On October 20th the Brewster Fire Dept. along with the New Fairfield Fire Dept. Hosted a multi- dept forcible entry training class.
This class combines classroom discussion with Hands On repetition to reinforce the basic tenants of forcible entry. The classroom portion focuses on 3 types of entry (conventional, thru-the-lock, power tools) and provides the students with insight and experiences dealing ... (Full Story & Photos)

Recently Mike Ercole, Deputy Chief and Past President of the Putnam Lake Fire Department, suffered a medical emergency which has forced him to be under special care at Yale New Haven Hospital in the ICU. Mike is considered to be in critical but stable condition at this time. Mike’s wife Danielle and family are by his side.

For those of you that know Mike, he is “Mr. Putnam Lake”. A dedicated community ... (Full Story & Photos)

On September 26, 2017 the Putnam Lake Fire Department completed their annual 2017 Live Fire training evolutions at the Putnam County Training Facility. Members put in many hours and hard work in extreme conditions in order to make sure that they are up to date on their fire fighting skills. This is just a small amount of time that these volunteers put in every year to make sure that our community ... (Full Story & Photos)

To schedule a fire prevention visit with the fire department contact Chief Gagliardo at chief@plfd.org.

Putnam Lake Fire Department reminds our Residents:

Working Smoke Alarms Save Lives!　

Working smoke alarms can make a life-saving difference in a fire. That’s the message behind this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, "Working Smoke Alarms Save Lives: Test Yours Every Month!"

Along with firefighters ... (Full Story & Photos)

This evening, NBC Nightly News ran Part 1 of an excellent story about the challenges that fire, rescue and EMS have when trying to turnout/respond and safely reach an emergency call in time. Take a few minutes to watch this! Always safely pull over for emergency vehicles, SECONDS COUNT!... (Full Story & Photos)