Today the volunteers were covering another Saturday here at York Village Fire. We started off the morning with a motor vehicle crash on Southside Rd. near the corner of Bartlett Rd. A vehicle careened into the rocks and amazingly didn’t suffer any damage but was in a precarious position so a large wrecker from National Wrecker … Read More →
York Village Companies were dispatched with York Ambulance and York Police to Organug Rd. for a car vs. pole MVA. Squad 2 was on a medical aid around the corner when the power flickered. Squad 2 arrived on scene shortly after the call was dispatched and found a single vehicle in the middle of the … Read More →
This morning approximately 0651 hours York Village Fire was dispatched for a smoke check in the area of the Breckenridge Estate on the York River off US Route 1. A cell caller from accross the river could see a large amount of smoke which appeared to be coming from the pool house. Captain Paul Balentine … Read More →
Members were at the firehouse for our regular Thursday night meeting/training when we were interrupted for a fire alarm activation at 490 York St. in York Harbor. Squad 2, Engine 4, and Truck 8 responded. Companies investigated and found no apparent cause for the alarm. Companies cleared the scene within 15 minutes.
A strong thunder storm packing a lot of lightning sparked a fire in a barn on Cider Hill Rd. (Rt. 91). York Village and York Beach Fire Departments were dispatched shortly after the storm started. Because thunder storms usually bring multiple calls, a crew was established at the station for storm coverage. Squad 2 diverted … Read More →
Late Saturday afternoon, York Village Fire was dispatched to a Cider Hill Rd. address for a report of a dog that was trapped under a barn floor and the family was not able to crawl under to reach the dog. Once on scene, crews could hear the dog, Annabelle, under the floor. Family informed us that … Read More →
The New England states are experiencing a blizzard. York Village Fire Department as well as many other fire departments in the area called in members to staff the firehouse for “storm coverage” York C-1 Chief Balentine and a dozen members staffed the apparatus as well as several 4×4 Personally Owned Vehicles (POV’s) to respond to … Read More →