The Hyde Park Fire Department began as two separate companies, Eagle Engine in 1845 and in 1880 Active Hose Company. In 1876 the company's shared quarters in the old Hyde Park school house, now the property of the Roosevelt Inn.. In May of 1893 the firehouse burned to the ground,, the members were able to save the pumper and hose wagon, but the ladder was destroyed. In 1902 the company's moved int
o a new station which they occupied until 1960. The old station is now home to the Hyde Park Historical Society. The company's responded together to alarms, they maintained their own identities and rotated the privilege of electing a chief every two years. In 1960 they officially merged into one becoming the Hyde Park Fire Department and moving to the current firehouse at 4306 Albany Post Road. The department today is 20 members strong and answers approximately 650 alarms annually. The members operate an Engine, a Tower Ladder, a Rescue Pumper and a Brush Truck.