A 2021 RE-CAP FROM YOUR ALL-VOLUNTEER CROTON FIRE DEPARTMENT

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FROM THE CROTON FIRE DEPARTMENT FB PAGE: In 2021, your Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department’s VOLUNTEERS answered 423 calls for service. 21 were actual structural fires either in Croton or Mutual Aid. 

 

The Top Responders were:

 

1) Captain Joe Kempter, 208 Alarms

2) Captain Dave Kempter, 184 Alarms

3) Lieutenant Jim Ferguson, 160 Alarms

4) Engineer Bill Gallagher, 142 Alarms

5) Firefighter Ben Farber, 136 Alarms

6) Firefighter Jake Dominello, 128 Alarms

7) Firefighter Frank Pusatere, 126 Alarms

8: Captain Dave Altamura, 120 Alarms

9) Firefighter Hal Lockwood, 117 Alarms

10) Deputy Chief Tex Dinkler, 108 Alarms

11) Firefighter Matt Mallory, 102 Alarms

12) Deputy Chief Bill Vlad, 92 Alarms

 

Our Chiefs answered a sizable amount of alarms, too:

 

Car 2081: Phil Dinkler, 196 Alarms; Car 2082: John Munson, 258 Alarms; Car 2083: Josh Karpoff, 128 Alarms

 

Our units responded to the following amount of alarms this past year:

 

E118: 181 Alarms

E119: 196 Alarms

E120: 132 Alarms

TL44: 111 Alarms

T10: 100 Alarms

R18: 161 Alarms

U14: 149 Alarms

U208: 89 Alarms

M32: 6 Alarms

 

The Average number of members per alarm for the year was 11. 

 

Our average arrival time to an alarm is 5 minutes, 30 seconds. 

 

We responded to / provided Mutual Aid requests to Bedford, Bedford Hills, Briarcliff, Continental Village, Mamaroneck Village, Millwood, Mohegan, Montrose, Montrose VA, Ossining, Peekskill, Port Chester, Thornwood, Verplanck and Yorktown. 

 

We received Mutual Aid assistance from Continental Village (T11), Haverstraw (4-Marine), Millwood (MA10, T15), Montrose VA (E225, R48), Ossining (FAST, E97, L41, TL42), Stony Point (18-Marine), Tarrytown (M5), Verplanck (M1) and Yorktown (T14, FAST, Dive Team). 

 

We also recieved automatic aid (boats) to assist us this past year while our boat remains out of service from Ossining PD & EMS and Westchester County PD. 

 

Other incidents we responded to include Motor-Vehicle Accidents (39), Other Fires (23), Alarms (119), Carbon Monoxide, Gas or Smoke Investigations (92) and Hazardous Conditions & Service Calls - including animal rescues (57).

 

As we head into 2022, we are hopeful that more of you will take the challenge and become one of “Croton’s Bravest.” Interested in joining the Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department? Email info@crotonfd.org to see how you can become a part of the Town of Cortlandt’s busiest all-VOLUNTEER Fire Department!!!