BROCKPORT RESIDENT ALAN C. WAY ELECTED TRUSTEE OF FASNY FIREMEN’S HOME AT CONVENTION IN SYRACUSE

Alan C. Way, a 49-year member of the Brockport Fire Department, has been elected to the Board of Trustees of the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY) Firemen’s Home, a specialized residential healthcare facility for retired volunteer firefighters in Hudson, NY.  Way was unanimously chosen at FASNY’s 140^th Annual Convention at the Holiday Inn in Liverpool, NY, on August 17.  He will serve a 5-year term as a Trustee.

Alan has held many leadership positions during his 49 years of service as a member of the Brockport FireDepartment. His firematic resume includes serving as the President of the Volunteer Fire Police Associationof the State of New York and as President of the Monroe County Volunteer Firemen’s Association.

Since his retirement in 2005 from his role as a Maintenance Electrician at Genessee Brewing Company in Syracuse, Alan has been working as a volunteer in his local hospital and care center. This activity has givenhim good insight into the operation of a health care facility approximately the size of the Firemen’s Home.

Alan has served on FASNY’s Public Relations and Fire Police Committees and is currently serving on the Fire Prevention/Life Safety Committee. He is a member of the Western and Northern Central Volunteer Firemen’s Associations and has served on several committees of both organizations.

A graduate of the Brockport School system and a Navy veteran, Alan lives in Brockport with Mary, his wife of 45 years. They have two daughters, Kathleen and Michelle, who followed their dad into the fire service,and two grandchildren.