Fire Suppression
Structure, vehicle, and wildland fire response
Neighbors serving neighbors
Answer the call.
Serve your community.
Join the volunteers who protect Apalachin. We provide the training, purpose, and team—you bring the commitment to make a difference.
- 01 Free training
- 02 Flexible roles
- 03 Meaningful service
Ready for every call
Protecting Apalachin with skill, compassion, and courage.
Since 1913, the Apalachin Fire Department has protected our community from fire, medical emergencies, hazardous conditions, and other threats to life and property.
Our members deliver advanced life support and ambulance transport, fire suppression, technical rescue, hazardous-material response, and fire-prevention education.
Meet the department →How we serve
One department.
Many ways to help.
Volunteers with different interests and experience work together to provide comprehensive emergency services.
Advanced Life Support
Emergency medical care and ambulance transport
Technical Rescue
Swiftwater, vehicle, and specialized rescue capability
Fire Prevention
Education for schools, families, and community groups
Training & special operations
Prepared for complex calls.
Readiness is built through continual hands-on training. AFD members develop specialized skills for swiftwater rescue, vehicle stabilization and extrication, and wildland response.
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Swiftwater rescue
Members train for moving-water incidents on the Susquehanna River and beyond.
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Vehicle rescue
Scenario-based stabilization and extrication training builds confident, coordinated crews.
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Wildland response
Specialized equipment helps members reach incidents beyond paved roads.
There is a place for you
You don’t need experience to start.
We need dependable neighbors—not finished firefighters. AFD provides training, equipment, mentorship, and multiple ways to serve.
Firefighter
Train to protect lives and property alongside an experienced local team.
EMS
Provide patient care through one of the region’s established volunteer EMS programs.
Fire Police
Help keep responders and the public safe at emergency scenes and community events.
Support Roles
Put your professional, administrative, fundraising, or community skills to work.
More than emergency response
Preparedness starts before the alarm.
We help residents understand fire safety, welcome students and community groups to the station, and train every week so our team is ready when our neighbors need us.
Station 1 community room
Need a place for your group to gather?
The Station 1 Community Room is available at no cost for qualifying nonprofit, civic, cultural, and educational activities, subject to availability and approval.
Take the first step
Curious about volunteering?
Come meet the team, see the station, and learn where your interests could fit. Starting a conversation does not commit you to joining.
Contact AFD
(607) 625-2216230 Pennsylvania Avenue
Apalachin, NY 13732
Mail: PO Box 572
Apalachin, NY 13732-0572