Our alarm system back in 1954 was rather primitive, but adequate, when
compared to today's. We started with approximately 15 dispatchers
located near the fire stations. These people gave unselfishly of their
time for 10 years in answering our phones, sounding our alarms, and
relaying information to the fireman when they arrived at the stations.
In 1965 the District purchased 55 Radio Alerting Receivers and with
the aid of the Fairview Fire District, we embarked upon a first alarm
alerting system. In 1967, with 113 receivers in the homes of our
fireman, response time to incidents was reduced greatly. Our District
was one of the first six Fire Districts in the county to have first
alarm dispatching provided by the Dutchess County Bureau of Fire.
Today our alerting system consists of alerting our 108 volunteers via
pagers.
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