**Yorktown Heights Volunteer Firefighters operate at simultaneous working fires**
By FB Reporter
August 7, 2026
Just as a severe thunderstorm was moving through the area on Friday, August 7th, Yorktown Heights Fire was dispatched at 19:07hrs with our Firefighter Assist & Search Team (FAST) and Tanker 14 on the 2nd Alarm to assist the Ossining Fire Department at the scene of a multiple dwelling fire on Hawkes Ave. Car 2531, Rescue 16 & Tanker 14 responded with just shy of a dozen YHFD members on the assignment. Shortly after arrival. R-16 (FAST) was put to work forcing doors, stretching lines and conducting searches until crews were pulled from the building and moved to an exterior operation as the incident grew to a “4th Alarm +”. Tanker 14 operated as part of the water shuttle working with multiple Tankers from around the area as roughly 75% of the hydrants in Ossining are down for maintenance. YHFD units cleared that scene just after midnight. While multiple agencies from Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam Counties were already engaged at the multi-alarm fire on Ossining. At 20:33hrs, Yorktown Heights Fire was dispatched with another FASTeam to assist the Lake Mohegan Professional Firefighters Local 2956/Mohegan Volunteer Fire Association at the scene of a house fire on Maqua Pl. Engine 274 with a full crew of 6 YHFD members responded on that assignment. Upon arrival, E-274 was put to work and replaced by another FAST from the USVA-Montrose FD. Engine 274 was tasked with completing vertical ventilation, searches and overhaul. “YHFD FAST 2” operated in Mohegan for just under 2 hours before returning to service.
