advising that they had smoke in the building and all hands were working. Any volunteer who had sat out the initial call was now up … Read More →
This morning York Village Fire was paged out via our cell phone text paging system to respond to the station for “station coverage” first due company officers found that a UPS truck was parked in the yard with a suspicious white powder covering some packages destined for York High School. The UPS driver came into … Read More →
Today members descended at 4 US Route 1 right on the Kittery town line for the final evolution in that house. Members have trained there for several Thursday nights on various topics. But today was the final burn. Members got 6 good training fires out of the house before tearing it down and burning the … Read More →