Wiccopee, N.Y. – Wednesday, May 20, 2009 The Fishkill Fire Department with 42-12 responded to Fishkill Farms on East Hook Cross Road under a Second Alarm assignment to the East Fishkill Fire District. Upon arrival, heavy fire was showing from a storage barn and extending. Several more Alarms were sounded for additional tankers and ladder trucks. The Fishkill Crew with 42-12 was assigned a ladder operation at the 3 - 4 corner area.
The Farm is owned by Robert Morgenthau and during World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill met at the farm to discuss war strategy. Robert Morgenthau's father, Henry, was FDR's treasury secretary at the time.
Pictures are courtesy of the East Fishkill Fire District. (Click on picture to see complete album)