Spaghetti Benifit Dinner for Molly Banville, Daughter of Fire Fighter Paul Banville of the York Beach Fire Department. Date: June 19, 2010 Time: 4:30pm to 7:00pm Location: St Aspinquid Masonic Lodge, 101 Long Sands Rd York Me, …… Between Lucas Eaton Funeral home and the Shopping Plaza. Cost: $8.00
Every year during the last week in the school year the York Fire Department heads down to the Coastal Ridge Elementary School to help the 4th grade student’s show their stuff. The 4th grade students in small groups put together a contraption that they hope will protect an egg from a 2 story drop. This … Read More →
Members of the York Fire Department turned out in large force for the Memorial Day Parade. Here are the members doing the annual group photo. This year they posed in front of the new Squad 2.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT Issue Date: 1047 AM EDT SUN MAY 30 2010 Expiration: 900 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2010 …SMOKE FROM FIRES IN QUEBEC CAUSING CONCERN ACROSS MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE…LARGE FIRES LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 350 MILES NORTH AND WEST OF PORTLAND, MAINE IN SOUTHERN QUEBEC ARE GENERATING LARGE AMOUNTS OF SMOKE. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS … Read More →
York Village Fire Department would like to congratulate our neighbor to the south and frequent mutual aid partner; Kittery Fire Department on the delivery of their first ever Aerial device. The rig is a 2009 Pierce Arrow XT with a 1500 Gpm Pierce PUC pump and a 500 gallon water tank. It has a 75′ … Read More →
A group of Firefighters traveled to Virginia to surprise York Firefighter Zach Apgar at his graduation from the Paramedic Program at the Jefferson College of Health Science in Roanoke, VA. FF Apgar is the first member of the York Fire Department to graduate from a 2-year Paramedic Degree program. In the photo, from Left to … Read More →
Firefighter Jamie Eslinger added an Opticom transmitter to Truck 8 giving us the ability to change the traffic lights green while responding to incidents. Truck 8 joins Squad 2 and Engine 4 with this ability.
With the help from donations and fundraising, we were able to place into service a new brush truck. Brush 10 is a 2004 Ford F350 with a brand new skid-unit used for forestry firefighting.
Squad 1 was taken out of service and driven off the fire department property today, and Squad 2 was placed into service.