As 2020 comes to a close we are reflecting back on another busy year for the SVFD! In total during the year 2020 the SVFD responded to 2,616 calls for service with 755 being fire calls and 1,861 EMS and 57 Personal Injury Accidents where both Fire and EMS are dispatched. 2020 was a very challenging year for us all but especially here in emergency services trying to mitigate the global pandemic. Somers Fire/EMS continues to be one of the busiest agencies in Westchester County. A breakdown of some of the call types as dispatched is as follows:

BRUSH FIRE: 32
PUBLIC ASSIST: 2
PIAA-EXTRICATION: 6
STRUCTURE FIRE: 42
CO ALARM: 21
COMMERCIAL ALARM: 134
RESIDENTIAL ALARM: 173
ALARM- TROUBLE: 1
FLUID SPILL: 5
HAZ-MAT: 1
ELECTRICAL HAZARD: 84
HAZARD- TREE: 23
HAZARD- TREE ROAD: 13
CO-NO SYMPTOMS: 35
CO-YES SYMPTOMS: 6
INSIDE ELECTRICAL HAZARD: 3
INSIDE SMOKE/ODOR: 27
OUTSIDE SMOKE/ODOR: 10
MUTUAL AID- FIRE: 21
VEHICLE FIRE: 9
TECHNICAL RESCUE: 10
ANIMAL RESCUE: 2
APPLIANCE MALFUNCTION: 2
ELEVATOR RESCUE: 3
INVESTIGATION: 17
LOST PERSON: 1
LOCKOUT- STRUCTURAL: 3
LOCKOUT- VEHICLE: 2
INVESTIGATION- WATER: 4
PROPERTY DAMAGE AUTO ACCIDENT: 4
PERSONAL INJURY AUTO ACCIDENT: 57
LIFT ASSIST: 62

The busiest apparatus were:
Rescue 20 (Lincolndale) with 297 runs
Engine 181 (Amawalk) with 260 runs
Ladder 48 (Somers) with 185 runs
Engine 185 (Granite Springs) with 167 runs

During 2020 the SVFD also conducted:
201 formal department drills totaling 574 man hours.
111 In-house standby's totaling 659 man hours.

The officers and members of the SVFD wish everyone a happy and healthy 2021, hopefully you don't need our services but if you do we are here to help!