As part of our continuing efforts to recruit new members, please enjoy a new recruitment video made by Katonah Firefighter Juan Becerra as part of his high school internship with KFD.
At about 11 AM Friday morning, Katonah Fire Department was dispatched to the Westwood Organic Recycling Center on Beaver Dam Road due to a report of a utility pole having been brought down after a vehicle collided with it. Engine 117 and Tanker 6 responded. A NYSEG utility pole carrying electrical service had been broken off of its base and the downed pole and wires were smoking. Fortunately, the ... (Full Story & Photos)
Monday evening at about 5:30 PM, Katonah Fire Department was dispatched mutual aid to Armonk for a working structure fire on Old Mount Kisco Road. Tanker 6 and Car 2211 responded. Upon arrival, Tanker 6's crew immediately joined the other mutual aid agencies in helping to extinguish the fire, while Tanker 6 staged with other tankers to provide additional water. Crews had to battle intense heat, as ... (Full Story & Photos)
Friday evening at about 7:30, Katonah Fire Department's Ladder 39 was dispatched mutual aid to Bedford Village on a report of an odor of burning and an inside haze at a house on Deepwood Road. Ladder 39 arrived on scene and the aerial was raised to the 3rd story of the structure, while Ladder 39's crew assisted Bedford Village firefighters in searching the house for the source of the burning odor ... (Full Story & Photos)
Starting in June, KFD went back to holding weekly drills in order to keep our members' firefighting skills sharp. Recognizing that COVID 19 is still very much a presence, the drills are now held on two or three separate nights each week, and each drill is limited to 10 members. Members who attend must wear face masks.This week, the drill focus was on stretching a pre-connected hose line from the engine ... (Full Story & Photos)
Late on Wednesday night, July 8, and lasting into early Thursday, July 9, Katonah Fire Department was dispatched to a reported motor vehicle rollover, with entrapment, on Harris Road near Locksley Lane. The dispatch came at about 11:30 PM Wednesday night. Cars 2211, 2212, 2213, Rescue 17 and Engine 115 responded. While enroute, units were advised the single occupant was out of the vehicle, but that ... (Full Story & Photos)
Katonah Fire Department Recruitment Video
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