Company Officers Leadership Training (COLT) 2021 will be held in Erie (March 19-20), Fulton (January 22-23), and Monroe (February 19-20) Counties. This two-day leadership development program for current and aspiring company officers will feature lectures by Retired Battalion Chief/Shift Commander Jim Duffy (Wallingford (CT) F.D.), Past Chief Michael Healy (Central Nyack F.D.) and Firefighter/Past Chief Robert LaGrow (FDNY/West Haverstraw F.D.), and Assistant Chief Chris Rea (City of Kingston F.D.). Seating is limited at all NYSAFC classroom-based programs due to state and local COVID-19 safety guidelines. Pre-registration is encouraged. On-site registration will be accepted if space permits. There’s no risk to pre-register. In the event NYSAFC is forced to cancel a program due to COVID-19, students will have the option to attend on the rescheduled date or request a refund.

NYSAFC’s 2021 Seminar Series “The ABCs of Rescue Company Operations” will be presented by Lieutenant Paul Haynes (Syracuse Fire Department). Three-hour seminars will be held in Chautauqua (9/29), Erie (4/14), Franklin (3/16), Fulton (3/23), Oneida (9/30), Onondaga (2/10), Otsego (9/21), Rensselaer (1/28), Rockland (4/1), Saratoga (11/16), Suffolk (4/6), Ulster (9/22), Westchester (1/20), and Wyoming (3/24) Counties. Seating is limited at all NYSAFC classroom-based programs due to state and local COVID-19 safety guidelines. Pre-registration is encouraged. On-site registration will be accepted if space permits. There’s no risk to pre-register. In the event NYSAFC is forced to cancel a program due to COVID-19, students will have the option to attend on the rescheduled date or request a refund.

Registration is open for Regional Hands-On Training at sites across New York state in 2021. “Fire Behavior On the Inside” is scheduled for Clinton (April 17-18), Erie (March 6-7), Franklin (October 2-3 and October 9-10), and Ulster (October 23-24) Counties. “Flashover” will be held in Broome (October 16-17), Erie (February 27-28), Franklin (April 10-11), Genesee (March 13-14), and Jefferson (May 1-2) Counties. “Flashover” training will also be held on August 6-7 in conjunction with the FASNY Annual Convention in Westchester County. NYSAFC is now booking “Beyond the Basics,” “Fire Behavior On the Inside,” and “Flashover” Regional Hands-On Training into fall 2021. A host Registration Form is available online for each course. Training is scheduled based on the availability of NYSAFC's mobile training unit.

Governor Cuomo has signed legislation that will create a task force to look into the problem of declining volunteerism at volunteer fire stations across the state.

Niagara County volunteer fire departments are in need of new recruits to carry on emergency services.

The United States Fire Administration 2019 “Firefighter Fatalities in the United States” reports 62 on-duty firefighter fatalities.

The inability to raise funds has crippled some volunteer fire departments, and that could force closures.

Officials: the FDNY will be ditching its disposable protective coronavirus masks for reusable ones.

The Syracuse Fire Department has just started to fill some of its many vacant positions while also dealing with deep budget cuts.

Debbie Taylor was elected to the post at a meeting of the East Shelby Volunteer Fire Company.

The Paul Smiths-Gabriels Volunteer Fire Department does its annual radio communications training at the Great Adirondack Corn Maze.

The tragedy on November 21, 1980, killed 87 and injured hundreds. It also ushered in fire safety reforms.

DOH announces plans for ePCR platform; pediatric ambulance transports.

Lieutenant Edward Lehmann also serves as a NYSAFC instructor.

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