This morning York Village Fire was dispatched to respond to 28 New Boston Rd. at the Kittery Water treatment plant for a hazardous materials incident. Upon arrival crews found that workers had inadvertently mixed two chemicals from the water treatment process. Assistance was requested from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Fire department haz-mat team, and the York … Read More →
Tonight for our May monthly meeting we had some of our senior members present and a YFD retiree along to tell war stories and remember days gone by. Shown is L-R FF Bob Moulton (ret.) along with current members FF John Osgood, FF Charles “Chucky” Balentine, and FF Tom “Doc” Chayka. These firefighters together represent … Read More →
Today was the final burn for 40 Southside Rd. We have had this structure for a little over a month and gotten a lot of training out of the building. This morning was the culmination of all that training. Many skills were practiced including: Hose line advances, fire streams, ventilation, fire behavior, among other important … Read More →
Shortly before 1130 am York Village Fire and York Ambulance were dispatched to I-95 southbound for a motor vehicle accident. Just as the ambulance and Squad 2 were hitting the street we were updated that it was multiple vehicles, with entrapment and one of the cars was rolled over. A second update reported one patient … Read More →
Thursday night training this week consisted of back to the basics training. We have an acquired structure to use for the months of March and April. We are committed to making the best use of this building. We focused on stretching and advancing hoselines from the apparatus, getting them flaked out, charged and advanced into … Read More →
York Village Fire was given an opportunity to train in an acquired structure on Southside Rd. We utilized the building as a prop. We hosted the North Berwick Fire Department’s Southern York County regional Firefighter I and II certification program. There were approximately 15 students and approximately 16 York Village Firefighters. We trained on ground … Read More →
This morning while Engine 6 and it’s crew were just clearing from the structure fire in South Berwick, York Village and York Beach were dispatched to York Pond Lane for a report of a structure fire. York Pond Lane is off York Shore Dr. off Route 91 on the extreme north end of York near … Read More →
Just after 1100 hours on Monday morning South Berwick Fire was toned to respond to Roberts Rd. For a report of a structure fire. South Berwick C1 arrived on scene and reported a working fire and quickly requested a second alarm, York Village was requested to respond with an Engine and a tanker. Engine 6 … Read More →
Today, members traveled to Portland for the funeral service for Berwick, Me fire captain Joel Barnes. Capt. Barnes was killed in the line of duty in a structure fire in Berwick on March 1. He laid on top of his firefighter in the fire thus saving his brother firefighter. It has been an emotional couple … Read More →
York Village and York Beach, alongside many southern Maine and New Hampshire fire departments stood by as the fallen fire captain from Berwick, Maine was paraded by the Berwick firehouse on his way to the funeral home in Old Orchard Beach. The fire captain was killed Friday March 1 at a structure fire on Bell … Read More →