It was a normal weekday and I strolled into the backroom of the Brewster Volunteer firehouse around noon. I had just awakened from my mid-morning nap. I greeted Billy May and the other guys in the Day Room. I poured myself a cup of coffee in order to wake up again and made a few corny comments to the guys. I then stated that I was going upstairs to my prison in the President's office to do ... (Full Story & Photos)

The American Red Cross is rallying volunteers, fire departments and partners to install FREE smoke alarms in the community!... (Full Story)

The following scholarships are now available through the Brewster Fire Department!

Please contact your school guidance counsellor for addition information.... (Full Story)

REST IN PEACE CHIEF TOM PALMER

It is with deep regret that the Brewster fire Department announces the tragic and untimely death of past Chief and past Commissioner Thomas H. Palmer.

In my almost fifty years as a member of the Brewster Fire Department, he had the most difficult calls of any Chief. As an Assistant Chief, he was at the scene of a horrific accident ... (Full Story & Photos)

" RUN TOWARDS THE TRAIN!" was the shouted order given by Chief Thomas Hughes. He was Chief from 1982 to 1985. During those years, we frequently had brush fires by the railroad tracks just south of the Brewster Railroad station. The train engines were FL 9's (Photos # 1 & 2) and sparks could be generated by the engine and/or the axles of the passenger cars. The FL 9 locomotives could run on ... (Full Story & Photos)