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.

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Fishkill, NY - May 16 - 17, 2009; The members of the Fishkill Fire Department Special Service Unit completed their FEMA USAR Technician Shoring Class on the weekend of May 16th and 17th. The class was taught by Collapse Rescue Systems Inc. which is widely considered to be the best structural collapse training company in the country. The members of the Unit were trained in many different types of structural rescue shoring as well as the use of Paratech struts.

Fishkill, NY - March 7, 2009; Protection Engine Company held its 106th Annual Turkey Supper at the Fire Station located at 1132 Main Street on Saturday night, March 7th. This fundraiser was well attended by Village residents, neighboring firefighters, and other friends of the Fire Department. As with all fundraising events in this challenging economic time, the numbers were off but the attendees again enjoyed a "community event” where they not only were served a delicious meal but were able to socialize with neighbors and friends. Many take-out orders were also delivered by the members to residents that could not make the trip to the fire station.

by Allan R. Way, Company Historian