DEFREESTVILLE AND WYNANTSKILL BUSY WITH EMERGENCIES.(CAPITAL REGION)

The Defreestville Fire Department answered 49 emergency alarms in July, received a donation of a laptop computer from the MapInfo Corporation and had three members complete emergency medical re-certification training. The 49 calls in July brought the DFD total for alarms for 2002 to 283.

The July calls included 20 emergency medical service responses in cooperation with the North Greenbush Ambulance Association, nine rescue calls, nine alarm system activations, four structure fires, three hazardous condition alarms, two vehicle fires and two good intent false alarms. Department volunteers worked more than 318 hours at emergencies in July.

Chief Michael …