Roxbury Volunteer Fire Department

Tuesdays and Thursdays are EMT classes for our members.

So far this year, there have been three significant fires in New York City & Philadelphia costing 30 people their lives (16 of which were children). The cause of two of these fires, were malfunctioning space heater's in bedroom's and failure of working smoke detectors. In our community we recently had 2-fire's. Luckily no injuries occurred.

Roxbury Volunteer FD can not stress this enough to please check your smoke detectors monthly & replace the batteries every 6 months. Smoke detectors do have an expiration date of 10 years. If your smoke detector is out of date please replace it. If your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors were installed after Sandy, most likely are out dated or will be this year.

To report an emergency call 718-634-2727
The coop will dispatch our Volunteers and notify 911 simultaneously.

Please follow the below listed guidelines for safely operating a space heater
*Keep the heater at least 3 feet away from anything that can burn, including people.
*Choose a heater with a thermostat and overheat protection.
*Place the heater on a solid, flat surface.
*Make sure your heater has an auto shut-off mechanism to turn the heater off if it tips over.
*Keep space heaters out of the way of foot traffic. Never block an exit.
*Keep children away from the space heater.
*Plug the heater directly into the wall outlet. Never use an extension cord.
*Space heaters should be turned off and unplugged when you leave the room or go to bed.

On January 29th at 7pm WABC (Ch.7) will air a special called "operation-7 "Save a life". Please tune in.

Operation 7 Save a Life | ABC7 WABC WABC-TV proudly presents Operation 7: Save a Life - a half hour special devoted to increasing public awareness about fire safety and hazards in the home.

Today, Santa will be escorted by the Roxbury Volunteer Fire Department. Listen for the sirens.

Just a reminder Santa will riding around Roxbury on Saturday, December 18th around 2pm.

Santa is coming to town! Escorted by the The Roxbury Volunteer Fire Fighters. Saturday, December 18th at 2pm. Listen for the sirens.

Flags placed at the Roxbury Fire house Memorial. 1-American Flag for each Member of the FDNY who died on 9-11

TBT

Bag left on the bench outside the Roxbury Volunteer Fire House.