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 […]
Advance Notice of 9/11 ceremonies
Woodbury Volunteer Firefighters welcome the public to the annual 9/11 memorial ceremony on Thursday Sept 11th in Hollow Park at 08:45am. The brief event remembers the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001 that killed 343 New York City Firefighters among the total estimated 3,000 dead. Fire Chief Janet B. Morgan and the […]
Woodbury Firefighters at End of Labor Day Weekend Carnival
The Woodbury Volunteer Fire Dept rounded up all its firefighters and partners for a photo of them as chefs, servers, and waitpeople at the successful close of the three day annual Labor Day carnival that marks the start of the school year and the end of summer. The firefighting group took a break from battling […]
Woodbury Firefighters Carnival
The Woodbury Fire Department’s carnival was off to a roaring success with happy customers at the Labor Day weekend event. “We are also so happy about the new raffle prize of a community basket,” said Fire Chief Janet B. Morgan. “Our target was a thousand dollars in value,” she added, “and donations ended up worth […]
Woodbury Fire Dept Carnival Labor Day Weekend
The annual Woodbury Volunteer Fire Dept carnival will take place in Hollow Park from Thursday Aug 28th through Saturday Aug 30th starting at 6pm each night and ending at 10pm. “We really don’t make any money from this,” said Fire Chief Janet B. Morgan, “Entry is free and it’s a community event to mark the […]
Woodbury Firefighters March in Marine Cadence at Bridgewater Parade
The Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department stepped out smartly at the Bridgewater Country Fair Parade on August 15 as Firefighter Jason Hatstat, a former Marine, called cadence for the contingent. Pictured from left: Matthew Daly Lehman, Matt Gereg, Fire Capt. Steve Cunningham, Nick Kiessling, Raphael Sbarge, Mel Brenner, and Fire Lt. Hatstat. Behind are Mitch Chester […]