The Cold Spring Fire Company in connection with the Town of Philipstown Recreation Department will be holding their 10th Annual Junior Firefighter Academy. The Academy will be held for one week, July 23rd — 27th and is open to Philipstown residents in grades 4 through 8th. Classes begin at 9am each day and...
Monthly Archives: April 2012
CSFC Responds to Large Brush Fire on Little Stony Point
Beginning at approximately 11:40pm on Sunday night and well into early Monday morning firefighters from Cold Spring Fire Company, Dutchess Junction Fire and North Highlands Fire Company fought a large brush fire along the shores of the Hudson River at Little Stony Point. Due to the extremely dry winter, and worsened by the early spring...
***RED FLAG WARNING ISSUED FOR HUDSON VALLEY***
RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE TRI STATE AREA… * AFFECTED AREA…THE ENTIRE TRI STATE AREA. * WINDS…NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH. * TIMING…LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY…BELOW 30 PERCENT…BUT AS...
Confined Space Awareness Training @ CSFC
On Tuesday, March 27th and Wednesday, March 28th, 30 firefighters from Cold Spring, North Highlands, Kent and Putnam Valley Fire departments received training in Confined Space Awareness and Safety. The course which provides identification and awareness information to allow students to make reasonable judgments in confined-space rescue situations was presented at the firehouse...