Fire Service

Fire Coordinator

A County fire coordinator is the person appointed by a county pursuant to Section 225-a of the New York State County Law.

The County Fire Coordinator, in a respective county, administrates the mutual aid plan, manages the state outreach fire training program pursuant to Subdivision 6 of Section 156 of the Executive Law and performs other duties according to local county policy.

In most New York counties, the County Fire Coordinator acts as a Regional Fire Administrator under the State Fire Administrator in times of activation of the Statewide Fire Mobilization Plan. County Fire Coordinators also provide assistance to the Fire Chief or other incident commander at scenes of emergencies in which mutual aid from other fire departments are requested.

The Fire Coordinator may serve in the incident command system as a Liaison Officer, or may provide resources requested by the incident commander and perform other duties as required by local policy and operational mutual aid guidelines.

Specifically, in Greene County, NY, the Fire Coordinator is John P. Farrell Jr. His office is part of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services. He can be reached at 518-622-3643 or via email at jfarrell@greene911ny.gov.

Deputy Fire Coordinators:

Gary Goodrich – Car 3
Patrick McCulloch – Car 4
Peter Alberti – Car 5 – palberti@greene911ny.gov
Barry Feml Car 6

Fire Mutual Aid

Mutual Aid is now a regular part of the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services Office of Fire Prevention and Control program, and it is agreed that all present and future fire departments organized pursuant to law may become part of the plan. The purpose of the plan is to provide assistance and protection for all Greene County communities in the case of fire and other emergencies in which the services of equipment and firefighters would be used and to cooperate and act in accordance with the State and local laws.

FIRE MUTUAL AID PLAN

NYS Fire Training

The New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control strives to be the nationally recognized leader in fire services, delivering the highest quality, state of the art, and most comprehensive training, response, and technical assistance programs and services to emergency responders, local entities, and the citizens of New York State. The office’s programs enable: the state’s fire service to become the best trained, well prepared and most effective professional emergency response force in the nation; New York State’s colleges, universities, state properties and its citizens, to be the safest in regard to fire prevention and awareness; and the state to maintain arson related fires at the lowest per capital within the United States.

FIRE TRAINING SCHEDULE

FIRE TRAINING REQUEST FORM

 Training Announcements:

ENGINE COMPANY

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR THE HAZ MAT OPERATIONS LEVEL RESPONDER

AIR SAMPLING AND MONITORING FOR THE OPERATIONS LEVEL RESPONDER

Forms & Documents

County Wide Accountability Standard Operation Guidelines

Our policy is to ensure personnel and unit safety, it is the policy of the department that all personnel and units will be accounted for at the scene of an emergency incident. The personnel accountability system is intended to meet the requirements of NFPA 1561 and will be operational on all fire/rescue incidents and training exercises. The primary objective of the system is to assist supervisors in maintaining a constant awareness of the status, location, and functions of the personnel and/or units under their command. It is the responsibility of each member of the department to read and fully understand the policy and procedures for personnel accountability.

Greene County Accountability SOGs

Personnel Information Accountability Form

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Greene County Fire Training Center

The Greene County Fire Training Center is for the enhancing of training to firefighters with a location for a controlled environment for hands on training. In order for this to be accomplished the adherence to the following rules and procedures is necessary. These rules and procedures are not intended to restrict the use and/or enjoyment of the facility, but to ensure the safety and accountability of all parties involved. All users of the facility shall adhere to this policy

Training Center Forms

Training prop equipment

Heat Advisory Information & Guidelines

Listed below are links to weather information concerning the current weather and heat indexes. If the heat index in your area is 95 degrees or higher at the beginning of or during a class, all live fire training is suspended. If the heat index is between 85 and 94 degrees please insure that rest and cooling periods of 10 to 15 minutes are scheduled for each hour.

This policy is also in effect for all strenuous skills such as hose drags, ladders SCBA, mask confidence or obstacle course evolutions

The key here is proper hydration; make sure your students consume adequate amounts of water.

Additional Fire Resources

Organizations
State and Federal Agencies
Fire Reporting
Important Documents