It was a quiet Saturday afternoon, when our neighbors to the north in Blauvelt (Dept. 1) were alerted for a structure fire on Glynn Oval, On arrival, Chief Chondris advised they had a working house fire. About 10 minutes into the operation, the initial F.A.S.T. from Central Nyack FD (Dept. 2) went to work and as a result, Tappan F.D. was toned out to respond as a F.A.S.T. to the scene. Our team ... (Full Story & Photos)

This morning just after 7am our FAST team was requested to respond into Old Tappan for a working house fire. As 21-1 and 21-2 arrived on scene they notified the incoming FAST team to set up by command. Our FAST team was on standby while the house fire was extinguished and then Old Tappan fire department asked a few of our members to relieve a few of their members. Our FAST team was released from the ... (Full Story & Photos)

This year has been a big year for the Tappan Fire Department; sadly with the loss of our 21-1250 the District was forced to move quickly and purchase our new 21-1502 to meet the needs of our community. Secondly the district went ahead and purchased 21-TSU to help meet the demands of pump outs and other miscellaneous tasks around our district.

On April 6th, 2018 Chief Michael Holihan 21-1 ... (Full Story & Photos)

It has been said many times that the most effective method of fighting fire is to prevent it from starting. For this reason, Fire Prevention is an important part of the Tappan Fire Department's involvement with our community. Although we hold Fire Prevention programs year round, every October kicks off the National Fire Prevention Week campaign. During Fire Prevention Week, we conduct Fire Safety ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Wednesday, May 16th, 2018 at 5:54 am, Tappan Fire Department was dispatched to Old Orangeburg road for a reported structure fire. Upon arrival we were immediacy put to work to assist Orangeburg Fire Department vent the roof and extinguish the fire. ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Tuesday May 15th, 2018 two of members received awards from the Orangetown Highway Department at their annual awards ceremony. Ex-President George Garrecht V received a cleanup coordinator award for organizing the annual “Great Tappan Cleanup” which hosted over 100 volunteers who helped clean up our community. Asst. Engineer CJ Heffernan received the “Highway Hero” award which is given to an individual ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Wednesday May 2nd, 2018 at 6:03pm the Tappan Fire Department responded mutual aid to Orangburg Fire Department at the scene of a large brush fire. The fire was found on Clausland Mountain in the Southwest of Nike Lane. The fire was filanlly extinguished at approximately 8:15pm and all personnel were withdrawn from the area after performing a “fire break.” ... (Full Story & Photos)

On Saturday April 28th, 2018 at 10:00am, we hosted an open house in conjunction with the Recruit NY movement. This was in hope to inspire the public to come join us protect our community and become a Volenteer Firefighter. We hosted several events throughout the day, but not limited to, how to throw a ladder on a building, how we go bout cutting a roof to vent a fire, how we stretch a hose line through ... (Full Story & Photos)

This past Friday night April 23rd, the new officers were sworn in at the annual installation/inspection dinner. We would like to thank our out going Chief Wayne Werner and out going association President George Garrecht for their time and service to the department and community. We would like to congratulate all the new elected officers that have taken their new positions, we look forward to working ... (Full Story)

Earlier today we had a lot of help from the community with helping us clean up Tappan. We walked the streets picking up trash alongside of the roads. Today was a perfect day weather wise but also because it is Earth Day today. We want to give a quick shout out to NoCO Catering for the lunch you served us. Overall today was a very successful day and the streets look so much better!... (Full Story)