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Peekskill volunteer firefighters file suit against city, saying they are being pushed out
News 12 Staff
Updated on:May 24, 2021, 6:45pm EDT
Volunteer firefighters in Peekskill are filing a lawsuit against the city, saying they re being pushed out.
A flyer that has been circulated alleges that Peekskill is trying to dissolve the volunteer part of the fire department.
However, the Peekskill mayor says that is absolutely not true.
They say the city is simply making the fire chief role, which has historically been a volunteer role - a full-time, paid position.
The city says a staff chief can better supervise the department - whereas volunteer chiefs have other full-time jobs and priorities. It says its plan to change the chief role is to gain more volunteers, not dissolve them.
Photos: Train Crashes Into Car in Lower Hudson Valley
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On Monday around 3:15 p.m., Peekskill Volunteer Ambulance Corps was dispatched with Peekskill Fire Department and Cortlandt Peekskill Paramedics to the Peekskill railroad crossing for a motor vehicle accident involving a car and train.
A car was struck by a northbound Amtrak train at the Peekskill, Hudson Avenue, train crossing. Five ambulances from the Peekskill Volunteer Ambulance Corps all responded upon dispatch to the scene with the various other first responders arriving on the scene as well.
Upon arrival, it was determined that there were no injuries to those on the train and the occupant of the vehicle refused medical care, according to the Peekskill Volunteer Ambulance Corps