Editing Beekman, New York (section)

==Government and emergency services==

===Government===
Since 1907 Beekman has operated under a [[Council-manager government|Council-Manager form of government]]. The Town Supervisor is the chief administrative officer of the city selected to carry out the directives of the Council. The Manager monitors the city's fiscal condition and enforces its [[Local ordinance|ordinances]] and [[laws]]. The Town Supervisor is also involved in the discussion of all matters coming before Council yet has no final vote. The Town Board is the legislative body consisting of the Town Supervisor and four council members. The Town Supervisor serves as the presiding officer of the Council. The Council functions to set policy, approve the annual [[budget]], appoint the Town Supervisor and Town Clerk, and enact local [[laws]], resolutions & ordinances.

===Fire===
The Beekman Fire District serves the town of Beekman with the sole [[fire station]] located in the hamlet of [[Beekman, New York#Communities and locations in Beekman|Poughquag]] at 316 Beekman Poughquag Road.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.firedepartments.net/NewYork/Poughquag/BeekmanFireDistrict.html |title=Beekman Fire District - Poughquag, New York |access-date=April 3, 2008 |publisher=firedepartments.net |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408123101/http://www.firedepartments.net/NewYork/Poughquag/BeekmanFireDistrict.html |archive-date=April 8, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Beekman has been assigned a department ID number of "34". Firefighters in Beekman get alerted via paging through the [[Dutchess County Department Of Emergency Response]], which is located in [[Poughkeepsie, New York|Poughkeepsie]].

Beekman Fire District was the first {{Citation needed|date=April 2008}} fire district in Southern [[Dutchess County, New York|Dutchess County]], originating in 1937.<ref name="beekman history">{{Cite web |url=http://www.beekmanhistory.com/id46.html |title=Beekman Fire Department<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=June 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204172219/http://beekmanhistory.com/id46.html |archive-date=February 4, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Beekman was the first fire company formed within Dutchess County's 8 original towns in 1937,{{Citation needed|date=April 2008}} following East Fishkill Fire Department was formed, followed by Pawling. In 1977, Beekman was one of the first [[Volunteering|volunteer]] fire departments in the area to acquire the [[Hurst Tool]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beekmanfireco.com/documents/history.htm|title=Past Chiefs<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=beekmanfireco.com|access-date=April 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318170015/http://www.beekmanfireco.com/documents/history.htm|archive-date=March 18, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The fire department received the United States [[Life Safety Achievement Award]] for five consecutive years in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beekmanfireco.com/documents/rfsi2003.htm|title=The Beekman Fire Company has been presented with a Life Safety Achievement Award for the year 2003 by the Residential Fire Safety<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=beekmanfireco.com|access-date=April 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183608/http://www.beekmanfireco.com/documents/rfsi2003.htm|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The award recognizes local fire prevention that contribute to reducing the number of lives lost in [[Residential]] House Fires each year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://firesafehome.org/indexflash.html|title=Residential Fire Safety Institute: Operation Life Safety<!-- Bot generated title -->|website=firesafehome.org|access-date=April 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101025210/http://www.firesafehome.org/indexflash.html|archive-date=January 1, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Police===
Police protection to the Town of Beekman is provided by the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office and [[New York State Police]]. The DCSO have a substation located in the middle of town. When someone calls 911, the call is routed to the Dutchess 911 center in [[Poughkeepsie (city), New York|Poughkeepsie, New York]] and then police are polled for, and the closest unit responds. The [[MTA Police]] also cover the Depot Hill section of Beekman as the [[Metro-North Railroad]] [[Beacon Line]] passes through town with a grade crossing on Depot Hill Road.

===Medical===
Beekman has no medical facilities, but within a short distance from Beekman are three medical centers. [[Westchester Medical Center]], Saint Francis Hospital and [[Vassar Brothers Medical Center]] are located in nearby [[Poughkeepsie (city), New York|Poughkeepsie, New York]]. Putnam Hospital is located in [[Carmel, New York]] in [[Putnam County, New York|Putnam County.]]

===State facilities===
[[Green Haven Correctional Facility]] of the [[New York State Department of Corrections]] is in the town.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st36_ny/cousub/cs3602705452_beekman/DC20BLK_CS3602705452.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Beekman town, NY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-08-05|page=2 (PDF p. 3/3)}}</ref>