Saranac Lake Fire Department


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Recent SLVFD Incidents in the Media
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(The SLVFD responds to many incidents every day, this is just a sampling of recent news)

(Note:  Media links that are more than a few years old may have stopped working, The incidents have not been deleted for historical purposes)

Bloomingdale home destroyed by fire (Mutual Aid)

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 1/18/2022

Local firefighter saves his own home (Mutual Aid)

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 1/14/2022

Saranac Lake firefighter saved neighbors dog from burning home

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 1/10/2022

Woman hit by car while crossing street

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 1/7/2020

Small Fire Extinguished on Main Street Lake Placid (Mutual Aid)

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 1/2/2020

Fire Destroys Franklin Highway Garage (Mutual Aid)

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 12/8/2019

Fire claims seasonal home on Upper Saranac Lake

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 11/29/2019

Chimney fire spreads briefly to house on Fish Hatchery Road (Mutual Aid)

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 11/19/2019

Wind, rain slam North Country

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 11/2/2019

Motorcyclist hurt in Saranac Lake Crash

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 6/25/2019

Ventilator malfunction causes freon leak at Aldi

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 12/28/2018

Van crashes into Saranac Lake home; no serious injuries

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 12/21/2018

No serious injuries as SUV rolls over route 3 embankment

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 12/21/2018

Deer rescued from icy lake dies despite hours of care

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 12/10/2018

House burns in Bloomingdale, but family can stay there "Mutual Aid-Bloomingdale"

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 12/8/2018

Local man dies in crash

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 11/12/2018

Police charge two Saranac Lake men with making meth

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 10/2/2018

Fire Damages Clubhouse Roof at Whiteface Lodge "Mutual Aid-Lake Placid"

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 9/26/2018

Upper Saranac house loses part of roof to fire

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 8/24/2018

Lightning strikes veterans club, sparking small fire

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 8/15/2018

Fire rips through Gabriels home "Mutual Aid-Paul Smiths Gabriels"

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 8/3/2018

Wildland fire in Onchiota "Mutual Aid-Bloomingdale"

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 7/22/2018

Fire burns garage, home in Tupper Lake over weekend "Mutual Aid-Tupper Lake"

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 6/6/2018

Missing kayaker found unharmed on Middle Saranac

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 5/26/2018

Fire Destroys Couples Home in Lake Clear

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 5/7/2018

Police: U-turn leads to crash

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 5/3/2018

Mobile meth lab busted in downtown Saranac Lake

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 4/28/2018

Smokey scare at Trudeau Institute

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 4/6/2018

Winds-day: Gusts down trees, knock out power

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 4/5/2018

A not-so-good Friday fire "Mutual aid to Tupper Lake"

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 3/21/2018

One-car crash on Route 3 this morning

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 3/1/2018

Fire ravages Tupper Lake home "Mutual aid to Tupper Lake"

Adirondack Enterprise 2/16/2018

Car and school bus collide on Forest Home Road

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 2/5/2018

Pipe bursts at bank

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 1/10/2018

Sprinkler breaks at nearly finished Hotel Saranac

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 1/3/2018

Fire Claims Saranac Lake Home

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 12/29/2017

Firefighters knock down wildland fire

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 10/23/2017

Ray Brook collision injures one

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 9/26/2017

Head-on collision injures people near Saranac Lake

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 8/28/2017

Passenger Plane Makes Emegency Landing at Adirondack Regional Airport-No Injuries

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 8/25/2017

Broadway Building Evacuated for Smoke

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 8/21/2017

Smoldering A/C unit contained at Saranac Lake Hospital

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 7/26/2017

Jack slips, car falls on Saranac Lake Man

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 6/13/2017

Collison sends two children, two women to hospital

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 5/17/2017

Three injured in Route 3 collision in Saranac Lake

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 5/13/2017

Fire Destroys Vermontville Home "Mutual Aid"

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 4/3/2017

Fire Contained In Wall of Belvedere Restaurant

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 3/28/2017

Fire Damages Adirondack Correctional Building

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 3/20/2017

Curtis Lumber Structure Fire

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 2/4/2017

Woman Rescued From Ice Near Oseetah Lake

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 2/6/2017

Fire Contained to Basement of Saranac Lake Home

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 1/21/2017

Family Loses Home to Lake Street Fire

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 1/16/2017

Shed Fire Extinguished

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 5/13/2016

Fire Guts Job Trailer

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 4/4/2016

Pick Up Truck Burns on State Route 3

Adiorndack Daily Enterprise 2/12/2016

Bloomindale School Evacuated (Mutual Aid)

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 2/1/2016

Driver Hurt In Two Car Collision

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 12/2/2016

Car Crash Almost Lands Car and Driver in Saranac River

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 11/23/2015

Woman Injured in Main Street Crash

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 11/4/2015

Two Motor Vehicle Accidents Keep SLVFD Busy 10/9/15

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 10/10/2015
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 10/10/2015

Two Car Collision

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 10/6/2015

Tenants Evacuated After Electrical Fire

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 9/12/2015

Garage Destroyed, Race Car Damaged in Gabriels Fire (Mutual Aid)

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 9/11/2015

Woman Trapped in Car After Collision

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 8/27/2015

Hazmat Scare on Helen Hill

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 8/27/2015

Two Injured After Boats Collide

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 8/24/2015

Small Plane Crash Kills Four

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 8/8/2015   
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 8/8/2015 
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 8/10/2015
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 8/12/2015   
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 8/13/2015  

Major Structure Fire on Eve of Lake Placid Ironman (Mutual Aid)

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 7/25/2015  
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 7/26/2015  
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 7/27/2015 
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 7/28/2015  
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 7/28/2015 
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 7/29/2015

Fire Destroys Sugar Bush Home (Mutual Aid)

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 4/3/2014

House Attic Burns in Lake Placid (Mutual Aid)

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 3/19/2014

Snowmobile Fire

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 2/24/2014

Mutual Aid to Bloomingdale Camper Fire

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 2/20/2014

No 1 Chinese Restaurant Structure Fire

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 2/1/2014

Mutual Aid to Saint Regis Falls Structure Fire

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 2/1/2014

Mountain Lake School Building Fire "Mutual Aid Response"

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 1/20/14
Press Republican 1/21/2014
WPTZ

Hotel Saranac Basement Flood

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 12/24/2013

Fire Damages Vermontville Home "Mutual Aid Response"

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 12/17/2013
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 12/18/2013

Fire Destroys Home "Mutual Aid Response"

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 11/29/2013

Fire Consumes Mobil Home

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 11/27/2013

Driver Extricated From Car

Adirondack Enterprise 11/7/2013

DeChantal Apartment Fire

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 10/27/2013 
Press Republican 10/28/2013 
Firehouse Magazine 10/30/2013
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 10/30/2013
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 10/31/2013
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 10/31/2013
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 12/18/2013

Pool House at Ski Jumps Catches Fire "Mutual Aid Response"

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 9/24/2013
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 9/25/2013

Crash on Curve

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 9/13/2013

Garbage Truck Driver Injured in Bloomindale Rollover

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 7/29/30

Saranac Lake family stops fire in ceiling

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 5/27/2013

Brush Fire on Route 86 Contained

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 5/6/2013

Police Say Cell Phone Caused Crash

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 5/2/2013

Four Injured in Ray Brook Collision

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 4/23/2013

Dry Conditions Fuel Saranac Lake Wildfires

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 4/23/2013

Brush Fire Scorchs Roadside

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 4/22/2013

Injuries Reported From Ray Brook Collision

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 4/22/2013

Ice Fishermen Rescued From Lake

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 4/18/2013
Press Republican 4/18/2013

Stubborn Chimney Fire

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 3/26/2013

Fire Damages Brandy Brook Avenue Home

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 3/1/2013

Mutual Aid to Paul Smiths Structure Fire

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 2/11/2013
Press Republican 2/11/2013

Minor Injuries After Route 86 Crash

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 2/6/2013

Mutual Aid to Lake Placid, Fire Destroys Placid Boatworks, Cake Placid, and Ricks Taxi

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 1/26/2013  (Photo of Wilmington Firefighter Bill McGreevy)
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 1/26/2013
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 1/25/2013
Press Republican 1/25/2013
WPTZ 1/25/2013
WCAX 1/25/2013

Chimney/Structure Fire Extinguished, Franklin Avenue

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 1/17/2013

SUV Crashes, Injures Two

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 12/13/2012

Fire Damages Lake Clear Home

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 12/4/2012

Garage Destroyed, Home Saved

Adirondack Daily Enterpirse 11/29/2012

SLVFD Responds with Franklin County to Long Island in Wake of Hurricane Sandy

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 11/3/2012
North Country Public Radio (NPR)
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 10/31/2012

Fire Destroys Lake Clear House

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 10/22/2012

Mutual Aid "Blaze Damages Lake Placid Home

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 10/15/2012

SLVFD searches for overdue boat

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 10/5/2012

ARC van crashes on Lake Flower Avenue, No Injuries

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 10/5/2012

Boy, runaway motorboat rescued on Upper Saranac Lake

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 8/13/2012

Fire Destroys RV

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 8/2/2012

Storms Blast Region

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 7/19/2012
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 7/18/2012

Forest Fire Consumes 2 Acres Along Railroad Tracks

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 7/16/2012
Press Republican 7/14/2012
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 7/13/2012
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 7/13/2012
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 7/12/2012

Brush Fire Near Cresent Bay

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 7/13/2012

Brush Fire on Upper Saranac Lake

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 7/17/2012
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 7/11/2012

Motor Vehicle Accident, Forest Home Road

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 7/11/2012

Motor Vehicle Accident at Lake Clear Post Office

 Adirondack Daily Enterprise 7/9/2012

WPTZ 7/8/2012

Press Republican 7/8/2012

Minor Injuries as Cars Collide

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 7/6/2012

Five Treated after Car Crash

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 7/2/2012

SLVFD Provides Mutual Aid to Saint Regis Falls "Major Structure Fire"

Press Republican 5/26/2012

SLVFD Knocks Down 3 Story Apartment Building fire

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 11/14/2012
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 9/24/2012
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 6/4/2012
Press Republican 5/24/2012
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 5/23/2012

SLVFD Provides Mutual Aid to Lake Placid "Gap" Fire

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 4/3/2012
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 4/2/2012
Press Republican 4/3/2012

Kitchen Fire Triggers Sprinklers Above Rock Shop

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 3/22/2012

Three Hurt in Head-On Crash

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 3/15/2012

Head on Collision Route 3 near Coreys Road

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 3/5/2012

Head on Collision in Gabriels

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 2/24/2012
Press Republican 2/24/2012

Fire Damages Lake Clear Home

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 2/6/2012

Shed and Vehicle Burn

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 1/14/2012

SLVFD provides Mutual Aid, Apartment Building Fire in Tupper Lake, 11 Displaced

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 12/13/2011
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 12/12/2011
Press Republican 12/13/2011
WPTZ News 12/12/2011

Car Flips, Injures One

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 11/22/2011

Fire Contained to Wall of Saranac Lake Home

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 11/9/2011

Overheated Microwave Prompts Evacuation of High School

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 11/7/2011

SLVFD provides Mutual Aid, Major Structure Fire on Lake Street, Tupper Lake

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 11/4/2011
Adirondack Daily Enterprise 11/2/2011
WPTZ News Video 11/2/2011
Press Republican 11/2/2011
tupperlakefire.com News Release 11/2/2011

SLVFD responds to FCI Raybrook, Small Prison Fire

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 10/27/2011

SLVFD Responds to Cedar Street Fire

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 9/6/2011

SLVFD logs 14 calls during Hurricane Irene

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 8/29/2011

SLVFD provides Mutual Aid to Bloomingdale, Franklin Falls Camp Fire

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 8/15/2011

7/18/2011 Three Separate Fires Keep SLVFD Busy

Adirondack Daily Enterprise

5/28/2011 Spencer Boatworks Structure Fire

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 5/30/2011

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 5/28/2011

Press Republican 5/28/2011

5/26/2011 SLVFD Provides Mutual Aid to  Paul Smiths Gabriels VFD, Structure Fire

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 5/27/2011

Press Republican 5/28/2011

5/25/2011 SLVFD Provides Mutual Aid to Bloomingdale VFD, Structure Fire

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 5/25/2011

Press Republican 5/25/2011

5/19/2011 SLVFD Saves Man From Burning Apartment

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 6/13/2012

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 9/10/2011

Adirondack Daily Enterprise Letter to the Editor 5/27/2011

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 5/25/2011

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 5/21/2011

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 5/19/2011

5/14/2011 Forest Home Road Structure Fire

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 5/18/2011

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 5/16/2011

April/May 2011, Historic Flood, SLVFD Establishes Multiple Day Command Center

Adirondack Daily Enterprise Index of Flood Related Stories

4/22/2011 SLVFD Saves Tissot Construction, Structure Fire

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 4/22/2011

Adirondack Daily Enterprise 4/22/2011

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