York Village Fire Department regrets to announce the passing of FF Marvin Collins. Marvin was a very special person and a man of few words. Marvin has been a member of our department since 2003. He has previously been a member of the Newry and Bethel, Maine Fire Departments. Marv has served our department in … Read More →
100 years ago in the New York Times, this is the story that was published about the previous night’s fire. Interesting to note that little York, Maine received a blurb in a newspaper as large as the New York Times!!
On today’s date 100 years ago, January 26, 1916 a tragedy struck the Town of York, Maine. Just prior to 7pm caretaker Charles Perkins discovered a fire at the Marshall House Hotel in York Harbor on Stage Neck Point. He quickly summoned the fire department, which at the time was only the York Beach fire … Read More →
We are currently selling advertising space in our 100th Anniversary/MSFFF Convention Yearbook. You can make the entire purchase online on our website. Yearbook & Sponsorship Forms
We are proud to announce another successful year with Toys for Tots, York Beach Fire and Hannaford. The four joined together and collected 1,275 toys and $1,527 in cash donations at the York Hannaford on Saturday. Members got up extra early to set up and meet WMTW Channel 8 at 4:45 in the morning for … Read More →
Today York Village Fire celebrated it’s 99th birthday. This year marks our 99th year in business since the disastrous fire at the Marshall House on Stage Neck Point in 1916. We played host to a small number of out of town departments as our parade was a bit smaller than it usually is, no doubt, … Read More →
Today we carried on the annual tradion of marching in the annual York Memorial Day parade. This is a big event for York Village Fire and we take great pride in putting our Class A uniforms on and marching up York St. Through York Village. This year York Village Fire fielded 32 marching members.
Renowned fire photographer Bill Noonan is coming to York Village Fire April 13, 2015 at 1900 for a photo presentation. All are welcome to attend!! Don’t miss this opportunity!!
Today York Village Fire hosted a regional firefighter I & II program for the hands on practical portions of “Water Supply” and “Hose, Nozzles, Streams, and Foam” this is the final 8 hours of a 16 hour portion of the 240 hour certification program. York Village has one firefighter enrolled in the program. Students come … Read More →
Today is a very sad day……this is the 15th anniversary of a disastrous fire which was started in an abandoned cold storage warehouse by a couple of squatters who tipped over a candle during an argument. The fire went on to claim the lives of 6 extremely brave and dedicated Worcester firefighters. These firefighters entered … Read More →