Seneca Hose Rescue 5 responded mutual aid to Newton Abbott for a garage well involved in fire.Crews worked on extinguishment and overhaul before returning to West Seneca.Seneca Hose Rescue 5 now responds to all reported Structure Fires in Newton Abbott’s First Due District. Newton Abbott responds to Seneca Hose with their FAST/RIT team for any confirmed working fires.Photos courtesy FBNY

Seneca Hose Chief 9, Engine 1, and Ladder 6 responded mutual aid to Reserve for the residential structure fire on Allendale Rd yesterday afternoon. Crews arrived to find heavy smoke and heat on the first floor and with a fire in the basement. Crews found heavy fire in the basement and made a quick knock on the fire limiting exposure and spread. Crews operated for just over an hour before returning in service. Photos courtesy of FBNY

Seneca Hose Rescue 5 was requested by Union 9 to a Burgandy Circle address for the vehicle through the structure with an occupant trapped inside. Rescue 5 arrived on scene and assisted crews from Union and Winchester with extricating the victim from the vehicle and stabilizing the structure.

At 20:00 hrs on Wednesday the 26th of August, Seneca Hose firefighters were dispatched to a reported motor vehicle accident with a vehicle on fire on the I-90 Westbound over Mineral Springs Road. Simultaneously, Winchester was dispatched to Mineral Springs under the Route 90 for a victim who fell from the overpass.Seneca Hose 9 arrived on the route 90 to find a tractor trailer well involved in fire with the tractor hanging over the overpass to Mineral Springs. Seneca Hose Rescue 5, Engine 1, Eng...

Seneca Hose Engine 1 responded mutual aid to Reserve for the smell of electrical burning in the residence on Windmill Rd. First arriving Chief, Reserve 9-1, found smoke showing from the 3 side reporting a possible attic fire. Crews found a kitchen fire with minimal extension. SH E1’s crew assisted with extinguishment and overhaul before returning to service. Departments assisting Reserve on scene:Vigilant Engine 1,Union Truck 2 and Rescue 5,Newton Abbott Rescue 3 (FAST)...

Seneca Hose Ladder 6 was requested mutual aid to Vigilant Fire Department, West Seneca District No. 6 for the commercial building fire.  Union 9 arrived to find a 100’x 40’ commercial structure with heavy fire showing from 4 sides. Ladder 6 arrived and positioned on the 4 side for defensive operations. Ladder 6’s crew operated master streams and performed a trench cut on the roof. Crews operated for approximately 6 hours before returning to District #5....

Seneca Hose Firefighters were called to 2 separate working incidents yesterday. West Seneca Dispatch received numerous calls on a working fire on Klas Ave. Seneca Hose 9 arrived to find a detached garage, fully involved in fire and spreading to an exposure (1 and a half story residence). The crew from MAP Engine 19 (Union 1) arrived and immediately deployed a hand line. While one Firefighter began knocking down the bulk of the fire as well as extinguishing the fire on the exterior of t...

Seneca Hose was dispatched for the tractor trailer leaking diesel fuel on the 90 East over Buffalo Creek this afternoon. Upon arrival, Chief 9 found a heavily damaged jack-knifed tractor trailer with a punctured saddle tank. The semi was blocking 3 of the 4 travel lanes of the Route 90 during rush hour traffic. Winchester Squad 3 responded as a “blocker” to protect units working on the scene. One patient was evaluated by AMR. The DEC was requested for approximately 75 gallo...

Seneca Hose firefighters were dispatched to a reported working fire on Marlow Rd this afternoon. Upon arrival, Seneca Hose 9-1 found heavy smoke and fire showing from the 1-4 side of the residence. Seneca Hose Engine 2 arrived and stretched a line to the second floor aggressively attacking the fire to limit the spread.Additional equipment and manpower was brought to the scene to assist with suppression and overhaul.As always, thank you to our mutual aid partners who are always there for us. Sene...

Last night, Ladder 6 responded mutual aid to Vigilant for the reported chimney fire. Luckily, the fire was minor and was contained with no damage.As a public safety reminder, if using a wood burning stove or chimney inside your residence, make sure to properly inspect and clean your chimney from blockage and creosote buildup.Blocked chimneys can lead to your house filling up with smoke by not properly venting or in worse case, the chimney starting on fire.

The past 24 hours have been busy for your Seneca Hose firefighters. We have had 10 calls for service including 3 major incidents.The first being a mutual aid call with the Erie County Technical Rescue Team to Zoar Valley for the report of hikers trapped on the side of a cliff. 5 Members from Seneca Hose responded with Rescue 5 and assisted with victim packaging and retrieval. Members operated on scene for approximately 6 hours before returning to West Seneca. While the team was out of town, a ro...

Seneca Hose Engine 1, Truck 6, and Rescue 5 responded mutual aid to Vigilant this morning for the residential structure fire. Crews worked to extinguish and overhaul for approximately an hour before returning to service.Photo Credit to ErieCoBlotter

Seneca Hose 5, 7-1, and our swift water rescue boat are currently still operating at an ongoing search and rescue in Zoar Valley. Crews from the West Seneca Water Rescue Team, as well as numerous other agencies from Erie, Cattaragus, and Allegany counties worked together to search for the victims.*UPDATE*Crews from the West Seneca Water Rescue Team located the 4 victims after a 2 hour upstream walk/swim. The victims were safe and with the assistance of Allegany Fire Department Technical Rescue T...

Seneca Hose Engine 1, Engine 2, Chief 9, and Chief 9-1 ran this vehicle fire in the district this morning.(Photos provided from bystanders)

Seneca Hose firefighters were requested mutual aid to the Blasdell Fire Department this afternoon for the structure fire in an occupied multiple dwelling.Ladder 6 and Chief 9 responded and began performing Truck Company operations. Seneca Hose’s crew eventually switched roles and manned an attack line to the second floor of the structure to begin knocking down fire conditions.Ladder 6’s crew operated on scene for just under 2 hours before returning to the Town of West Seneca.(Photos ...

Early this morning, the West Seneca Police Department notified Seneca Hose of an unconscious patient with a head injury under the Route 90 overpass to Cazenovia Creek.Upon arrival, Rescue 5’s crew, met with WSPD Officers who found a patient approximately 1/4-1/2 mile off-road, off of Seneca Street along Cazenovia Creek. An additional crew from Rescue 7-1 utilized our PistenBully All Terrain Vehicle to extricate the patient to the ambulance.

Seneca Hose Ladder 6, with 6 volunteers, and Chief 9 responded mutual aid to Union Fire Company for a fire outside of a 2nd floor apartment. Ladder 6 operated for approximately 45 minutes before returning to service.(Photos Courtesy of Don Murtha III)

Seneca Hose Chief 9, Engine 1, and Ladder 6 responded with 9 volunteers to the 219 north Saturday afternoon for the report of a vehicle fire.While enroute dispatch notified Chief 9 that the call was actually in Reserve’s district and dispatched them accordingly.Seneca Hose crews worked to extinguish the fire along with Reserve 9, Engine 1, and Engine 2.Photos from WIVB and NITEC.

Chief 9, Engine 1 (Chief 9-1 on board), and Rescue 5 responded mutual aid to the Winchester Fire Company this morning for a large mulch fire burning. Temperatures were in the single digits making for a difficult and long morning. Below is a picture of Engine 1's crew after the incident.