On a rainy Tuesday night, members from York Village Fire, York Beach Fire and the York Water District conducted their annual Confined Space Rescue refresher.
Today FF Zach Apgar and Explorer “Reggie” Carr added new signage to Engine 4 so that members can quickly locate Rapid Intervention Team (RIT) equipment at fire scenes. Rapid Intervention Teams are a new concept for the fire service. A RIT team’s sole purpose is to rescue trapped or injured firefighters. York Village Fire has … Read More →
Wednesday evening, York Dispatch toned out York Village Fire and York Ambulance to respond to the Spur Rd. at the on ramp for Interstate 95 Northbound for a motor vehicle accident. While enroute York Dispatch updated the companies reporting a 2 car crash with entrapment. C-1 arrived on the scene and established command. He reported … Read More →
York Village Fire Department hosted a memorial service to remember the 10th anniversary of the events of September 11th. Members from York Village Fire, York Beach Fire, York Ambulance and York Police attended the event, as well as Father John Skeehan from St. Christopher’s church. Light refreshments were served after.
At approximately 1330hrs York Village and York Beach Fire departments were dispatched mutual aid to Kittery for a second alarm structure fire on Bartlett Rd. York Village was requested to respond with Engine 4 and Tank 4 and York Beach was requested to respond with Engine 5 as it was a non-hydrant district assignment. Companies … Read More →
Tonight was our weekly Thursday night training. Companies went to the former Fazio’s restaurant on Woodbridge Rd. for some hands on training with hoselines and hose advancement. Engine company Crews were dealt some difficult scenarios with lengthy hose stretches to remote parts of the building requiring much coordination, teamwork, and communication. Truck 8 utilized its … Read More →
Thursday afternoon firefighters were kept busy by a thunderstorm that rolled through the area late in the day. York Dispatch toned both departments for a report of a structure fire on Hillside Ave. (Beach District) York Village companies were just clearing a fire alarm activation in York Harbor which was storm related. Squad 2, Engine … Read More →