General Warren Emergency Company #2

The Haverstraw Fire Department, Rockland County Department 4, consists of a Fire Council of one Chief Officer, four Assistant Chief Officers, and 10 Wardens who administer the Haverstraw Fire Department. Operationaly, the Fire Chief and his 4 assistants lead the Department at all non-EMS emergency incidents in the Village of Haverstraw, New York.
Companies

Rescue Hook and [...]

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The General Warren Emergency Co.#2 is pleased to announce its Officers and Delegates for 2009.
Line Officers:

Captain Bart Gordon
First Lieutenant Gary Nash

Department Officers:

Warden Andy Connors
Warden Matt Connors

Delegates to the 2009 Chiefs Convention:

Ex-Chief Joseph P Gordon 1964-1966
Ex-Chief Frank ‘Bud’ Wassmer 1991-1992
Ex-Chief Andrew Connors 1999-2000

Nominee for the Chief of the Haverstraw Fire Department:

Peter J. Rugg

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The age old method to alert the membership to a fire alarm fell upon a Village watchman, who after hearing a resident scream, or when finding a fire, would run to the Methodist Church on Fourth Street and ring the bell to alert the membership. The brickyards had steam whistles that would sound on the north side of town. Near the turn of the 19th [...]

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The Haverstraw Fire Department, Rockland County Department 4, consists of a Fire Council of one Chief Officer, four Assistant Chief Officers, and 10 Wardens who administer the Haverstraw Fire Department. Operationaly, the Fire Chief and his 4 assistants lead the Department at all non-EMS emergency incidents in the Village of Haverstraw, New York.
Companies

Rescue Hook and [...]

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Almost 14 years ago, there was a Mass Casualty drill on the Bowline Property. General Warren participated, and here are the video’s. Thanks to Joey
Click HERE for the Media page

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Found recently were Newspaper clippings Smokey had on the Haverstraw Fire Department, General Warren, and the Village. Again, these are Messenger clippings that he typed out and had filed.
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Part of our ongoing preservation effort, we have more interesting information on the Haverstraw Fire Department. Haverstraw Ex-Chief Smokey Fales (1933-34), who  was also Village Clerk, had gone through the Village Minutes and clipped any mentions of the Haverstraw Fire Department. What follows is basically the early history of the department as seen through the [...]

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For the first 80 years of the Haverstraw Fire Department, Leadership was in the form of 1 Chief and 2 Assistant Chiefs, who were duly elected from 3 of the  5 companies. Politics played a dominate role in the early Department, with firehouses the center of political life in the Village. Politics also played a [...]

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The 2008 Chiefs Inspection and Parade will be held Saturday May 17, 2008. Line up will be in its customary neighborhood. Step off at 3 PM.

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On February 14, 1859 the New York State Legislature passed an act which provided for, and regulated the election of a Chief and two Assistant Chiefs of the Fire Department of the Village of Warren, now Haverstraw, New York. The first convention held under this Act was on May 8 1859 in the United States Hotel , [...]

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