Volunteer Fire Company of the Week

Congratulations to this week's Hometown Heroes: The Eggertsville Hose Company. Here's their story:  The Eggertsville Hose Company is one of the busiest volunteer fire companies in Western NY with over 1000 responses annually. The Eggertsville Hose Company (EHC) is located in the Town of Amherst just north of the City of Buffalo.The ...

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...

Congratulations to this week's Volunteer Fire Company of the Week: The Bennington Volunteer Fire Company. Personally, I go back a long time with this fire company. I used to host a lot of country jamborees there back in the late 1980's. One of their members helped to save my life back in 1989 when I was accidentally shot in the head in a field in Bennington...

Congratulations to this week's hometown heroes: The Saint Johnsburg Volunteer Fire Company. Here is their story: Our department was founded in 1926 by a group of concerned citizens that felt there was not enough adequate fire protection in the Town of Wheatfield, NY...

Congratulations to this week's Volunteer Fire Company of the Week: The Rapids Volunteer Fire Department. Rapids Volunteer Firefighter Chris Furlong shares their story with us: Hello, I'm a Fire Fighter at Rapids Vol. Fire Dept. we were founded in 1935, located in the Town of Lockpot in Niagara County, NY...

This week's Volunteer Fire Company of the Week is The Harris Hill Volunteer Fire Company. Here is some information about these Hometown Heroes and their fire company: Harris Hill Volunteer Fire Company was started January 7th, 1937 with fifty brand new firefighters and finally established a district in early 1939...

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...

Congratulations to this week's Volunteer Fire Company of the week: The Big Tree Volunteer Fire Company in Hamburg, NY. Thank you for the wonderful job you do. You folks are this week's Hometown Hereos. The old Big Tree Community Hall was purchased from the Forbush Lumber Company to serve as our first firehall...

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...