Volunteer Fire Assistance Grant

In June, Pleasant Square Volunteer Fire Company applied for the Volunteer Fire Assistance Grant through the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The Volunteer Fire Assistance Grant (VFA) program is made possible by the Federal Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978. The grant is a 50/50 matching funds program. Its purpose is to make funds available to rural fire companies for the purchase of wildland firefighting equipment such as portable backpack pumps, Nomex protective clothing, hand tools, hard hats, hose, portable radios and dry hydrants.

We have been awarded the grant to cover half the cost of replacing 350 feet of fire hose that failed hose safety testing earlier this year. We are very appreciative of these funds that will help offset the impact of these unanticipated costs. 

- President B. Logan Barclay

Live Burn Training

Today, we hosted a Live Fire Rodeo training day. It covered annual training requirements such as Suppression, Rapid Intervention, Search & Rescue, Ladder Placement, Knots, Forceful Entry and mutual aid teamwork.

We would like to thank everyone who participated and made today a great time. Our mutual aid departments who attended were, Meco Volunteer Fire Company, Sammonsville Volunteer Fire Company, and Sir William Volunteer Fire Company. A big thank you to R.G.L. Volunteer Fire Company for bringing their Cascade system down as well as Gloversville Fire Department for filling bottles. GAVAC was also on scene for any medical emergency. Also thank you the Fulton County EMO Fire Coordinator and the Deputy EMS coordinators for your assistance today. Overall it was a great day of training and team building.

More to come in the future!