Stuff a truck was a huge success!! On Friday November 28th, Canton Fire members stood by in freezing temperatures with occasional snow showers gathering donations from the community members and local businesses for the Church and Community Program's food pantry. Many items were donated and at the end of the night our rescue truck, R-36, was stuffed. On Saturday, all items along with a few money ... (Full Story & Photos)

The Canton Fire Department, in conjunction with the Canton Church and Community Center, invites you to "Stuff a Truck" from 4 pm - 8 pm during the Holiday of Lights festivities in the Village Park on November 28, 2025. We will be collecting groceries, household, and personal hygiene items to help those community members who are in need. All items donated will be turned over to Canton's Church and ... (Full Story & Photos)

As members were cleaning up Rescue 1 from the first accident, St Lawrence County Car 4 requested Canton Fire to the scene of another car into a tree in on County Route 14 in the town of Lisbon with confirmed entrapment. Rescue 1 was en route immediately at 0610 hours, arriving on scene nine minutes later. The crew got to work with the Hurst extrication tools (Jaws of Life and Cutters) to remove the ... (Full Story & Photos)

At 0509 hours, Canton Fire, Canton Rescue and County Car 4 were dispatched along with Morley Fire to the vicinity of 631 Sykes Road for a report of a car into a tree. Rescue 1 was enroute at 0517 hours. Upon arrival, crews found a sedan off the road into a tree on the edge of a swamp. The two victims were still in the vehicle. Canton Fire personnel assisted Canton Rescue in removing the patients and ... (Full Story & Photos)

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)