The Cayuga Heights Fire Department (CHFD) is an all-volunteer department that depends on members of the community to provide fire protection and advanced life support EMS services to the residents of the Village of Cayuga Heights, Town of Ithaca, Cornell University, and surrounding Tompkins County.
The department's approximately 50 firefighters operate two rescue engines, a ladder truck, and an ALS rescue vehicle.
The Cayuga Heights Fire Department is a 100% volunteer organization made up of local area residents as well as undergrad and graduate students. All required gear and training is provided, free-of-charge to volunteers.
If being a volunteer Firefighter/EMT interests you, please email us at membership@chfd.net.
We post regular updates on fires, major incidents, community outreach, and recruitment in our news section. In addition, we are also active on Facebook, and Instagram. Click on the links to go to our pages.
