Editing Beekman, New York (section)

===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>