first responders

The Central New York community is mourning the loss of a local volunteer firefighter who passed away unexpectedly.

Many animals have accidentally fallen into the pool before. But a horse? Now THIS is something you don't see every day.

Congressman Anthony Brindisi (NY-22 D- Utica, NY) is calling on the Trump administration to stop withholding nearly $4 million in funds reserved to provide care to 9/11 first responders. Brindisi said on Friday that he sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin demanding that the critical funding is released.

Mia Villa is a three-year-old from Stillwater, in the Capital Region. She and her mother, Devin, have spent their summer baking and delivering thousands of cookies to first responders in their community.

Lawmakers in New York state have approved a bill that will officially remove the terms "policeman" and "fireman" in state law.

Here in New York state, a new proposed law called the "Community Heroes Protection Act" is up for a vote. This law would increase penalties for those who commit crimes against any emergency service worker.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has acknowledged that hundreds of Ohio emergency responders were exposed to a potentially fatal toxin while training at a FEMA facility in Alabama.

Thousands of residents have taken part in Oneida County's "Yellow Dot" program, including Clinton's Cherrywood Community.

Utica, NY (WIBX) - Congressman Richard Hanna was in Utica to tour the city's Fire Academy and Oneida Square Fire Station, while discussing programs and initiatives for first responders and fire fighters.

New York, NY (WIBX) - The names of thousands of NYPD First Responders to the 9-11 attacks, have been added to a new cancer study.