What a week of training it was, both at home and away!

As for home, this week’s training topic was our quarterly refresher training for our Personal Safety/Bailout Systems. These rope systems are carried by each firefighter for the purpose of self-rescue from above a ground floor. We train on these systems quarterly to maintain these skills as muscle memory, as these systems would need to be deployed ... (Full Story & Photos)

Last week, Chief Seymour put some of his finely practiced skills to use - no, we’re not talking firefighting skills. Many years before his fire service career began, the Chief worked bagging groceries at a local supermarket. With the help of Shop-Rite, the Chief was able to get back to his roots for a few hours!

Chief Seymour participated in the “Help Bag Hunger” event at ShopRite. The guest baggers ... (Full Story & Photos)

On the schedule this week, Portable Ladders and Rescue/Stabilization Struts.

Career members reviewed and practiced raising, extending and carrying Portable Ladders. Our portable ladders can be rapidly deployed to rescue victims or access upper floors or roofs. We carry a variety of different lengths and configurations on our apparatus. Training on ladders is critical, as good technique is the key ... (Full Story & Photos)

Rope rescue was on the schedule for this week. Career members practiced building lowering and hauling systems for low angle rescue of a victim from below grade and up a steep slope. Evolutions involved patient packaging into a stokes rescue basket, and bringing the victim up the slope using the rope hauling systems.

This week also had a drill night scheduled for Volunteer Firefighters. Members were ... (Full Story & Photos)

More new equipment to familiarize with this week! Members spent the week training with our new Rescue and Stabilization struts. The purpose of the struts is to prevent the accidental or unintended movement of unstable objects, to prevent further injury or property damage. These rescue struts would typically be used to stabilize a vehicle that is rolled on its side or roof, while a patient is removed ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Tuesday morning, the Peekskill Fire Department was requested to provide mutual aid to Continental Village for a reported commercial structure fire. Engine 131 responded immediately with three career firefighters and arrived on the scene within minutes.

Firefighters assisted members from Continental Village in stretching a hose line and extinguishing a small rubbish fire in the garage area of the ... (Full Story & Photos)

With the delivery of the new Engine 132 last week, this week’s training was focused on familiarization of the new engine and some new equipment that was delivered with it.

In conjunction with pump operator training, members familiarized with our new portable master stream monitor and Electric Vehicle (EV) nozzle. The portable monitor, is a lightweight, high gallon per minute nozzle, capable of flowing ... (Full Story & Photos)

This afternoon, around 3pm, a few hours after the new Engine 132 was placed in-service; the Peekskill Fire Department was dispatched to a residential fire alarm on Paulding Street. While enroute, crews were updated that there were multiple zone alarms activated in the building. This alarm marked the first call for the new engine.

First arriving units arrived to be quickly advised by the building ... (Full Story & Photos)