John Griffith is now the Director of Emergency Services for Chautauqua County. Congratulations to John on your promotion. 

Scott Cummings, Battalion Coordinator is now in charge of the Fire Police Response Team. Welcome Scott to the team. 

Once a firefighter, always a firefighter! Retired City of Olean Firefighter Al LaFredo was recognized at the Ashville Volunteer Fire Department’s Annual Dinner for his 50 years of service as a firefighter, first in Olean and now as a volunteer in Ashville. I was also honored to recognize Bob Fredrickson for giving 45 years of service to the Ashville Fire Department and to Mike Cristy for being the Top Responder in 2017. Firefighters and first responders are everyday heroes who walk among u...

The fire police response team has changed the requirements to join the team and make it easier for new fire police to belong.    (Requirements for participants: After completion of the N.Y.State Fire Police Course a participant may join the Chautauqua County fire police response team with permission of their fire chief and the supervising municipality. The participant will be on probation for three (3) fire police team calls concluding in a review of participant’s perfo...