Newcomb Fire Department and Rescue Squad

06/01/2026

In May, the Newcomb Fire Department responded to 2 calls - 1 EMS and 1 mutual aid fire call for a structure fire supporting the Long Lake Fire Dept. 9 members spent 33 hours responding to calls. Additionally, members did 33 hours of training, 48 hours of extra service and spent 39 hours traveling to/from trainings and service events. In total, members volunteered over 153 hours this month.

👩‍🚒 FFs Savarie and Hughes completed their IFO class- becoming full interior firefighters.
🦋 ACs Hlavaty and O'Connell supported prescribed fire operations on over 60 acres at the Albany Pine Bush Preserve and Big Bend Preserve @ Moreau Lake State Park.
🔥 ACs Hlavaty, O'Connell and Captain M. Allen received training on Long Lake's new Cascade System to fill SCBA bottles.

A big shout out to Mike Vincent, George Sogoian and FF Hughes, Chief Bush and Lt. Preston Boule' for help with station spring cleaning.

05/29/2026

We couldn't be more proud of Firefighters Grace Savarie and Dave Hughes who had their Interior Firefighting Operations (IFO) class graduation tonight and are officially Firefighter 1s. Over 120 hours of class time is required to become a Firefighter 1 and we appreciate all of their hardwork to reach this goal!

A huge thanks to SFIs Kevin Feldt, Joe DuPrey, Ralph Bartlett and Jack Tims for hosting such a well run IFO class!
Warren County Office of Emergency Services Thanks Chestertown Volunteer Fire Department for hosting this graduation.

05/24/2026

05/22/2026

Newcomb Fire Department and Rescue Squad honors our Veterans!

05/01/2026

In April the Newcomb Fire Department and Rescue Squad responded to 9 calls: 8 EMS and 1 Fire call. Members spent 80 hours responding to calls-and contributed roughly 375 hours of total work.

Members were also busy training and doing extra service in April:
🔥 AC O'Connell, AC Hlavaty and FF Hughes completed their RT-130 Wildland Fire Refresher
🔥 FFs Savarie and Chaffey completed their S130/190/L180 initial wildland fire training to become wildland firefighters
🔥 FFs Savarie and Hughes continue to work hard during their IFO class to earn their interior fire certifications
🔥 Members spent significant time working on fire station cleaning and organization projects.
🔥 Our wildland firefighters supported 5 prescribed fire operations around eastern NY.
🔥 Several of our EMTS provided several nights of standby EMS to a Warren county IFO class.

In total - member spent 93 hours training, 92 hours doing extra service and 110 hours traveling to training/service meetings.

05/01/2026

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Alerts and Notifications The Town of Newcomb established an alert/notification system. This allows us to send out warnings for severe weather, electrical outages, updates when power is restored, wildfire warnings, flooding due to heavy rains, hazardous material spills in our area, water or sewage l...

04/27/2026

Fire Weather Watch 🔥⚠️

The National Weather Service in Burlington has issued a Fire Weather Watch for gusty winds and low humidity, which is in effect from late Tuesday morning through Tuesday evening.

* AFFECTED AREA...In New York, St. Lawrence, Northern Adirondacks, Adirondack High Peaks and Champlain Valley of New York. In Vermont, Champlain Valley of Vermont and western Rutland County.

* Timing...The lowest humidities and strongest winds will occur between 11 AM and 7 PM on Tuesday.

* WINDS...South 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 30 mph, with localized higher gusts in northern New York.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 20 to 25 percent.

* TEMPERATURES...Highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s.

* Impacts...If any fires were to start the weather and fuel conditions could cause fires to quickly get out of control and be difficult to contain.

04/23/2026

The Newcomb Fire Department and Rescue Squad held their annual election on Monday, congrats to our officers:

Chief: Nate Bush
1st Asst: Jake O'Connell
2nd Asst: Scott Hlavaty
3rd Asst: Bo**ie Bush
Captain: Mason Allen
Lieutenant: Preston Boule'
Safety Officers: Dell Jeffery & Wes Miga

EMS Captain: Eric Fitzgerald
EMS 1st Asst: Joe Connelly
EMS 2nd Asst. Patty Bashaw
EMS Lieutenant: Reece Hlavaty

President: Nelson Turcotte
Vice-President: Norma Taylor
Secretary: Denis Thibodeau
Treasurer: Fran Thibodeau
Board Members: Wester Miga, Don Bott, Tom Muscatello, Mark Yandon, Scott Hlavaty, Bo**ie Bush