| 2009-2010 Comes to an End |
| Thu. Apr 29th 2010 |
April 1st marked the beginning of a new reporting year for TFD, bringing one of the busiest year in TFD's history to and end. The 2009-2010 reporting year (April 1, 2009 - March 31, 2010) had a total of 676 EMS calls and 215 fire calls with a grand total of 891 calls combined. Combined EMS...
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| Busy Friday at TFD |
| Fri. Mar 26th 2010 |
The pagers for TFD were heard a lot on Friday. The first call went out shortly after 11:00AM for a home medical call on Route 227. Day Staff EMS and volunteers were just back in the village, from the first call, when a call went out for an MVA at the intersection of county routes 142 and 143 in...
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| Lightning Strike to Blame for Early Morning Fire |
| Tue. Mar 23rd 2010 |
The first thunder storm of the season woke many in the Trumansburg area, but for one Searsburg resident it proved much more frightening. Just before 2AM Tuesday morning, a lightning strike cause a small fire in the basement of a house in the 8000 block of Searsburg Rd. ...
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| Second Chimney Fire in Same Week |
| Mon. Feb 22nd 2010 |
At 2:26 PM on Friday the 19th of February, TFD was toned out for a report of a chimney fire on Route 89 in the town of Covert. When crews got on scene they found dark smoke coming from the chimney and a light haze inside the house. A New York State Park Police unit was on scene and told fire of...
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| Monday Morning Chimney Fire |
| Mon. Feb 15th 2010 |
Just before 11:30AM TFD was dispatched to a chimney fire on East Bates Road, in the Town of Covert. The call came into Tompkins County Dispatch via Seneca County 911. Seneca County had put Interlaken FD on standby at the same time. First arriving units from TFD found heavy smoke and fire...
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| Lyke Road Home Burns |
| Tue. Jan 19th 2010 |
On Monday at about 3:00PM Trumansburg firefighters were dispatched to a house fire in the 6000 block of Lyke Road. Enfield Fire and Rescue was automatically dispatched as well. First arriving officers from the two departments found flame and smoke showing from the area of the chimney in the family r...
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| Mid Morning Vehicle Fire Totals Plow |
| Fri. Jan 15th 2010 |
Trumansburg firefighters were dispatched to Waterburg Road near Brook Road for a vehicle fire, at about 11:00AM Friday. First arriving units found a plow truck from Perfect Cut Landscaping, that was heavily involved. The driver stated that he was driving towards the intersection when he realize...
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| Ring In A " Busy" New Year |
| Fri. Jan 1st 2010 |
Emergency responders of TFD were awakened early this New Years Day to an MVA on Route 89. The alarm came in just before 4:00AM, for a one car roll over with a pole and wires down. TFD units arrived in the 1600 block of Route 89 to find that the driver had self-extricated and was shaken but...
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| TFD Has Busy Wednesday PM |
| Fri. Nov 13th 2009 |
After a quiet fall morning on Wednesday 11/11/09, the pace picked up during the afternoon hours, for TFD. At shortly before 12:30PM, Tompkins County ERC dispatched EMS and Fire/Rescue for an ATV accident on Seneca County Road 142 in the town of Covert. A teenage male had rolled his three wheel...
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| Mutual Aid to a Mecklenburg House Fire |
| Tue. Nov 10th 2009 |
Just after 1PM on Monday November 9th, the Trumansburg Fire Department was called mutual aid to neighboring Mecklenburg in Schuyler County for a house fire. 1804 and 1803 responded to the area of State Routes 79 and 228 to find the two story house fully involved and crews from the&nbs...
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