Firefighters

Every Thursday we salute more of Western New york's Hometown Heroes with our Volunteer Fire Company of the Week feature. These are the men and women who get out of their warm beds at 3am to help people they don't even know. Day or night, these volunteer fire fighters are there helping you and your loved ones...

This week's Volunteer Fire Company of The Shelby Volunteer Fire Company in Orleans County. EMS Lieutenant John Miller provided us with their story: The Shelby Volunteer Fire Company was founded on June 8, 1949 and operates out of two stations protecting the Town of Shelby in Orleans County New York...

Here is a history of the Highland Hose Volunteer Fire Company located in Derby, NY courtesy of firefighter Mike Wiley: 1937 A small group of men saw the need for additional fire protection in their small community. So they sought out and received their charter and formed Highland Hose...

Every Thursday we salute more of our hometown heroes with the "Volunteer Fire Company of the WeeK'. This week's honors go to Live Hose Company #4 of North Tonawanda. member Rebecca Ruppel shares their story: Our fire company was founded in 1887, and consists of a half paid and half voluteer fireighters. Our...

Congratulations to this week's Hometown Heroes: The Village of Farnham Volunteer Fire Company. Here is their story: The Village of Farnham Fire Department was founded August 7, 1923 and incorporated May 1, 1959. It is located in the Town of Brant nestled between routes 5 and 20...

Time to salute some more of Western New York's Hometown Heroes: The William C. Edmund Fire Company. Firefighter Heather Hyde shares their story: Our company was established in 1936 by William C. Edmund and a few other supporters.   Located in East Otto, in Cattaraugus County, we are a small company of about 30 active members.  We may ...

It was three years ago today, August 24, 2009, that two Buffalo firefightes were killed in the line of duty when the floor of a deli on Genesee Street fell in on them. Lieutenant Chip McCarthy and firefighter Jonathan Croom were searching for someone reported trapped inside.  Turns out, there was nobody inside.

Congratulations to this weeks Hometown Heroes: The Sheldon Volunteer Fire Company.  The Sheldon Volunteer Fire Company  has been active since the year 1922 and has approximately 30 members that give their all when the alarm sounds and at our fund raisers. They rec...

Congratulations to this week's Volunteer Fire Company of the week: The Scranton Volunteer Fire Company was formed in 1933. Shortly after, the company purchased its first piece of motorized fire apparatus, a 1914 Ford Model "T" Chemical Truck from the Village of Hamburg for $1...

This is John La Mond and welcome to our new feature on the website: The Volunteer Fire Company Of The Week. Every Thursday, we are spotlighting a different volunteer fire company from Western New York. I think it is very important that we salute these hometown hereos...

There are many people in our community who never get the proper recognition they deserve. One group in particular is our many community volunteer fire departments. These men and women are volunteering their time and energy to protect you and your home and property...

I never realized how important firefighters are until my son joined our local fire company: The Main Transit Fire Department. I can't even tell you how he made the decision to be a volunteer. I never did that and neither did my father. Think about this: What kind of person gladly gets up in the middle of the night and leaves their warm bed to go help someone they don't even know...