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Severe Thunderstorms Triggers Multiple Fire Alarms In Bedford JUNE 26 - In the evening hours of Friday, June 26th, the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Westchester County, after a squall line of storms was moving rapidly across the area. Expecting multiple calls, members of the Bedford Fire Department suited up and started out on their first call of the night at 17:32 hours, to 27 Millertown Road on a residential alarm. The Engine ... (Full Story & Photos)

Something Smells Funny In Bedford Village JUNE 24 - When Ex-Chiefs Paul Aquilino and John Barry stepped outside of the fire house for some fresh air on Wednesday, June 24th., they got a breath of heating oil instead. Upon closer inspection, the scent was traced to an oil spill, leading down the curb from the Village Green Deli to the front of the firehouse. They immediately alerted 60 Control to a fluid spill in front of the building, bringing additional ... (Full Story & Photos)

Absorbent Boom Pads Contain The Spill

Evening MVA Sends Two To The Hospital JUNE 16 - At 6:17 p.m., Bedford Fire and EMS crews were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident with injuries in front of 422 Old Post Road, the Hunting Ridge Mall. Members performing their weekly truck checklists immediately responded in Ambulance 52-B1 and Rescue 44, meeting Car 2043 at the scene. Once on location it was determined that one vehicle had collided with another exiting the Hunting Ridge Mall ... (Full Story & Photos)

Junior Corps Practice Mask Confidence at the Training Center JUNE 11 - For the monthly Junior Corps drill, members headed down to the Fire Training Center in Valhalla, New York to practice and perform mask confidence in the new simulator. Junior Corps members have been trained in the past in mask confidence and SCBA use following the OSHA "F" training requirement. Before entering the building in teams, members Dave Wollin , Karina Warshaw, and Graham Glauber, as ... (Full Story & Photos)

Wall Breach

Foreman Kollmer Descends the Building

The BFD Tests New Personal Bailout Systems MAY 26 - On Tuesday, May 26t, 2009, several members of the Bedford Fire Department as well as Car 2041 traveled to the Westchester County Fire Training Center for presentations and demonstrations on personal "bailout" systems. Many departments in Westchester County are in the process of looking for personal escape systems following a recent fire service mandate requiring interior firefighters to wear and train ... (Full Story & Photos)