For the third year in a row, in an effort to shed light on a national volunteer firefighter shortage, four Westchester fire departments will challenge John Jay High School students in the popular Trial By Fire firefighting. On Wednesday, April 29th and Thursday, April 30th, students will compete in a firefighter obstacle course during their PE class. Students will see who can get geared up the fastest, ... (Full Story & Photos)

Our members spent most of the day this past Saturday, familiarizing themselves with the various struts, chains, cribbing, cutting tools, ratchet straps and other equipment on our new Rescue truck. Instructors from Signal 73 Fire Training of Wallingford, CT, were on hand to instruct, demonstrate, and assist our members with learning the correct and safe way to best use the equipment. Members rotated ... (Full Story & Photos)

On what was the hottest day of the week, Thursday, April 16, Katonah Fire Department's Tanker 6 was dispatched at about 1315 as mutual aid to a working structure fire with entrapment in South Salem's fire district on Old Shop Road. Tanker 6 set up to supply water with other mutual aid tankers while its crew went right to work. Tanker 6's crew and SSFD firefighters climbed a ground ladder to perform ... (Full Story & Photos)

At approximately 1:45 PM, units were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident with reported entrapment on the southbound Saw Mill River Parkway, between the Route 117 Bypass and Harris Road overpass. Bedford Hills FD Car 2031 was first on scene and confirmed a vehicle lodged underneath the rear of a tractor trailer.

The sole occupant of the SUV was found to be heavily entrapped. Members of the Katonah ... (Full Story & Photos)

This past weekend members of the public, neighboring fire and EMS agencies, and fire equipment buffs from all over the region converged on Katonah Fire Department's Headquarters Saturday for a traditional "wet down" of our new Pierce Enforcer Rescue 17. Equipped with the latest rescue equipment, from struts, to rope rescue gear, to battery powered cutters, spreaders, rams and saws, the new rescue ... (Full Story & Photos)