Firefighters attend legislative breakfast at Deerfield Fire House

DEERFIELD, N.Y. (WKTV) – More than 150 firefighters sat down Saturday morning to a nice hearty breakfast and to talk firefighting politics.

The 8th annual Fire Service Legislative Breakfast was held at the Deerfield Fire House.

The event offers a chance for area fire chiefs and other fire personnel to talk first hand with local elected officials about their concerns and their hope is that maybe these talks can lead to some changes in legislation that will benefit area fire departments.

Firemen’s Association of the State of New York President David Jacobowitz said, “Hopefully the firefighters and the legislators have a chance to talk to each other, so that they leave with a better education, a better knowledge of what’s going on in the fire service, county wide, sectional wide and stat wide.”

Congressman Richard Hanna (R-24) attended the breakfast Saturday morning, according to his office schedule.