Paul Liberatore, who joined the Hartsdale Volunteer Fire Department the day before the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center, was promoted to Deputy Chief of the career fire department at the monthly meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioner’s meeting held at Station 2 on November 11, 2025. He was sworn in by Chairman John Vallarelli.
The Hartsdale Fire Department would like to honor all of our nation's veterans, especially our very own members who have served this great country.
Thank you for your service, your sacrifice, and fighting to protect our freedom.
Firefighter Brandon Bonèy, U.S. MARINE CORPS Firefighter Michael Ciliberto, U.S. ARMY Firefighter Christopher DeNisco, U.S. NAVY Firefighter Francis Gray, U.S. ARMY Firefighter ... (Full Story & Photos)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL ELECTION HARTSDALE FIRE DISTRICT TOWN OF GREENBURGH, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NEW YORK
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 175 of the Town Law of the State of New York, that the Annual Election of the qualified voters of the Hartsdale Fire District in the Town of Greenburgh, Westchester County, New York, will be held on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, between the hours of 3:00 P.M. ... (Full Story & Photos)
HFD members completed a Fire Prevention Visit at the Little Dragon Day Care Center on Central Ave last week.
Firefighters taught the children and staff the importance of practicing fire safety, what to do when a smoke detector or CO detector activates, what the detectors sound like, and familiarized the children and staff with the look, sound, and the purpose of the professional firefighter in the ... (Full Story & Photos)
HFD Members participated in the Miracle League of Westchester Event at Ridge Road Park this past Saturday
The annual "A Very Special Halloween" event was packed with fun-filled activities such as: Trick or Treating, Hayrides, a Sensory Haunted House, Pick-your-own pumpkin patch, DJ, Dancing and more!
During Fire Prevention Month, the HFD conducts several Fire Prevention visits to our local Schools and Child Daycare Centers. So far, we have completed our Babysitters Program and have visited Sacred Heart School, and Creative Beginnings Child Daycare Center. At these visits, the emphasis and goal is to teach the children and staff the importance of practicing fire safety, smoke detector & CO detector ... (Full Story & Photos)
The Hartsdale Fire Department’s Babysitters Class held its annual graduation ceremony at Station 2, on Tuesday evening, October 14, 2025.
The HFD Babysitters Class teaches students how to handle different emergency situations using classroom and actual hands-on training. There is a total of 12 hours of instruction spread over six-classes.
The course has an emphasis on home safety and fire prevention. ... (Full Story & Photos)
Hartsdale Rescue 56, Tower Ladder 15, U-156 with the Collapse Trailer and Car 2171 responded. Squad 36 units (Hartsdale FD, Fairview FD, Greenville FD and Scarsdale FD) reported to White Plains command and began an initial shoring plan. Upon the arrival of the City of Yonkers Collapse Assets shoring operations were divided by floors. The collapse was located on the 5th floor into the 4th floor of ... (Full Story & Photos)
From Phones to Power Tools: The Hartsdale Fire Department Urges Residents to Know the Risks of Lithium-Ion Batteries this Fire Prevention Week
The theme for Fire Prevention Week, Oct 5–11, 2025, is “Charge into Fire Safety™: Lithium-Ion Batteries in Your Home.”
The Hartsdale Fire Department is teaming up with the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) — the official sponsor of Fire Prevention ... (Full Story & Photos)
October is both National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Down Syndrome Awareness Month. During this month, our members will be wearing pink shirts to help spread awareness of this disease, which affects 1 in 8 women in the United States each year. Additionally, our rigs will proudly display stickers to support awareness of Down Syndrome.... (Full Story & Photos)
The Hartsdale Fire Department visited the annual Windsor Park Community picnic on Saturday, September 13, 2025 Members of the department explained the fire engine to the children along with handing out coloring books and helmets. Photo by Alan Zale... (Full Story & Photos)
The Hartsdale Fire District is proud to announce our 53rd Annual Babysitters Course to anyone twelve years of age or older who has not taken this course before.
This valuable course is offered every year as a service to our residents and neighbors. It provides the basic training necessary to become competent qualified babysitters. As a babysitter, you are responsible for the care and safety of our ... (Full Story & Photos)
Hartsdale Firefighters joined in on the festivities at the annual year-end “Fun in the Sun” event at Greenburgh’s Highview Elementary School.
Together with approximately 280 students, Highview staff, and local volunteers, Hartsdale Firefighters heated up and cooled off the excitement by having groups of students operate, flow, and advance actual hoselines toward a simulated fire!
On a beautiful sunny morning, those who made the ultimate sacrifice in protecting our country’s freedom were honored at the annual Hartsdale Fire Department's Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 26, 2025.
During the ceremony at DeSanti Plaza, across from the Hartsdale train station, Firefighters Josh Gullotta, a Marine veteran, and Firefighter Frank Gray, a US Army Veteran, laid a wreath at the Veterans ... (Full Story & Photos)
Hartsdale Fire's Annual Memorial Day Ceremony and Parade will take place this year on Monday, May 26th @ 10 am. Please come join us at the Veterans' Memorial at DeSanti Plaza in front of the Hartsdale Train Station as we pay tribute to those who bravely served our country in the armed services.
Together with the Town Veterans Committee, Town leaders, and local Scout Troops, our Greenburgh Firefighters ... (Full Story & Photos)
Deputy Chief William Perritt, of the Hartsdale Fire Department, was honored for his lifelong dedication to the fire service by fellow firefighters, family and friends as he walked out of HFD Station 1 for the last time, finishing his twenty-one-year career with the department in Hartsdale, NY on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
In a firefighting career that spanned twenty-three years, DC Perritt started with ... (Full Story & Photos)
The Hartsdale Fire District and the Greenburgh Water Department will conduct Hydrant Tests in the coming weeks. The goal of our testing is to make sure our hydrants are functioning properly. It is critical to ensure our hydrants work in case of a fire or related emergency.
We will be performing Hydrant Tests in the Huntley Area Edgewood Road to West Way and Secor Road to Joyce Road during the ... (Full Story & Photos)
The Hartsdale Fire District and the Greenburgh Water Department will conduct Hydrant Tests in the coming weeks. The goal of our testing is to make sure our hydrants are functioning properly. It is critical to ensure our hydrants work in case of a fire or related emergency.
We will be performing Hydrant Tests in the Ridge Road and Woods End Road area on Friday May 2, 2025 from 7 am to 3 pm
Squad 36 responded with 21 tech rescue trained firefighters from Fairview, Greenville, Hartsdale & Scarsdale Fire Departments. Squad 36 operated under the unified command of the Ossining Fire Department and worked along side the Westchester County Technical Rescue Team to stabilize the compromised structure.
Over the last few weeks, and in conjunction with the NYS Spring Burn Ban (March 16th – May 14th ), HFD Officers and Firefighters trained and drilled on Wildland Fire Suppression, taught by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers. The course and training included jurisdiction and responsibilities, fire behavior and weather, wildland fire elements and size-up, use of tools and ... (Full Story & Photos)
Members trained on the use of our rigging equipment -grip-hoists, wire rope, chains, shackles, slings, and binders. Members did controlled flips and righting of vehicles. The training also covered Paratech strut use for stabilizing and lifting. Vehicles were ultimately placed on top of each other to create a rescue scenario. Members stabilized the vehicles to eliminate movement. The upper car was ... (Full Story & Photos)
Units arrived within 1 minute and members operated on scene for roughly an hour with miminal damage to the home. #firefighter #iaff... (Full Story & Photos)
Peter Woods, a beloved resident of Hartsdale, a decorated NYPD Police Sergeant, and a Hartsdale Fire Commissioner passed away from a 9-11 related Leukemia on January 9, 2021.
In his memory, an Annual Blood Drive has been organized which will take place on Sunday, March 2nd from 8am to 2pm in the Sacred Heart School Gym (59 Wilson St. Hartsdale, NY).
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Fire Commissioner Frances Stanley.
In her more than fifty years of service to the fire district, Commissioner Stanley constantly supported our community and department. Many of our members will recall a quiet conversation with her before a board meeting, her quick check-ins on the duty crew at the kitchen table, or her almost guaranteed appearance ... (Full Story & Photos)
Celebrating it’s tenth annual Operation Candy Cane, The Hartsdale Fire Department spread holiday cheer throughout the community on Saturday, December 14th.
Santa, along with Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer and a team of elves, visited more than twenty communities, along with the Marian Woods Retirement Home for religious sisters. Since it began in 2015, off duty members of the Hartsdale Fire Department ... (Full Story & Photos)
The Hartsdale Fire Department is proud to announce our annual Operation Candy Cane, which will take place rain or shine on Saturday, December 14th 2024, from 9am – 1pm.
Off-Duty Hartsdale Firefighters will spread Holiday Cheer by escorting Santa Claus around the community in a Fire Engine Sleigh handing out Candy Canes to all attending children & adults.
Three new career firefighters recently joined the Hartsdale Fire Department bringing more than a decade of additional fire service experience to the community. The new Probationary Firefighters were formally sworn into the department at the December monthly meeting of the Hartsdale Fire District. Their positions became available as the result of previous retirements.
On this Holiday, your Hartsdale Firefighters wish you and your family a Happy, Healthy, and Safe Thanksgiving! It's an honor and a privilege to serve this community.
Also, it is with sincere gratitude, that we take this time to thank the many residents who dropped off tasty holiday treats today and countless other times throughout the year. Your thoughtfulness and kindness are much appreciated.
Yesterday afternoon, HFD and GPD members spent a little time in-between calls, with the sisters at Marian Woods. Hartsdale Fire and Greenburgh Police members were invited to share in some conversation, snacks, and of course a prayer with the sisters at Marian Woods during their annual "Tea with the Sisters" Event.
It was a wonderful opportunity to sit down and share some stories and information ... (Full Story & Photos)
NOTICE FOR FIRE DISTRICT ELECTION ANNUAL ELECTION OF HARTSDALE FIRE DISTRICT DECEMBER 10, 2024
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that pursuant to Section 175 of the Town Law, the annual election of the Hartsdale Fire District will be held on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, at Hartsdale Fire Station No. 1, 25 South Central Park Avenue, Hartsdale, Town of Greenburgh, County of Westchester, State of New York, for the ... (Full Story)
The Hartsdale Fire Department responded to a two-car motor vehicle accident (MVA) on South Central Avenue in front of the Hyundai dealership on Sunday morning, November 10, 2024
Upon arrival HFD members found the driver of one vehicle still strapped in their vehicle with the car inverted. Firefighters stabilized the car and then worked with the Greenburgh Police Department to remove the victim from ... (Full Story & Photos)
The extrication of a worker whose hand was trapped in a salt spreader, to the out of hospital delivery of a baby, were just some of the heroic actions of the Hartsdale Fire Department that were acknowledged at their annual Recognition and Awards Ceremony.
The Board of Fire Commissioners, family, and friends, gathered at Ridge Road Park on Saturday, November 2nd, to honor members of the department ... (Full Story & Photos)
