Main Transit Fire Department

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...

My son Tyler went to bed Sunday night with the thought of getting a good night's sleep in anticipation of his first day of college the next day. His sleep was interrupted by his fire pager going off at 12:30am Monday morning.

This past Saturday night was a very special evening for my wife and I as we attended my son's graduation from Firefighter One. The ceremonies took place at the Youngstown Volunteer Fire Company in Youngstown, NY.  Firefighter One is a very intense training course for fire fighters.  It is a requ...