WATERTOWN — Students interested in enrolling in the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York Higher Education Learning Plan, which provides community college tuition reimbursement to student volunteers in good standing, need to register by Feb. 6 for the spring semester. The goal of the program, which is funded…
Read moreAssemblyman Will Barclay announced Jan. 27 that there is still time for volunteer firefighters to receive tuition reimbursement through the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York. FASNY has developed the Higher Education Learning Plan (FASNY HELP) as an incentive for people to join New York’s volunteer fire service.…
Read moreFASNY has been working closely with New York State Association of Fire Chiefs, The NYS Association of Fire Districts, the NYS Professional Firefighters, NYS Building Officials and many other groups as part of the Build Safe NY Alliance. Our one goal is to pursue the adoption of the 2015 International…
Read moreI just read your Jan. 12 article titled “Firemen’s Association to state: Make builders install home sprinkler systems.” Since our association was mentioned several times in the story, I wish we would have been contacted and offered a chance to respond to the comments that were made by the Firemen’s…
Read moreLOWVILLE — The Firemen’s Association of the State of New York will lock horns with builders this year over whether the state should require the installation of residential sprinklers in new homes, volunteer firefighters learned Sunday afternoon during a legislative outreach meeting held by the Albany nonprofit at the Lowville…
Read moreWith a statewide shortage of available and trained volunteer firefighters, some departments across the state are looking to boost their ranks with younger members. The Victor Village Board approved Victor Fire Department’s bid to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to act as active firefighters on Monday, and several kids applied for…
Read moreA recent survey of 2,400 firefighters contributes to the renewed national conversation on firefighter health and efforts to prevent line of duty deaths from cardiovascular and other health events.
Read moreAmong the approximately 1.1 million firefighters in the United States (of whom about 70% are volunteers and 30% are paid career personnel), about 100 die each year in the line of duty.1 With the exception of 2001, when 344 firefighters died as a result of the events of September 11…
Read moreReport from the 2014 Firefighter Life Safety Summit March 10–12, 2014 National Fallen Firefighters Foundation
Read moreEvery year, more firefighters die in the line of duty because of heart attacks than any other cause. This February, take time during American Heart Month to know your health and learn what you can do to lessen your risks of heart attack and other life-threatening or life-altering conditions. Many…
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