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There’s still time to register for the NYSAFC 110th Annual Conference & FIRE 2016 Expo at the Turning Stone Resort in Verona, N.Y. from June 15-18, 2016! Here are a few highlights of the event.

Pictured: NYSAFC Past President Alfonso Varlaro, President Daniel Schwertfeger, Cranesville Firefighters Zakk Yager and Jake Champain, NYSAFC Directors Scott Ewing and Lee Shurtleff.

Fire Service Government Affairs Day was held on May 4 in Albany. Attendees received updates from state agency leaders and had the opportunity to meet with their legislative representatives. Pictured: NYSAFC President Daniel Schwertfeger, AFDSNY 1st Vice President Thomas Rinaldi, and FASNY President Robert McConville.

U.S. Rep. Richard Hanna says Congress should help determine why America's firefighters have a higher rate of cancer than the general population, and what risk factors might be to blame.

EMS personnel lost in the line of duty were honored on May 17 in Albany during National EMS Week.

DOH Agency Membership Forms; EMS fatigue study; EMT cards.

Since March, NYSAFC has hosted flashover training in four counties. Six additional programs are scheduled through the summer and fall. Weekend trainings are now being booked for early 2017. Visit the NYSAFC website to learn how you can host NYSAFC flashover training in your area. Pictured: flashover training hosted by the Hammondsport Fire Department.

More than 75 students from Nassau and Suffolk Counties participated in the program, which included seminars plus water rescue and EMS hands-on training from May 14-15 in Lawrence, N.Y.

Students from across New York and from far away as Canada and Maine participated in the conference that was held April 29 – May 1 at the New York State Fire Academy. This year’s program included a lecture and demonstration "Burning Pods from A-Z" presented by OFPC, which dramatically illustrated the effectiveness of sprinkler systems.

NTSB finds the commander had completed only two of four incident training courses, posing unnecessary risks in incidents requiring ICS.

The Justice Department is processing just over half of death, disability, and education benefit claims from police and firefighters within its one-year goal — despite an infusion of cash meant to resolve backlogs and a series of reports issued over the last decade documenting inefficiencies in the process.

While no silver bullet for cancer prevention, barrier hoods are a great step in that direction.

The "2016 ERG" provides first responders with a go-to manual to help deal with haz-mat transportation incidents during the critical first 30 minutes.

A class trip to the Rockland Fire Training Center led to the creation of the new course.

Only five states are tracking the chemicals used in the foam and spilled from other sources through ongoing water monitoring.