Alarm Information

The following alarm information is for the year of 2011. The Mechanicville Fire Department responded to a total of 290 calls, 254 of which were within the City's 1 square mile fire district. Mutual aid was given to the following fire departments:

    • Hemstreet Park
    • Arvin Hart
    • Hillcrest
    • Clifton Park
    • Waterford
    • Melrose
The Mechanicville Fire Department would like to extend thanks to all of the above departments and any others that have helped us to respond to any of the following alarms in which their assistance was called upon.

 

 

Type of Incident

Number of Calls

  • Structure Fire

  • 13
Electrical 5
Stove 4
Room and Contents 1
Mattress 1
Furnace 1
Siding 1

  • Fire Alarm Activation

  • 12

  • Vehicle Fire

  • 1

  • Brush/Rubbish Fire

  • 2

  • Motor Vehicle Accident
  • 33

  • Gas or Odor

  • 36

  • Roadway Spill

  • 4

  • Mutual Aid

  • 36
Hemstreet Park 10
Hillcrest 11
Arvin Hart 10
Clifton Park 3
Waterford 1
Melrose 1

  • Carbon Monoxide

  • 12

  • Hazardous Situation

  • 31

  • Rescue

  • 8

  • Service Call

  • 46

  • EMS Assist

  • 30

  • Smoke Alarm

  • 3

  • Outside Burn

  • 4

  • Outside Smoke Condition

  • 5

  • Transformer Fire

  • 1

  • Good Intent

  • 5

  • Stand By

  • 7

  • Building Collapse

  • 1
Total
290

 

Year
Number of Calls
1999
143
2000
110
2001
118
2002
106
2003
169
2004
164
2005
160
2006
187
2007
140
2008
354
2009
205
2010
230