Sunday March 9th is "Daylight Savings". The residents of Vista and many others, will turn their clocks forward. On Sunday we ask that you change the batteries in your smoke detectors, and carbon monoxide detectors. Even if your detector is "hard wired" check to see if it has a battery back up.

This is also a good time to make sure everyone in your home knows where to go and meet up outside in case ... (Full Story & Photos)

The Vista Fire Department would like to warn everyone of a hidden hazard that you probably have in your home. Ordinary 9 Volt batteries can be dangerous if just tossed in a drawer or container with other metal objects or batteries. Please watch the attached video from Inside Edition to see how this can happen and to learn how to make your home safer!

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For Super Bowl XLVIII the Vista FD had a special guest; Jeff Hephner from the hit TV show Chicago Fire. Jeff Hephner, known as “Clarke” on the show, spent the evening watching the Super Bowl with us and telling us about his experience working around the Chicago Fire Department. Thanks for stopping by Jeff, you're welcome back anytime!... (Full Story & Photos)

On Saturday January 25th at 8:05pm the Vista Fire Department was dual dispatched along with the South Salem Fire Department to a reported structure fire at 222 Kitchawan Road in the Vista Fire District. 60 Control (Dispatch Center) updated Car 2561 (Vista FD Chief Bill Dingee) for a firefighter on scene with a house fully involved. With that update, Chief Dingee requested the 1st alarm assignment ... (Full Story & Photos)

At 12:26pm the Vista Fire Department along with the South Salem Fire Department were dispatched to a reported structure fire at 15 Tommys Lane. Within 2 minutes Vista Engine 141 with a full crew was responding. Once on scene, Car 2562 (Assistant Chief Jeff Peck) updated the address to 17 Tommys Lane with a heavy attic fire, and he requested the 1st alarm bringing in Pound Ridge Tanker, Goldens Bridge ... (Full Story & Photos)