Schoharie Fire Department

06/21/2026

Just wanted to wish all of the fathers and father figures out there a happy Father’s Day.


Also, in case you didn’t know, Benjamin Franklin is widely celebrated as the father of the American fire service. In 1736, he co-founded the Union Fire Company in Philadelphia—the colonies' first formally organized, all-volunteer fire brigade!

06/18/2026

Mutual aid… The coolest thing since sliced bread!

Every fire department in Schoharie County relies on mutual aid. Everybody. Early this morning at a EMS call, our fire department needed to ask assistance from Schoharie County EMS, Scho-Wright Ambulance and Mohawk Ambulance. Earlier this week, our fire department responded to a mutual aid call to support Middleburgh FD and West Fulton FD. Last month when responding to a tractor fire, we relied on help from both Central Bridge FD and Gallupville FD.

So, we just wanted to give a big shout out to all of our neighboring emergency response teams that are always there to help when we call them.

So how can you help out? If you’re not part of your local fire department, you should go down to their fire station and introduce yourself and ask what you can do to help them out. We guarantee that any department would be more than glad to put your talent and time to good use. For us, we are drilling this Thursday and next Thursday at 7 PM… Stop on by our station… We have a membership application waiting for you.

06/13/2026

Had a great time at the elementary school carnival Friday night. Nothing better than hanging out with friends from your neighboring fire department and showing off emergency response equipment for the entire elementary school. Thanks Schoharie Elementary EPTSOfor the invite and thanks Central Bridge FD for hanging!

06/12/2026

In our fire department, we have many different types of tools… Fire hoses, fire extinguishers, backboards, AEDs, rescue equipment, radios, and so much more. One of the tools that we use very frequently is one that the public doesn’t see… It is called “I Am Responding” and it is our communication system. In addition to sending out text alerts about emergency response calls, it also serves as a calendar and reminder of our training nights and community activities that we support. This is just a quick screenshot of our upcoming activities over the next 45 days.

We’d love to talk to some of you that are new to the area and new to the emergency response service, and see how we can plug in your time and talents to support our community. Your support could be in the form of emergency response, or it could also be in how we support our community events. Contact us today !

06/10/2026

Hey there friends! Just like the past couple of years, our fire department is supporting the Schoharie elementary school elementary carnival! We always have a great time talking to students and parents, showing off our Fire trucks and some of our life-saving equipment, and more. Hope to see you this Friday… June 12!

This is not a drill! The 5th annual Elementary Carnival is almost here!! Check out this line up that we have planned. See you on Friday JUNE 12th 6-8pm. *we are in desperate need of volunteers! Don’t have experience? Can only help for an hour? There are jobs big and small and we will help get you started. Extended family members are welcome to volunteer. Please remember that your child MUST be accompanied at the event-this is NOT a drop off evening. Email [email protected].

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094AAEAE2CA3F9C25-63599333-elementary

06/09/2026

Another great training drill Monday night with our series of internal pump operator training. Last week’s drill covered how to use an engines on board water to provide fire suppression services. This week we reviewed how to pump or draft water from a portable pond or another static water source.

Looking for something to pump you up? Consider joining our department and training with us… Great training, great people, great opportunity to help your community.

Punch the like button, or better yet message us and let’s get you down to our station!

06/04/2026

We appreciate all of the great things that each and every member of our department bring to the table. But it’s also good to acknowledge a few of our members that go above and beyond. Thank you… And your community thanks you. And to say thank you, each of our these members receive a small Stewart’s gift card to use.

Who knows, maybe you could be the next member of the month. Stop on by our fire station when the doors are open or the lights are on, meet our members, pick up a membership application. It’s really that easy.

06/02/2026

We had a great night at drill Monday night. Our members spent the time refreshing their skills related to pump operations. On top of that two of our newest members, Mary and Tobias, were sworn in and took their oath to the company. We are looking forward to working with both members and thank them for being willing to give their time and talent back to the community.

For anyone else looking to be like Mary and Tobias, stop by on our next drill night and pick up a membership application or two and tour our fire station and meet our members.

05/31/2026

Love it when the Little League team that we sponsor asks to take pictures at our fire station

05/28/2026

Donates To Lily Park

In case you missed last weeks edition of both of our local newspapers, our department is enhancing the fun at the Schoharie Lily Park, located just down the road from our fire station. We were recently awarded a Community grant from the Iroquois Pipeline Operating Company. The grant money was used to purchase a concrete Chinese checkers table that is freely available for anyone to use. Pictured below our members of the Schoharie Promotional Assn along with department President Sue Rolfe and Fire Chief John Borst III. Have fun Schoharie and !