For many years the Farmington and York Village Fire departments have been close. We have crossed paths at the annual Maine State Federation of Firefighters conventions for as long as we can remember. The faces have become familiar and after so many years even more like a family that we get to see once a … Read More →
York Village Fire Department wishes to extend our condolences to the Newington Fire Department on the loss of Chief Darin Sabine. Chief Sabine fought a long an courageous battle with cancer. Several York Village Firefighters were in attendance for the wake and the funeral. We were honored to be asked to provide Truck 8 to … Read More →
Tonight for our weekly Thursday night training the topic was rope rescue training. This is a situation that we don’t encounter that often and it is necessary to be proficient in setting up a rope hauling system in a hurry when it is needed. In this scenario, an injured person is at the bottom of … Read More →
Today was our 103rd annual Firemen’s field day!!! it was kind of a bummer to see the weather wasn’t tip top, though on the bright side it kept the temperature somewhat cool. Despite the weather being less than stellar, we had a wonderful day, and a huge crowd turned out to Moulton Park for the … Read More →
field day weekend is finally here!!! We look forward to this weekend every single year. It is a blast to put on the events and play host to our friends, neighbors, townspeople, and our firefighting family from near and far. Thursday kicks off our field day weekend, at YVFD. We begin with a thorough wash, … Read More →
FF Shawn Puffer was recently cleared to begin driver training on Engine 4. This is a pretty arduous course of study because there is so much involved with being a driver/operator, or chauffeur as we call them. The firefighter who assumes the chauffeur position needs to be comfortable driving and operating the rig as well … Read More →
Tonight we drilled on throwing ground ladders (both 24′ and 35′) while the other group worked on retrieving a downed firefighter over the aerial ladder. We worked on throwing a 24′ and then getting the roof ladder up and secured over the ridge pole so that roof operations could commence. We still have a few … Read More →
crews responded to a motor vehicle accident on Chase’s Pond Rd. The initial dispatch was for a patient that was entrapped in the vehicle. crews were able to quickly extricate the patient from the rolled over vehicle. Their injuries were minor. YFD stood by to assist YPD.
This weeks training was on forward and reverse hose lays and aerial operations. A forward lay is when the fire engine stops at the hydrant first and proceeds to lay hose towards the fire, the reverse lay is where the fire engine stops at the fire first and then proceeds to lay hose to the … Read More →
York Village companies, including Engine 6, Truck8, Squad 2, Truck 12 along with South Berwick, and Berwick companies staged on the I-95 overpasses to honor recently deceased Wells fire Chief Wayne Vetre as his body is escorted north from Mass General. He passed away from a long battle with cancer. Truck 12 joined the northbound … Read More →