The volunteer fire department also serves unincorporated areas of Ossining and Mount Pleasant.

The village's municipal building and first permanent firehouse was built in 1914 in downtown Briarcliff Manor.

In 1963, the Briarcliff Manor Village Hall was constructed, again housing the fire and police departments.

[4] The department's fire district protects about 8,000 residents, and spans 5 square miles (13 km2) within Briarcliff Manor and unincorporated portions of the towns of Ossining and Mount Pleasant.

[5] The corps answers over 500 emergencies per year and participates in the Tri-Community Fly Car Program to provide advanced life support.

The company's first equipment was a 1901 hand-drawn chemical apparatus, with a tank containing a mixture of water and sodium bicarbonate; during a fire, sulfuric acid was added to propel the solution through the hose.

[8] The chemical apparatus, which was only suitable for small fires, was supplemented in 1902 with a steam-operated pumper and a hose wagon, both horse-drawn.

At the time, the fire company housed its equipment and horses at the Briarcliff Farms' Barn A (present-day St. Theresa's School) and used the Wheelwright shop as a meeting room and for social events.

In the following year an alarm bell was purchased, replacing first a suspended railway iron and sledgehammer in a barn, which was followed by an ineffective steam whistle.

[8] After a large fire at Miss Knox's School in 1912, the village purchased its first motorized vehicle, an American LaFrance pumper truck.

In 1914, the Briarcliff Manor Municipal Building was constructed to house the government and fire engines, and the department established sub-stations, which were discontinued in 1921.

[12][13] During the Great Depression, uniforms were again nonstandard, similar to the early years of the fire department.

The department received a trailer-type pump unit in 1944; it was loaned to the village by the Office of Civil Defense and was an auxiliary to the existing equipment.

In September 1972, the Briarcliff Manor Board of Trustees formed the Scarborough Engine Company,[8] which purchased a Mack pumper in 1974.

[8]: 100  In 1974, the company moved from the church garage to a new $110,725 brick firehouse on Scarborough Road, designed by Pellaton and Chapman.

[8] During the September 11 attacks in 2001, the department sent some of its engines to the Bronx to cover for units that had left for the World Trade Center.

[20] On October 1, 2010, the department dedicated the Scarborough firehouse, which was rebuilt in one year at a cost of $1.3 million.

Upgrades included a second bay, a meeting room, 14-foot-high garage ceilings, and expanded parking.