The BUGLE

The 2025 event is just around the corner – January 31 – February 2 – at Nassau Coliseum! Registration is $25 per day and includes entry to the expo and seminars. Parking is free. 130+ companies will be displaying new apparatus, equipment, and services for fire and EMS agencies. Six fire/EMS seminars will be presented by Lt. Mike Scotto, Battalion Chief John Salka, Battalion Chief Jim Duffy, and more. Classes for junior firefighters will also be offered! The Suffolk County Fire Academy will present Hybrid Vehicle Extrication Hands-On Training.

Past Chief/Coordinator of Education Mike Healy (Central Nyack F.D./Rockland Co.) and Firefighter/Instructor Jeff Daniels (FDNY/Rockland Co.) will deliver seminars at 20 locations from February through November. Registration is $35 (NYSAFC members) and $50 (non-members) per person. Sign up in advance or at the door. Join us in Albany, Cortland, Erie, Fulton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Monroe, Nassau, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Orange, Otsego, Rensselaer, Rockland, St. Lawrence, Steuben, Suffolk, Westchester, and Wyoming Counties.

 Open enrollment is available for NYSAFC Regional Hands-On Training! Fire Behavior On the Inside is scheduled for Fulton, Monroe, Schenectady, and Ulster Counties. Flashover is coming to Monroe, Onondaga, Saratoga, and Steuben Counties. NYSAFC offers four HOT courses for delivery at the local level – Beyond the Basics, Fire Behavior From the Outside, Fire Behavior On the Inside, and Flashover. Agencies interested in bringing training to their region should review and submit the Host Request Form available on our website for each course.

NYSAFC is joining forces with emergency services industry leader FIRE NEWS for production of its tri-annual magazine in 2025. SIZE UP will continue to feature articles on fireground operations and fire department administration by renowned fire service experts, along with columns by NYSAFC officers and updates on government affairs and New York state EMS issues. Look for the new and improved SIZE UP to debut in spring of 2025.

Applications are now being accepted for the NYSAFC Scholarship Program and the Chief Neil McNeight Hands-On Training Award. Nominations are being accepted for the Chief Fred Singer Fire Educator of the Year Award, James Wright Public Education Award, and New York State Fire Chief of the Year Awards. The deadline for submitting required materials is April 1, 2025. Eligibility criteria is available in the Application & Nomination Package.