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Life-long Oceanside resident and Oceanside Fire Department member Steven Klein was recently elected as 1st Vice President of the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY) at the association’s annual convention in Albany. He has served as FASNY’s 2nd Vice President for the past two years. Klein joined…

Rochester, NY - August 17, 2016 - The President of the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY), Ken Pienkowski, joined with State Senator Rich Funke and Assemblyman and Majority Leader Joseph Morelle today to call upon Governor Andrew Cuomo to sign S1000D / A5113C into law. This…

CROSS RIVER, New York (WABC) -- A young woman from Westchester County was honored for her courage and quick action in the minutes after a deadly Metro-North train crash. Riley De Jong was in that first car when the train crashed into a car in February 2015. The brand new…

A Central New York volunteer firefighter has been elected president of the Firemen's Association of the State of New York, a group that represents the state's 110,000 volunteer firefighters. Kenneth Pienkowski, of the Taunton Volunteer Fire Department in Onondaga County, was elected president of the statewide group Saturday at the…

Update - August 18 - Unfortunately, today's event has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. Information will be offered when it is rescheduled. The original press release is below. Baldwin, NY - August 15, 2016 - The Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY) named Frederick Kopf, Ex-Captain…

HUDSON — Junior firefighters from around the state gathered at the Hudson Fire Department on Friday to participate in the eighth annual Youth Day. Youth Day is sponsored by the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY) and runs in conjunction with the 144th annual FASNY convention, which…

EMT honored: Riley DeJong was unique among the passengers in the front car of the 5:44 Metro North train from Grand Central Terminal, Feb. 3, 2015. DeJong, now 21 years old, was an emergency medical technician, with skills that served her well when the train struck an SUV on the tracks in…

Riley DeJong was unique among the passengers in the front car of the 5:44 Metro North train from Grand Central Terminal, Feb. 3, 2015. DeJong, now 21 years old, was an emergency medical technician, with skills that served her well when the train struck an SUV on the tracks in…

Robert Eng, a recent Walt Whitman High School grad, and a volunteer at Huntington Manor’s Explorer Post 1650 for four years, has earned a $1,500 scholarship awarded by the state. Bob McConville, president of the Firemen’s Association of New York, recently presented the Gerald J. Buckenmeyer Volunteer Scholarship Award to…