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Capital Region residents are reminded that when they switch to Daylight Savings Time on Sunday, March 11 they should also check their smoke and CO detector batteries. The Fireman’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY) is reminding residents to check their smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) detectors at…

Volunteer firefighters and students will have extra time to apply for a community college tuition reimbursement this spring. The deadline has been extended to Wednesday to apply to the program run by the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York and the State University of New York. The program…

COLUMBIA/GREENE COUNTIES — There remains yet a very narrow window, but a window nonetheless, for volunteer firefighters in the area to attend community college — well, for free, if you become a volunteer firefighter. The Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY) last summer created a college tuition reimbursement…

GREENPORT — There remains yet a very narrow window, but a window nonetheless, for volunteer firefighters in the area to attend community college — well, for free, if you become a volunteer firefighter. The Firemen’s Association of the State of New York last summer created a college tuition reimbursement fund…

CASTLETON — A little help from firefighters across the state might be just what a community college student needs. The Firemen's Association of the State of New York is offering a scholarship program aimed at recruits. Students receive the money after the semester ends, and payment is based on their grades. The…

It's an incentive to serve your community. The Fireman's Association of the State of New York wants to ignite recruitment in its volunteer fire companies. FASNY will reimburse the cost of your Associates degree for enrolling in one of its volunteer fire companies. It hopes to get 15,000 new volunteers…

If you're a parent, worried about how you're going to pay for your child's college education, you may want to encourage them to join the local fire department.  The Firemen's Association of the State of New York (FASNY) has just started a new program that will reimburse the cost of…

Assemblyman Steve Hawley (R,I,C-Batavia) is promoting a tuition reimbursement program for volunteer firefighters in Western New York. The deadline for the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY) Higher Education Learning Plan (FASNY HELP) has been extended to Feb. 15, and the assemblyman believes it is a well-deserved…

SANBORN — A pair of students are learning that it can pay to be a volunteer. Brandon Hansen, 18, of Wheatfield and Christopher J. Fournier, 19, of Lockport began receiving tuition reimbursement this past fall as they each began their freshman year at Niagara County Community College. The money is…

Town of Virgil, NY (WBNG Binghamton) It was a weekend full of games and camaraderie as firefighters from across New York State battle it out in the annual FASNY Firefighter Winter Games. The Firemen's Association of the State of New York held the event February 4 and 5. 375 firefighters…