ALBANY AIRPORT STABILIZATION CALL

On December 29th 2014, Colonie Fire Company was toned out to assist crews from Albany Int’l Airport, Verdoy and Shaker Road for an In-Flight Alert.  A fully loaded commercial airplane had become unstable on the apron after what appeared to have been an equipment malfunction.  Both the front and one side of the rear landing […]

ROMA FOODS BUILDING COLLAPSE

At approximately 9:30pm on November 23rd Colonie Fire Company was dispatched to the scene of an accident in Latham  involving a car crashed into a building.  Latham Fire Department was already on scene  and handled the extrication of two patients successfully.  The Town of Colonie Building Department called for the building to be shored up […]

Halfmoon Gravel Pit Rescue

Our crews were toned out for a rescue/extrication a little after 8pm on Friday August 29th.  The call was for a possible trench rescue in the town of Halfmoon in Saratoga County.  We Assembled our crews and deployed Rescue 2 and Squad 2, our Trench Rescue/Technical Rescue Unit. As more information became available the Job […]

Buckingham Drive – FAST Team

The CFC FAST (Firefighter Assist and Search) team was deployed to a structure fire call in Niskayuna a little after 6am on July 17th.  Upon arrival there was a heavy smoke condition and confirmed fire on the first floor.  The fire eventually spread to the second floor and up through the roof.  Our Crews immediately […]

Cardiac Arrest Reversal 7.3.14

On Thursday July 3rd, crews from Colonie Fire Company and Colonie EMS were dispatched to the home of an elderly patient in Cardiac Arrest.  Hearing the radio transmission, several members reported directly to the scene to start CPR.  Colonie EMS and several other CFC members followed shortly after with an AED and additional ALS equipment. […]

VLY ROAD SIGNAL 30 6.22.14

Crews from Colonie Fire Company, Fuller Road, Midway, West Albany and Stanford Heights were called to the scene of a Structure Fire on the afternoon of June 22nd.  Upon arrival a single family home was fully engulfed in flames. Multiple large diameter hose lines were deployed to try and bring the fire under control.  There […]