On January 11th, The YHFD Water Rescue Unit & Dive Team assisted at the 4th Annual Polar Plunge with Friends of Yorktown Parks & Recreation and Town of Yorktown
YHFD WRU with Ice Rescue Techs and Ice Divers suited up to ensure all 30+ participants entering the frigid water enjoyed this great and growing event safely.
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At approximately 1400hrs today, Yorktown Fire was dispatched to Croton Lake Rd for a reported brush fire.
Engine 272, 274, and Tanker 14 responded on the assignment. Units arrived on scene to find a 200’x100’ area of brush and grass activity burning up a hill towards the house. The fire was contained and extinguished without incident.
Although our area is experiencing a warming and melting of ice ... (Full Story & Photos)

Yorktown Heights Volunteer Firefighters stood-by at our respective fire stations during Sunday evenings snowstorm.
YHFD members responded to a rollover on the Taconic State Parkway, a rollover on Underhill Ave and a carbon monoxide incident on Loretta St during the storm.
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At approximately 12:26hrs on January 11th, Yorktown Heights Fire was requested to relocate Ladder 51 to the Montrose Fire District HQ as multiple fire companies from the Cortlandt area were operating at a 2nd alarm incident on Albany Post Rd.
Car 2532 and Ladder 51 with a full crew signed on to fulfill the assignment shortly after dispatch. While en-route, the YHFD assignment was upgraded to also ... (Full Story & Photos)

We are only a few days away from the 68th annual Yorktown Heights Engine Co. No. 1 Santa Day Candy Cane Run on Sunday December 15th‼️

As always, we wanted to provide our followers with a few “do’s” ✅and “dont’s” ❌ before Santa 🎅 comes to town. Please visit our website or Facebook page for the complete rundown.

Please don’t:

-Please don’t ❌: run out into the street to meet the moving fire ... (Full Story & Photos)