The 200-year history of the Peekskill Fire Department is evident: The names of fire horses remain on the walls of the Hook and Ladder firehouse. Today the Department has 24 career firefighters and approximately 200 volunteers who operate five firehouses in the city of Peekskill, with five engines, one aerial platform, two paramedic fly cars and one utility vehicle. The city owns four firehouses and rents space in a privately owned fifth firehouse. Plans are in motion to replace four of the five firehouses with a central firehouse. The six fire companies in the city of Peekskill are as follows:
Columbian Engine Co. 1
Cortlandt Hook & Ladder Co. 1
Washington Engine Co. 2
Columbian Hose Co. 1
Centennial Hose Co. 4
Peekskill Fire Patrol