North Country Fire news
AVFBA Member honored
May 19, 2018 - Firefighter Jack Bartlett, a member of the Chestertown Volunteer Fire Company, was bestowed the honor of receiving "Firefighter of the Year" from the Department at their annual dinner. Jack acts a a liaison between Chester Fire and our association. Congratulations Jack!
a new addition
Tupper Lake Assistant Chief, and AVFBA Trustee Joe Arsenault and his Girlfriend Mary Fontana welcomed their daughter, Noelle Elaine Arsenault, into the world on December 4, 2018. Noelle was 5lbs 14oz 20inches long and born at 8:05 am. Congratulations to Joe, Mary and big sister Shae!
The winner of the Golf Cart Raffle is Gary Wolfe of Johnsburg! Congrats to Gary and thank you everyone for your support! Pictured left to right is Past Trustee and Life Member Bob Swan, Gary Wolfe and President, and Life Member Mike Turano.
AVFBA Member honored
May 19, 2018 - Firefighter Joe Bartlett, a member of the Chestertown Volunteer Fire Company, received recognition for his 25 years of active service with the Fire Company at their annual dinner. Congratulations Joe, and thank you for your dedication to your community!
True dedication
January 2018 - Firefighter/Chaplin Chet South, a member of the Queensbury Central Volunteer Fire Company, was honored by his department for his 65 years of ACTIVE service. We would like to congratulate Chet on his years of service, and thank him for his dedication to his community.
We will never forget
AVFBA member Thomas Farrell of the Putnam Valley Fire Department, 4th from the top, is with the family and friends of the late Michael O'Hanlon, who passed away from cancer related to September 11, 2001, at the Memorial Stair walk, at Madison Square Garden.
Ticonderoga firefighter ( AVFBA Member ) springs into action saving woman from fire
TICONDEROGA — A Ticonderoga woman suffered second- and first-degree burns Wednesday in a fire at 895 Route 9N.
Ticonderoga First Assistant Fire Chief William Norton was working across the street when he saw flames and smoke coming out of the building around 7:28 a.m.
He responded immediately, hitting the fire with an extinguisher and helping Kimberlee Burgey out of the building.
Burgey, the sole resident in apartment No. 1, was taken by ambulance to the University of Vermont Health Network, Moses Ludington Hospital for burns on her legs, foot, arm and hand, Ticonderoga Volunteer Fire Department Chief Matt Watts said.
Hospital officials said later in the day that she wasn't there and wouldn't confirm whether she had been treated there, however.
Burgey and two other tenants, who live downstairs in apartment No. 2, have been displaced by the fire, Watts said.
The chief didn’t know the other tenants' names. All three are staying with family members until an inspection of the electrical system is completed and the smoke damage from the fire is cleaned up, he said.
The cause of the blaze was still under investigation, but it appeared to have been electrical, Watts said.
An outlet and one wall in the upstairs apartment was damaged.
He and the rest of his crew joined Norton at the building, airing it out when they arrived.
They were back in service by 9 a.m.
The building is owned by Kevin Reyor of Port Henry, according to Essex County Real Property records.
The property is insured, but the tenants are not, Watts said.
“We really recommend people getting renters insurance,” he said.
“It’s so cheap, and we often times go to places where people don’t have renters insurance because they think the person who owns the building’s insurance is going to cover things.
“It doesn’t cover their personal belongings such as computers, clothes and TVs.”
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As reported in the Post Star Newspaper on April 25, 2018