g and transmittal
3 Apparatus
4 Notable people
5 See also
6 Notes
7 References
8 Further reading
9 External links
Organization[edit]
A brass bell displayed beside a sidewalk and trees
The fire bell of the Municipal Building is now a memorial bell in front of the new fire station
Uniformed men marching down a street
Department members and engines at Briarcliff Manor's Memorial Day parade
Operationally, the department is nominally organized into three fire companies, each led by a chief:[3]

Briarcliff Fire Company
Briarcliff Manor Hook & Ladder and Rescue Company
Scarborough Engine Company
The fire department has two stations; its headquarters at the Briarcliff Manor Village Hall (housing the Briarcliff fire companies) and another on Scarborough Road (housing the Scarborough Engine Company).[4][5] The department has approximately 150 members, including a fire chief and two assistant chiefs who are paid nominally and are not village employees.[4]

Ambulance corps[edit]
The Briarcliff Manor Fire Department Ambulance Corps operates two state-certified ambulances with basic life-support capabilities. The corps answers over 500 emergencies per year and participates in the Tri-Community Fly Car Program to provide advanced life support.[6]

History[edit]
Early 1900s[edit]
A man in a white coat and fire helmet holding a brass horn
Frederick Messinger, founder
Briarcliff Manor's fire company existed for more than a year before Briarcliff Manor's incorporation. Frederick C. Messinger (a fireman in Kingston for ten years) and thirteen local men founded the private fire company in 1901.[3] Thirty-six men became the company’s charter members on March 4, 1902, and dues were set at 25 cents per month. On April 15 of that year, the company took the name Briarcliff Steamer Company No. 1. The company’s first equipment was a hand-drawn chemical apparatus, with a tank containing a mixture of water and sodium bicarbonate. Sulfuric acid would be added to the tank, creating carbon dioxide, which would propel the solution through the hose and help extinguish the fire. That first apparatus was white, which Messinger thought more visible than the conventional red in a village without street lights,[nb 2] and the village's engines remain white.[8]