East Kingston Volunteer Fire Company

07/09/2026

07/04/2026

Our thoughts and prayers are with the Cottekill Fire Department and everyone involved during this difficult time.

03/19/2026

2025 East Kingston Fire Department appreciation award was presented to Mike Naccarato. Mike is one of our board of directors. Mike helped to secure a brand new elevator for our station 1, he also designed the new heat system at our station 2, along with new lighting for our hall. Mike your dedication to helping in anyway especially on these big projects is appreciated. congratulations and thank you!

03/19/2026

2025 member of the year Jennifer Harvey,
Jenn went above and beyond for what a department could ask for. Jenn is one of our newest interior firefighters after completing the state required class in 2025.
Congratulations and thank you for your dedication!

03/19/2026

This past weekend we held our annual banquet for 2025 for our department. We would like to thank the members of the Ruby Fire department for hosting us, as always the food and hospitality was amazing.

As always we cannot do this without our members. We answered 275 calls for service in 2025.
We would like to thank all of our members for their dedication, this is a list of the top 12 responders:

Bill McDermott - 243
Randy Woolsey - 215
Jennifer Harvey - 198
Michael Drury - 133
Pat Vanwagenen - 113
Chuck Phillips - 106
Madison McDermott - 95
Tom Martin - 73
Jason Drury - 70
Garry Kiernan - 64
Megan Miller - 59
Matt Watzka - 57

03/16/2026

03/03/2026

02/08/2026

At 17:49 on Friday 2/7/25 East Kingston was dispatched to a reported couch fire. A 2nd alarm was requested due to smoke, fire and conditions.
Units assisting on the scene were Ulster Hose, Glasco, Sawkill, Rhinebeck, City of Kingston FAST, and Esopus with manpower due to extreme temperatures. Ruby and Port Ewen standing by in East Kingston stations for additional calls. Central Hudson, Empress, UCFIU and Ulster Town Highway assisted on scene.

02/02/2026

No experience needed!

Officials say Broome County has lost more than half of its volunteer firefighters in the last 25 years.