Rye firefighters open up drain, coax animal through exit after two-hour ordeal.
Colasacco said that at times, only one city firefighter is on duty at the Milton Point firehouse, which he considers inadequate staffing.
The Rye Fire Department received a call about a car engine fire at gas station, located at 1 Boston Post Road near the Mamaroneck border.
After breaking the surrounding ice, one Rye firefighter safely retrieved Scout from the pond and swam her back to shore.
Emergency personnel took an inflatable boat to the scene where the hiker fell in the Marshlands on Sept. 2.
Firefighters extricated a driver on I-95 Sunday morning following a multi-car crash just under the Boston Post Road Bridge.
The two drivers involved in the crash were able to get out of their vehicles on their own.
Officials were able to geo locate the hiker's phone to determine her whereabouts.
Prior contract negotiations between the city and both police and fire unions were at times rancorous, leading to bouts of arbitration and even delays related to litigation.

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