Firefighter Newspaper: Buffalo/Erie County, New York

08/23/2025

By Staff Writer Aug 23, 2025, 10:36am Photo from yesterday's scene by Howard Owens. Submitted by Dave Olsen:I typically don’t write or talk much about my fire department experiences, but I feel like this one has to be told. Yesterday, August 22, 2025, we had a mass casualty incident in our tiny l...

08/19/2025

Frustration boils over at Medina board meeting about fire truck, fire hall addition – Aug. 20 meeting focused on Fire Department to be rescheduled
https://orleanshub.com/frustration-boils-over-at-medina-board-meeting-about-fire-truck-fire-hall-addition/

08/13/2025

🔥 NEW TRUCK ORDER ALERT – ORCHARD PARK FIRE DISTRICT 🔥
Big things are coming to Erie County! The Orchard Park Fire District has officially secured a Pierce Top Mount Enforcer.

Come take a look at the drawings:
https://firematic.com/trucksprogress/orchardpark25/drawing.htm

💼 Sales Representative: James Tabor
🚒 Chassis: Enforcer
🛠 Body: 2nd Gen Long Aluminum Pumper – Top Mount

We’re honored to support Orchard Park’s continued commitment to excellence in emergency response.

07/23/2025

07/23/2025

07/10/2025

Harris Hill Volunteer Fire Company puts in service a new Seagrave pumper in September 1960 (Buffalo History Museum photo)

07/05/2025

06/30/2025

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We are thinking of Coeur d'Alene Fire Department and Kootenai County Fire Rescue tonight as they grieve the loss of two of their firefighters, who were shot and killed by a sniper while responding to a wildfire in Idaho this evening.

Law enforcement suspects the fire was intentionally set to ambush responding firefighters. Another Coeur d'Alene firefighter was hit and is currently in critical condition with life threatening injuries.

06/20/2025

05/14/2025

05/06/2025

Founded in 1921, this coffee company used the image of a firefighter in a 1945 ad in a Pittsburg newspaper.