Fire Safety activities continued this week as firefighters visited the Canton Day Care and the Canton Head Start. A book was read to the children about firefighters, how they can look and sound scary but are not, with fire safety and prevention. Fire Prevention Officer Aldous let the children see and feel the protective turn out gear that firefighters wear, then firefighter Mike Tracy donned his ... (Full Story & Photos)

After a full week of fire station toursand school assemblies at both the Siena School and the Banford Elementary School, fire prevention week activities conclude. Students learned the importance of smoke alarms, keeping their door closed when sleeping, knowing two ways out, having a safe meeting place, and knowing their address if they ever have to call 911 in an emergency. Every student saw and ... (Full Story & Photos)

At 1957 the tones dropped for Canton Fire, Canton Rescue, and County Car 4 for a reported house fire at 58 West Main Street. Engine 6 and a crew had been doing training at the Midtown Plaza and were enroute at 2001, arriving at 2003 fully staffed. Tower 1 and Rescue 1 responded shortly thereafter along with County Car 10, covering for Car 4. The engine crew stretched a line into the house while the ... (Full Story & Photos)

On October 8th, Canton Fire was honored to host a Grain Bin Rescue training course. This course was sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension of St, Lawrence, Jefferson, and Lewis Counties and put on by an instructor from the National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS). Canton Fire, in 2015, was the recipient of a Nationwide Insurance grant the provided us with a grain bin rescue tube ... (Full Story & Photos)

Fire Prevention Week is off and running. Our first stop on Monday October 6, firefighters visited the Sienna School in Canton for a whole school assembly. Students were taught what to do when a smoke alarm is activated, having two ways to escape their home, having a safe meeting place, and how to call 911. After the assembly, students were able to go through a fire truck inside and out. Fire ... (Full Story & Photos)

At 1340 hours Canton Fire was dispatched to a reported garage and wildland fire at 152 Hayden Road in the town of Hermon, mutual aid to Richville Fire. They requested a tanker, manpower, and UTV-4. This was one of nearly a half-dozen wildland fires occurring simultaneously in the county. TA-20 responded at 1350, traveling the 20 miles to the scene and arriving at 1418 hours. Rescue 36 with UTV 4 arrived ... (Full Story & Photos)

At 1730 hours Canton Fire was dispatched mutual aid to Star Lake Fire for a reported working fire at the former Newton Falls Papermill. Star Lake units had arrived to find the office area of the abandoned paper mill fully involved in fire. After rapidly depleting their limited local resources, they determined that more help was needed from a further distance as this would be a manpower intensive operation ... (Full Story & Photos)

At 1645 hours, Canton Fire and Rescue was dispatched auto aid to Pyrites Fire for a hay bale on fire with fire spreading in the field. Canton Engine 7 was enroute at 1649. Chief Cary (4-2) and Chief Holcomb (4-4) arrived on scene moments later advising there was a round bale on fire which extended to the field and was spreading rapidly. Tanker 20 and Rescue 36 with UTV-4 checked enroute at 1653. Engine ... (Full Story & Photos)

Shortly before noon Friday, Canton Fire, Rescue and County Car 4 were dispatched to 1858 SH 68 for a 2 car, head on collision with unknown entrapment and a tourniquet being applied to a patient. Rescue 1 and Engine 8 checked Enroute at 1202 hours. Safety Officer Stripp (4-6) arrived on-scene and advised there was two patients, one with a severe arm laceration. Chief E. Johnson (4-3) arrived on-scene, ... (Full Story & Photos)

At 1329 hours, Canton Fire, Canton Rescue, and County Car 4 were dispatched to 3 Giffin Rd for power lines down with a possible field on fire. Chief E. Johnson (4-3) checked on scene at 1337 hours, confirming that there was a field fire with lines down and heavy winds were causing the fire to spread rapidly. Engine 8, R-36 with UTV-4 and Tanker 20 responded at 1341 hours. 4-3 also requested Pierrepont ... (Full Story & Photos)