Excerpt from the NYSAFC website:

“It is said that if you’re more than five feet from the doorway, your chance of survival in a flashover is minimal. Working in this program, you’ll experience fire development from the incipient stage all the way to flashover. You’ll be able to identify the signs of the event before you’re part of the flashover. If you’ve never been in a flashover container, this ... (Full Story & Photos)

We want you to be assured that we have a plan and we have protocols that we have put in place to ensure that we continue to be able to respond to emergencies.

Please help us stay healthy so we can maintain our readiness to respond to your emergencies,

We are asking the following:

If you are quarantined (mandatory or self-imposed) in your home due to possible or confirmed COVID-19 exposure, PLEASE ... (Full Story)

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Gerald G. Macey, age 63, of Saranac Lake, died Sunday, March 8, 2020 at the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake.

Born in Saranac Lake, New York on April 12, 1956, he was the son of Gerald and Gertrude (Slater) Macey.

Jerry was employed as a truck driver and crane operator at Maddens Transfer and Storage in Saranac Lake for over twenty five years until his retirement. He also owned and ... (Full Story & Photos)

Before we begin the SLVFD would like to extend a congratulations and thank you to the carnival committee and all the organizations that make this week so special.

For those of us who live in Saranac Lake, and for those who come home, and for those tourist who travel from far away and brave the winter weather; The Saranac Lake Winter Carnival is very special mid winter break.

For the SLVFD members ... (Full Story & Photos)

Firefighters face many risks. One of those risks that we must prepare for is being on an upper floor of a building or on a roof when fire conditions change so rapidly blocking our escape. In this situation we may have to conduct an emergency bail out from a higher elevation.

Firefighters spent a classroom day on 1/23/2020 learning and refreshing the academic portion of this training and then on ... (Full Story & Photos)

The Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department cautions everyone to please be careful on the frozen ponds, lakes and rivers.

At approximately 7:16 am Tuesday January 22, 2020 a Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department officer received a report from a citizen that they were very concerned that someone had possibly fallen through the ice on Lake Flower sometime during the night. The concerned citizen reported ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Saturday, January 11, 2020 local fire departments met at Saranac Inn to work on rapid intervention team training also known as RIT. A RIT team is used to rescue firefighters in a structure fire and consists of a team from 2-12 members. Today, 35 firefighters from Bloomingdale, Lake Placid, Paul Smiths, Tupper Lake and Saranac Lake all worked together to practice rescuing fellow firefighters.

Firemen ... (Full Story & Photos)

Today the SLVFD was able to successfully rescue a deer that had fallen through the ice in the Lake Flower channel in the narrows between Indian Rock Trail and the Branch Farm Road. The ice was thin and the deer was unable to climb back onto the ice shelf and self rescue. (See Below Video)

The SLVFD was dispatched at 10:04am and responded with Marine 1, Misc 349, and and 7 members. The SLVFD was ... (Full Story)

On Tuesday 12/10/2019 SLVFD Chief Brendan Keough, Assistant Chief Doug Peck and family members travelled to Westville to the Franklin County training grounds to attend a graduation ceremony for SLVFD firefighters Codey LaPage, and Andrea Boon.

The Basic Exterior Firefighting Operations / with Hazardous Materials First Responder Operations course (BEFO) is a 25 night 79 hour course that prepares firefighters ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Friday December 6th 2019 The Saranac Lake Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched for the purpose of providing safe passage of Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, and a team of Elves through the Village of Saranac Lake. The Purpose of Santa Claus’s visit to the village was to assist in the lighting of the Christmas Tree at Berkley Square where he was serenaded by the Northern Lights Choir, Santa then pronounced ... (Full Story & Photos)