Shortly after 10:00 pm, York Beach Fire Dept and York Ambulance were dispatched to Rt. 1 by York’s Wild Kingdom for a reported Motor Vehicle Accident with multiple injuries and ejections. York Village Firefighter Nick Hilton arrived on scene shortly after York PD to find Rt. 1 littered with debris and multiple vehicles all over … Read More →
York Village Fire Department responds to many serious motor vehicle accidents on the stretch of Rt. 1 between Old Post Rd. and the Spur Rd. throughout the year. Most of them usually require more than one ambulance, today’s MVA was no exception. Companies were dispatched to Rt. 1 near the York Antiques Gallery for a … Read More →
Shortly after noon time York Village Fire was dispatched to 93 Norwood Farms Rd. to check on an extinguished fire in a garage. Squad 2 and Truck 8 responded and arrived to find a garage fire that had snuffed itself out sometime earlier in the day as the area of origin was still hot. The … Read More →
Just before midnight, York Village and York Beach Fire Departments were dispatched to Scotland Bridge Rd. (Village District) for a structure fire. York Dispatch recieved several calls reporting the early morning blaze. The occupants were home at the time of the fire but did not discover it until it was quite advanced. Captain Paul Balentine … Read More →
Truck 8 was dispatched to York’s Wild Kingdom to assist York Beach Fire with rescuing approximately a dozen civilians from the ferris wheel which suffered a mechanical break-down in the middle of the ride, and stranded some passengers for as long as 45 minutes. Shift Commander John Hunt was operating Truck 8’s aerial and Captain … Read More →
The members of the water rescue team once again would go to work on the busy coastline of York Beach. Around 15:30 hours York Dispatch was notified by the Lifeguards that a surfer was in distress about 200 yards off the coast of long sands beach, the surfer who had been pulled out in the … Read More →
York Village Firehouse, being staffed by Firefighter Nick Hilton as a fill-in, was full of volunteers doing numerous projects around the station. Rescue Boat 1 was out on the water doing a detail. Squad 2 was out of service for some mechanical work, so Engine 4 was running as the primary Engine. The day proved … Read More →
A crew of three spent about 6 hours on the water Saturday morning providing coverage for the “Nubble Challenge”. Boat 1 rescue swimmers pulled 7 swimmers from the water during the challenge. Most of them were fatigued. The Challenge is a 2.4 mile swim around the Nubble Lighthouse.