Teach children what to do in an emergency if they are at home or away from home. www.ready.gov/kids #BeReady #YouthPrep

Help your kids know how to communicate during an emergency. Review these topics with them: Sending text message; Emergency contact numbers; Dialing 9-1-1 for help www.ready.gov/kids #BeReady #YouthPrep

Update school records and discuss emergency contact numbers with kids before ... (Full Story & Photos)

The Officers and Members of the HFFD along with George Murphy-Dodson (their beautiful cat) congratulate Firefighter Barbara "Charlie" Murphy and John Dodson on their marriage! It was a beautiful Sunday ceremony at The Church of the Holy Innocents, Highland Falls. The bride and her attendants arrived in style on Engine 428, with Chief Erik Smith and Ex-Chief Jerry Galu as their escorts.
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With an number of dryer fires in our area recently, two of them in Monroe, the HFFD wanted to provide some information about home clothes dryer fires and what you can do to prevent them

Per the Untied States Fire Administration-
2,900 home clothes dryer fires are reported each year and cause an estimated 5 deaths, 100 injuries, and $35 million in property loss.
Failure to clean the dryer (34 percent) ... (Full Story & Photos)

Yesterday the HFFD was visited by Dr. Prabodh Panindre and a student from NYU Fire Research. They are conducing research for the NFPA on firefighter breathing systems. They toured the HFFD and reviewed our breathing systems as part of our research. Dr. Panindre has been a researcher on firefighter safety issues for over 10 years and is a professor of Mechanical Engineering at NYU. The HFFD constantly ... (Full Story & Photos)

Tuesday's heat didn't keep HFFD members from taking advantage of a rare opportunity to train in a building slated for demolition. The HFFD held two seperate drills in the evening and at night drilling on Commercial Fires, Forcible Entry, Stretching Hose Lines, and Vertical Ventilation. The HFFD would like to thank The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for permission to use the building. ... (Full Story & Photos)