The Montgomery Fire Department's Mission Statement:
It is the mission of The Montgomery Fire Department to preserve life and property, promote public safety and fire prevention through leadership, management and actions, as an all risk life safety response provider. It is the department's endeavor to deliver the highest level of service to our residents with the utmost professionalism.
We are all volunteer and have been
active and dedicated to our community since 1810. We're the oldest
volunteer fire department in Orange
County, having been organized on March 6th, 1810 with the appointment of the first three village fire wardens. We protect the residents of the Village of Montgomery as well as portions of the Town of Montgomery, totaling almost 17,000 citizens. Our district covers three large schools, a river, numerous lakes and ponds, and the Orange County Airport. We also provide mutual aid
to surrounding fire districts (as they
do to us) to increase capabilities
during large incidents.
We have about 80
active members who respond from home,
work, or wherever they may be. Each of our new
members is at a minimum required to
attend 90+ hours of the basic Firefighter 1
training provided by The New York State
Department of State’s Office of Fire
Prevention and Control (OFPC). Also, new members may choose to take the basic Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-B) course which requires 140+ hours.
That
basic training is only the beginning.
The department holds regular weekly
drills that can run up to three hours
long. Members also regularly attend OFPC
outreach classes at the Orange County
Fire Training Center. Additionally, we bring in specialized training
during the year. Over the past year
we've had special training in Ice Rescue, Vehicle Extrication,
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The fire
service has dramatically changed over
the 200 years we've been in existence. A hundred years ago, motorized apparatus were the biggest
innovation. Fifty years ago, the self
contained breathing apparatus was the hot topic. In
1958, we had two SCBAs in the
department, now we have 31. These days,
thermal imaging cameras are the latest
breakthrough in firefighting technology
(we currently have four). Our Department has grown substantially from 2 pieces of apparatus and 2 companies to today, where we run an Engine Compnay, a Truck Company, and a Fire Police Squad from our station. Each of our companies combined leave us with 2 Engines, 1 Truck, 1 Rescue, 1 Fire Police Unit, 1 Brush Unit, 1 Medical Unit, 1 Boat, and 1 Ice Rescue Unit. For more
information about our history, see "The History of
Montgomery's Volunteer Professionals" written
for our 200th Anniversary Parade Book.
We hope this website will be a new tool for us to introduce ourselves and interact with our community and neighbors to show them what we do. |
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| 2011 Call Volume |
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The final run tallies from 2011 are in! The Montgomery Volunteer Fire Department ran 548 emergency calls last year, that is up from 507 in 2010! 2011 was a busy year for the MFD, with two major rain storms and the October blizzard. All this on top of the regular calls for service. Interested in joining? click our contact now or apply now pages! |
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| MFD Handles Multiple Electrical Fires |
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In the early afternoon of January 25th, the MFD was alerted to a smoke detector activation on Van Alst Road. Within moments of this alarm, MFD was alerted to multiple calls in their district, all on Van Alst Road, all involving smoke coming from electrical outlets and burning odors. MFD Car 3 (Hank) immediately requested a 2nd alarm stand-by to cover MFD's station and to be prepared for a possible fire. Car 3 (Hank) and Engine 223 arrived on scene within minutes to find multiple residents advising of burning odors and smoke filling their homes. Each piece of Montgomery equipment was directed to search each house on the block with air meters and thermal imaging cameras to search for fire.
Since there were nearly 20 homes on the block with burning odors, Car 3 (Hank) requested a full 2nd alarm assignment, bringing in additional mutual aid companies to assist. Arriving mutual aid companies were given orders to search specific addresses ... More |
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The Montgomery Volunteer Fire Department is looking for dedicated men and women of the community to join their ranks (ages 16 and up). No experience is necessary and all training and gear will be provided! Always wanted to be an interior firefighter? an exterior firefighter? a fire apparatus driver? an EMT? or even a fire policeman? The Montgomery Fire Department can offer all of these positions and training to you! Stop by on any drill night, every Tuesday night from 7-10pm, to pick up an application and talk to the members and officers of MFD themselves. |
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548 |
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