The Vista Fire Department would like to congratulate Foreman Ryan Ruggiero on completing the "ICS-300" class at the Putnam County Emergency Services Building in Carmel, New York!

Foreman Ruggiero completed the 24-hour course described as the following:

"This course is designed to enable senior staff personnel to operate efficiently during an incident or event within the Incident Command System (ICS). ... (Full Story & Photos)

This week's Monday drill was a "Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) Overview" for our members.

The "Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) Overview" drill had our Vista Fire Department personnel learning about the importance of CISD and how the CISD team would be activated when First Responders need the services they provide. Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) is a method of crisis ... (Full Story & Photos)

This week's Monday drill was a "Search & Rescue" drill for our members.

The "Search & Rescue" drill had our Vista Firefighters performing search & rescue operations by conducting searches for a trapped patient in a structure fire scenario. Once they located the patient, firefighters removed the patient out of the structure where Vista EMS personnel were awaiting the patient. This type of training ... (Full Story & Photos)

Don't forget to Change Your Clock, Change Your Batteries on November 3rd!

Use this checklist to find out if you are taking the rights steps to protect your family:

1. Count Your Smoke Alarms

Be sure there is at least one smoke alarm less than ten years old installed on every level of your home, including one in every bedroom and outside each sleeping area.

2. Change Your Smoke Alarm ... (Full Story & Photos)

The Vista Fire Department welcomed the community to the Vista Firehouse this Halloween for our annual "Trick or Treat at the Vista Firehouse" event!

We would like to thank the community for stopping by on Halloween!

For more info on how you can become a member call: (914)-533-2727, email us at Info@VistaFD.org, visit https://www.vistafd.org/content/become/ or apply online here: https://www.vistafd.org/apply... (Full Story & Photos)