Firefighters got an assist from the Cortlandt Department of Public Works on Thursday afternoon, as they battled a brush fire on Furnace Dock Road in Montrose. At approximately 1:10 p.m., crews from the Croton-on-Hudson were dispatched to Furnace Dock Road, near Cortlandt Street, where there was a reported brush fire.
More than 40 members of the Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department recently participated in a radio and communications class aimed at making the department's radio communications more efficient. Led by John Munson, a self-proclaimed "radio geek," the class focused on the department's radio systems, the county's radio systems, general communications, Croton Fire Department radio guidelines, urgent and mayday calls and medical helicopter landing procedures, according to a statement from fire officials.
After a trio of emergencies kept Croton-on-Hudson firefighters flying from one incident to another on Friday, officials are reminding residents to be fire safe and to make sure all heating appliances are used properly. The first event took place around 12:30 p.m. when Engine 120 and Car 2081 were called to a Nordica Drive home for an activated carbon monoxide alarm.
Two of the Croton fire engines making their way to the second scene after extinguishing a small debris fire on the Amtrak train. CROTON-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. - Emergency first responders in Croton-on-Hudson had a busy morning, assisting at the scene of two separate incidents that took place just minutes apart.
Firefighters and police officers from several departments responded to a car accident at 7 a.m. Monday on Route 9 after a an SUV flew down the embankment, injuring the driver, according to the Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department. The accident occurred on southbound Route 9, just north of Senasqua Road, after the vehicle left the roadway and went 150-feet down the embankment, fire officials said.
