PIX11 Honors the Bedford Fire Department

In the 10 days since the bond failed, the District has first regrouped internally to assure our volunteer first responders that we will do what we can to ensure their safety in this building for the short term. At the same time, we are already discussing how to bring the community into the development of Plan B, because the fact remains that we need a new building to serve the Department's operational ... (Full Story)

Polls are open at the Bedford Firehouse, 34 Village Green, for the New Firehouse Bond Vote. Polls will remain open until 9:00 PM.

All Bedford Village Fire District residents who are registered to vote at their address in the district are eligible to vote in this election.... (Full Story)

In last week's paper a resident of Bedford Fire District suggested that instead of building a new firehouse, the department should instead add a second, smaller facility for our ambulances and split the department in two.

This option was explored and was rejected by both the District and the Department for two main reasons. First, in this scenario, the existing firehouse would still need to be substantially ... (Full Story)

For a professional analysis of the new firehouse plan's impact on the aquifer and water supply, prepared in conjunction with the Town of Bedford's comprehensive 1985 groundwater study and report, which is the basis for the Aquifer Protection Zone, please click on this link.... (Full Story)

The Bond Vote will be held on Tuesday, April 30th from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Bedford Fire Department, 34 Village Green.

All residents of the Bedford Village Fire District (click on About Us and then Map of District above) who are registered to vote at his or her Bedford Village Fire District address are eligible to vote in this election.

The residency requirement, as per NYS law: eligible ... (Full Story)

The New Firehouse Committee, with 328 years of combined emergency service experience (mostly in Bedford Village) defined our operations, our district’s demographics, the changes our district has seen since the current firehouse was built, our types of responses, our current apparatus, our deficits in the current building, and our anticipated needs for the future. A professional team of architects ... (Full Story)

We are land-locked in the Bedford Village Historic District.

• The firehouse is historic, as are the Bedford Free Library and the Lounsbery (Horse Connection) Building, and the Post Office, which wraps around the Lounsbery building and flanks our left rear.

We do not have room here to build an adequate station for our current operations, let alone future operations.

• Our lot is 1/3 of an acre, ... (Full Story & Photos)

Yesterday was a busy afternoon for the Bedford Fire Department and all the surrounding departments. This is why we have 3 fire districts working together in the Town of Bedford:

Just before noon, we had an EMS call in Bedford Village that would require our first-due ambulance to transport a resident to Stamford Hospital. Then, at 12:31 an engine was called to respond mutual aid to Katonah for a gas ... (Full Story & Photos)