first responders

Celebrate 125 years of Oriskany Volunteer Fire Department with a parade, block party, and historic displays on June 7th.

First Responders answer the call no matter how small. This time they had to moo-ve mountains, or at least a ton of snow to help rescue a trapped cow in Upstate New York.

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.