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BROOME COUNTY, N.Y. - Are you interested in becoming a volunteer firefighter? A number of fire agencies across New York State are looking for people like you to help out, as they participate in this year's "RecruitNY" weekend. On Thursday, members of the Broome County Legislature were joined by representatives…

Fire departments in the Capital Region are sounding the alarm. They need more volunteers. This weekend, more than 200 fire departments across the state are holding an open house. The public is invited to tour their local firehouse and get a taste of what it means to be in the…

The value of our volunteer firefighters goes without saying. It is among the most honorable ways anyone can serve their community. Without recruitment and the new members it brings in, we’re all in trouble. That’s why the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY) created RecruitNY. It provides…

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Currently, there are around 100,000 volunteer firefighters working in firehouses across the state. This weekend, roughly 500 stations, including those in Saratoga County, will be holding open houses in hopes of adding to that number as part of recruit New York. FASNY says volunteer firefighters help…

New York state has about 45,000 volunteer fire companies, and back in the early 2000s, the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York spotted an alarming trend: The number of volunteer firefighters was dropping off, big-time. The rolls of volunteers had plummeted from 120,000 statewide in the 1990s to…

MANCHESTER — Rich Rice has lived in this Ontario County community for three decades, but his longtime appreciation of the Manchester Fire Department was as an outsider. That changed when he became a volunteer in January 2015. “I have lived here for 30 years and have seen what they do.…

State Senator Kathy Marchione participated in the seventh annual kick-off of RecruitNY campaign in the Capital Region on Thursday at West Crescent Fire Department in Clifton Park. She and the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY) gathered at a press conference to urge the public to volunteer…

ELMIRA, N.Y. (18 NEWS) - On April 29-30, the Firemen's Association of New York, or FASNY, is holding 'Recruit N.Y.' It's an event where many volunteer fire departments host open houses to encourage potential recruits to look into joining. However, some local firefighters and lawmakers say the current need for…

Halfmoon, N.Y. >> The Firemen’s Association of New York kicked off its annual recruitment effort Thursday saying there is still a need for volunteers to fill a variety of jobs at local fire houses. This is the seventh consecutive year FASNY has promoted its RecruitNY campaign across the state. Many…

Long Island volunteer firefighters, the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY), fire officers, public safety officials, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, and other elected officials will clang the bell for new recruits Friday, April 28, at 11 a.m., at the Nassau County Firefighters Museum & Education Center,…