Woodbury Fire Dept Xmas Tree Bonfire: Public Welcome 6pm Saturday Jan 17th
Former Woodbury Fire Chief Bud Neal will lead off the annual public bonfire of Christmas trees Saturday Jan 17th at 6pm showing that a dry evergreen can flare into a hot, dangerous housefire at up to 2000 degrees Fahrenheit within seconds. Immediately afterwards the Volunteer Fire Dept will ignite the pyre of discarded trees in […]
Woodbury Firefighters Battle House Blaze on New Year’s Eve
Woodbury Firefighters and mutual aid companies successfully battled a house fire at 316 Weekeepeemee Road on New Year’s Eve, Dec 31st, 2025. No injuries were reported and Fire Chief Janet B. Morgan says the cause is under investigation. “We contained the fire to the room of origin and the roof in a full response,” she […]
Woodbury Firefighters Welcome Xmas Gift: A New Lithium-Powered Cut-Out Saw
Woodbury Firefighters happily received the $1,000 gift of a battery-powered DeWalt cut-out saw from Stanley Black & Decker, a worldwide group based in New Britain, CT. on Christmas Eve. Then they decorated adjoining streets with candlelight’s as part of the town’s Luminaria display and went back to business combating fires and performing rescues at the […]
Woodbury Firefighter Allyson Modica gives Santa a big hug at the volunteer department’s annual Christmastime dinner on Dec 10th at the 1754 House. Lee Warner, a retired firefighter, firmly denied he was dressed at Santa. “That was the real Santa Claus,” said Warner. “I am a lot younger, and I don’t know have any reindeer.” […]
Woodbury Firefighters Hand Out Free Ashcans At Ace Hardware Reopening on Saturday Nov 1st
The Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department handed out 30 free ashcans at Ace Hardware’s reopening under new ownership at the store’s Main Street location on Saturday Nov 1st. “It’s the time of year when we respond to chimney fires,” said Chief Janet B. Morgan. “Chimney Fires are a great danger to houses. Using a metal ashcan […]
Woodbury Firefighters and Ambulance Volunteers Rescue Dummy Victim from Acid Spill in Hazmat Drill
Woodbury Volunteer Firefighters and the town Ambulance Association joined forces Saturday October 25th in a hazmat (hazardous materials) drill to rescue a dummy victim lying in an acid spill. In the scenario devised by Firefighter Pano Koukopoulos, a non-English speaking assistant found his unconscious boss sprawled in liquid from a fallen 50-gallon drum of muriatic […]
WVFD Annual Halloween Open House
The Woodbury Volunteer Fire Dept will host its annual, non-scary Hallowe’en Open House from 5pm to 8pm on Friday October 31st. Firefighters offer candy and handouts plus tours of the firetrucks at the 25 Quassuk Road headquarters to kids. Some children dress as princesses, ballet dancers, or fairies. Others as pirates, skeletons, ghosts, and ghouls […]
Emergency Evacuation Exercise with Woodbury Fire Department and Nonnewaug High School Students
The Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department blocked off roads Wednesday morning Oct 22nd in an evacuation exercise that saw 670 pupils from Nonnewaug High School taken to a remote location before return to classes. In the photo Fire Chief Janet B. Morgan confers with fire, police, and school officials on a handheld radio at the Minortown […]
“Try the doorknob first” say Woodbury Firefighters in Forced Entry Drill
A dozen Woodbury Firefighters practiced using a chain saw on a steeply pitched roof and forcing open a bolted door in a drill Saturday Sept 27th. “It was sunny and mild but we are preparing for fires and rescue operations on cold, dark, icy winter nights,” said Fire Chief Janet B. Morgan. “This is a […]
Woodbury Firefighters Honor 9/11 Victims
In an annual ceremony marked by emotion, Woodbury Firefighters honored the 343 New York City firemen who died in the terrorist attacks that demolished the World Trade Center 24 years ago. Some 60 spectators joined the Hollow Park public event on Thursday Sept 11th 2025 before a Fire department honor guard, flag bearers from the […]