Putnam Engine and Hose Co. #2

01/10/2025

This morning members responded to a call involving live wires that were down and burning.🔥

01/10/2025

Custom 6ft Loose Table Cover for Putnam Engine and Hose Co. #2 in Port Chester, NY! 🔥🚒
Putnam Engine and Hose Co. #2

11/16/2024

Port Chester firefighters battle a fire that damaged Marcelo’s Auto Body on North Main Street in Port Chester Nov. 14, 1998.

09/28/2024

One of the longest-serving firehouses in Westchester County, Putnam and Mellor Engine and Hose Company Firehouse, also known as the South Main Street Firehouse, was constructed in 1888 in the Queen Anne style. The building was home to the Putnam Engine and Hose Company, which was founded in 1854, and Mellor Hose Company, which was separated from the Putnam company in 1894. The firehouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and is the only firehouse in Westchester County to have received such a designation.

Unfortunately, the building had to be abandoned as an active firehouse in 1995 following a rock slide behind the structure. Putnam and Mellor were temporarily displaced and eventually relocated to their current home – the South End Fire Station (51-53 Grace Church Street, Port Chester, NY). This new firehouse was completed in 2001 and the South Main Street Firehouse was demolished in 2007.



Source: Patrick Raftery on behalf of Westchester County Historical Society. “Putnam and Mellor Engine and Hose Company Firehouse.” Clio: Your Guide to History. June 2, 2020.

09/11/2024

Never Forget September 11, 2001

09/08/2024

WCPD / Public Information Office

Westchester County Police are investigating a fatal collision caused by a wrong-way driver this morning on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Rye Brook.

At 5:08 a.m., County Police received several 911 calls reporting that a vehicle traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of travel had collided with another car. The location was approximately a half mile south of King Street.

Upon arrival, officers found that one of the vehicles was fully engulfed in flames. The driver of that car was pronounced deceased at the scene. He has yet to be identified.
The driver of the wrong-way vehicle was removed from his car and taken by ambulance to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, where he is receiving medical care.

The full circumstances of the collision remain under investigation by Patrol officers, members of the Accident Investigation Team and detectives from the General Investigations Unit.

Traffic continues to be diverted off the northbound Hutchinson River Parkway at Ridge Street. One lane of travel on the southbound side of the parkway also remains closed due to the ongoing investigation.

Additional information on this incident is not anticipated to be available until tomorrow.

09/03/2024

Richard G. Nickerson, a 70 year member of Putnam Engine and Hose Co. #2.

Funeral Services:

Wake: 4pm-8pm
Thursday September 5th
Coxe and Graziano Funeral Home
134 Hamilton Ave, Greenwich CT 06830

The department will assemble at 6:30pm.

Funeral Mass: 11am
Friday September 6th
Sacred Heart Church
38 Gold St, Byram CT 06830

All members are urged to attend in Full Dress uniforms.
We will have food and soft drinks at the South End Firehouse after. All family and friends are welcomed to come.

09/03/2024

First due at a small rubbish fire that was quickly knocked down this early morning by members on scene. 🔥

Reliance Engine & Hose Company #1

Port Chester Fire Department

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09/02/2024

It is with heavy hearts and deep regret that Putnam Engine & Hose Co. #2 announce the passing of our brother Richard G. Nickerson who dedicated over 70 years of service to the Village of Port Chester and the entire community.

Richard G. Nickerson embodied the true spirit of dedication, his commitment to serving others and ensuring the safety of our community was both unwavering and selfless.

Our hearts extend to his wife Marcel Nickerson, Richard Nickerson, Billy Nickerson, Nancy Nickerson and the whole Nickerson family. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. We will keep you posted on further details.

09/01/2024

08/24/2024

Posted up at Lyons Park in Port Chester. What a great day for it.

08/22/2024