Town of Brownville Joint Fire District

Thank you to all that came out for the parades today! Feel free to share your photos with us.

PLEASE HELP US SHARE!!! This Sunday December 20th, Santa will be coming to the villages of Dexter and Brownville! The Town of Brownville fire trucks will be escorting Santa around the village of Dexter beginning at 1:30PM and following that with Brownville around 2:15-2:20PM. We will be traveling through all the side streets of Dexter including Grant Street, and going down Franklin Street, Brown BLVD, and Washington Street in Brownville. Please have your children on the sidewalks lined up to see Santa come through the villages! Please help us get the word out!

Town of Brownville Joint Fire District 2021 Officers approved by the Board of Fire Commissioners. These will take effect January 1, 2021: District Chief: Ryan McIntosh Deputy Chief: Drew Heise Assistant Chief (St. #1): Nathan Young... Assistant Chief (St. #2): Nathan Gilchrist Assistant Chief (St. #3): Chris St. Joseph Station #1 Captain: Devon Ellingsworth Station #2 Captain: Chris Fiorentino Station #3 Captain: Scott Loveland EMS Captain: Nathan Peters Commissioner Elections: Kyle Flath Scott Loveland As always a huge thank you to all the outgoing officers and commissioners for their time and dedication over the years.

You may notice some new road signs on Pillar Point. Over the summer members spent a Sunday walking and measuring all the fire roads. We worked along side the Town of Brownville Highway and Jefferson County Highway departments to get new signs made up and installed that include the lengths of the roads. This will help in planning for any emergencies that may arise on these roads. Thank you for everyone that helped during this process.

Be advised that Jefferson County Public Health will be hosting a NYS Certified First Responder Class at the Brownville Station. If your interested please follow link. https://co.jefferson.ny.us/EMS_Courses

On behalf of all the Chiefs, Officers, and Members I would like to congratulate a few members that have successfully completed classes at the State Level. Bailey Thomas - Basic Exterior Firefighting Operations Jeff Schmeltz - Basic Exterior Firefighting Operations Travis Riley - Interior Firefighting Operations... Thank you all for your time and dedication. Excellent Job! Chief McIntosh

Another successful day of Fire Prevention. As always thank you to the students and staff for allowing us to spend the day with them.

Please Share Attention Pillar Point Fire Road / Private Road residence. This Sunday July 19th members from the Town of Brownville Fire Department will be on the fire roads/private roads measuring the length of the roads. This will allow us to better plan for emergency's on these roads. If you have any questions feel free to contact our office at 315-639-3054.

Thank you to Pizoli’s Giardino for the great donated meal after a night of training.

Thank you to the Munro family for this generous donation to our members. It’s amazing to have such great support from our community. It has been a busy few days for our members and this greatly appreciated.

Town of Brownville Responds to Three Structure Fires in 8 Hours. At 11:36 pm Town of Brownville and Glen Park were alerted to a structure fire on West Kirby St. in the village of Dexter. Car 500 (W.McIntosh) arrived on scene and reported a working fire. Deputy Chief Heise arrived and took command and requested Chaumont, Three Mile Bay, and Sackets Harbor. 7-1-1 (Seeber), 7-1-3 (Capt Lovleand), 7-6-3 (Schmeltz), 7-7-3 (Royce), and 7-4-2 ( Assistant Chief Gilchrist) responde...d. Crews arrived on scene and quickly knocked down the fire. At 11:44 pm Town of Brownville was alerted to a second reported fire on County Route 59. County Car 500 responded from the West Kirby St. fire and reported a working garage fire. 7-4-2 (Assistant Chief Gilchrist) redirected to the second fire. 7-5-3 (FF Calhoun) responded as well. Chaumont and Three Mile Bay were redirected to the second fire. Crews arrived on scene and had another quick knock down. At 7:54 am on July 5th Town of Brownville and Glen Park were dispatched to a reported dock fire on County Route 59. District Chief McIntosh arrived to bystanders reporting the fire to be out. Crews responded and removed the burnt portions of the deck and made sure there was no further extension. At 7:55 am on July 5th Town of Brownville was dispatched to a fire alarm on Rice St. in the Village of Brownville. This alarm was quickly resolved by Station 3 Crews. A very busy night and morning for crews. Everyone did an excellent job. Thank You to all our mutual aid departments for their assistance.

Congratulations to the General Brown class of 2020.

Shortly after 3:30 pm today Town of Brownville Fire was alerted to an automatic fire alarm on Eveleigh Point Dr. 7-0-1(District Chief McIntosh) and 7-0-2(Deputy Chief Heise) responded to the scene. Chief McIntosh arrived to find a two story residential with nothing showing from the exterior. Within minutes of arriving on scene an odor of something burning and a small amount of soot around the window of the garage door indicated a working fire. Chief McIntosh upgraded the ca...ll to a working fire and Glen Park and Chaumont were activated for interior. 7-4-2 (Capt Lalone) and his crew arrived and stretched a line to the front door. Entry was forced to the front door of the residence and entry was made to the garage were heavy black smoke and heat were banked down. 7-1-3 (Capt Loveland) arrived and his crew made entry into the second story of the garage. Entry was made on the back side of the garage where the fire was located in the corner. Crews quickly extinguished the fire and checked for any extension. The second story of the garage had little to no damage due to the door being closed at the top of the stairs. A quick and excellent attack by the interior crews prevented further damage to the garage. Also assisting on scene was 7-5-3(FF Schmeltz), 7-5-1(FF Koystk), 7-6-3(FF Smith), Guilfoyle ambulance, County Car 500, National Grid, and the Ladies Auxillary. See more

As of today March 17,2020 the Town of Brownville Joint Fire District Board of Fire Commissioners have closed all three stations to All Visitors. As always if there is an emergency please dial 911. All other questions or concerns call our District Offices at 315-639-3054 and someone will return your phone call.

Shortly before 5:30AM on Saturday February 8th, Town of Brownville and Glen Park Fire Departments were alerted to a structure fire on Evans Road in the Town of Hounsfield. While en route, Deputy Chief Heise could visibly see the working fire from State Route 12F, and requested Sackets Harbor to respond to the scene with engines, tankers, and manpower. Deputy Chief Heise arrived to find a fully engulfed barn fire and established a command post in the driveway of the residence.... 7-1-1 (Captain Young) arrived first due with his crew, and began deploying multiple attack lines to begin fire suppression. 7-1-3 (Captain Loveland) arrived second due and had his crew assist 7-1-1. Glen Park 23-1-2 and 23-5-1 arrived on scene and began deploying attack lines from their engine to protect the neighboring exposure. Mutual aid was then requested from Chaumont and Town of Watertown with manpower and tankers to the scene. Assistant Chiefs Gilchrist and Fiorentino assisted each other with fire ground operations. 7-4-2 (Captain Lalone) and 7-6-3 (FF Calhoun) established a fill site at State Route 12F and Evans Road for tanker fill up. The fire was deemed under control within an hour of dispatch. Due to the extreme cold temperatures, multiple tankers were freezing throughout operations, causing more mutual aid tankers to be requested from Three Mile Bay, Pamelia, and North Pole. Three Mile Bay also stood by with an engine company at TBFD station 1 for additional calls. Also assisting on the scene were the Pillar Point Lady’s Auxiliary, Glen Park Ladies Auxiliary, Guilfoyle Ambulance, Jefferson County Emergency Management, the Town of Brownville, and Town of Hounsfield Highway Depts. No injuries were reported throughout the incident. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation. See more

Town of Brownville Fire assisted today.

2020 Officers: District Chief: Ryan McIntosh Deputy Chief: Drew Heise Assistant Chief (St. 1): Chris Fiorentino... Assistant Chief (St. 2): Nathan Gilchrist Assistant Chief (St. 3): Craig Postorino Captains: Station 1: Nathan Young Station 2: Heath Lalone Station 3: Scott Loveland EMS Captain: Nathan Peters

In the early morning hours of New Years Day, Town of Brownville Fire was requested mutual aid to Lafargeville with tankers and manpower for a working two story structure fire on the Carter Street Road in the Town of Orleans. Assistant Chief Heise responded directly to the scene and assisted with fire ground operations fire suppression. 7-5-1 (FF S. Lasage), and 7-5-3 (FF M. Royce) responded with tankers to supply the scene with water for fire suppression. 7-6-3 (FF N. Marino) arrived with his crew and also assisted with fire suppression and overhaul. Units operated on the scene for nearly 5 hours before returning to service shortly before 6:00AM. 8 TBFD members responded to Lafargeville. Multiple emergency agencies assisted on the scene. The fire is currently under investigation by Jefferson County Emergency Management.

Congratulations to Captain Nathan Young his wife Emily, and their kids Cameron and Brinley on the birth of their new son and little brother Emmett born December 31st. Everyone is doing great.