Friday afternoon, while Squad 2 and Ambulance 1 were on a medical aid, York Ambulance was dispatched for a simultaneous call to The Heli-pad at York Hospital for an in-coming DHART helicopter. The Fire Department is no longer required to do helicopter stand-by details due to the recent construction of an FAA approved heli-pad. York … Read More →
Truck 8 was requested to City of Portsmouth Station 1 for coverage. Truck 8 is normally assigned on the 5th alarm but due to the numerous special calls it responded in on the 4th alarm. Village Firefighters who were assisting the SMART truck quickly left the scene and made their way to Portsmouth Station 1 … Read More →
The York Village SMART truck was dispatched to the City of Portsmouth for an early morning building fire. The fire was in a garden style apartment building approximately 200×50 3 story wood frame. The SMART truck is on the 3rd alarm assignment on Portsmouth’s run card. The fire eventually went to a 4th alarm with … Read More →
Late afternoon on Friday, York Dispatch began recieving calls for a motor vehicle crash at Rt. 91, Birch Hill Rd, and Mill Ln. A four-way intersection known as “Lower four corners” This is known as a “bad intersection” with many serious crashes over the years. First to arrive at the scene was Lieutenant Mike Bruno … Read More →
York Village Companies were dispatched mutual aid to Wells, Me for a well involved tractor trailer unit which was loaded with wooden pallets, Squad 2, Engine 4 and Truck 8 were requested by the Incident Commander. Truck 8’s ladder pipe was utilized to knock down the fire from above, while on the ground Members put … Read More →
York Fire Department and York Ambulance were dispatched to the area of 250 Southside Road for a motor vehicle accident, reported to be a car vs. pole. On arrival, first due units found a Jeep off the road into a gully with heavy damage and a telephone pole broken off at the base with the primary … Read More →
In the early morning hours on a cold Saturday morning York Village Fire was toned out for a motor vehicle roll-over on Route 1 near the Kittery town line. First due on scene was Captain Paul Balentine in his POV. He advised that he had a motor vehicle which had rolled over but was now … Read More →
York Village and York Beach Fire departments were dispatched to Sunnycrest Dr in the Village district for a “reported chimney fire” C-1 was on the air within a minute and Squad 1 with Captain Scott Apgar was the paid firefighter on-duty was on the air shortly thereafter. Squad 1 arrived first and reported that it … Read More →