Remsen Volunteer Fire Department History

Located in Upstate New York, the Remsen Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. was organized in 1922 with just 20 members. The Department purchased its first fire truck in 1924 and was incorporated in 1938

In January 1965, the fire station on Main Street ironically burned down. It was replaced by our current station on Main Street, just a 1/4 mile north of the old station.

In 1990 a 40' x 100' addition was built onto the rear of the station which provided us with an increase of space for apparatus, a new and updated kitchen as well as a larger meeting room.

In 1996 a new storage building and Bar-B-Que pit were built behind the fire station.

We currently serve about 5,000 district residents and our district includes the Village of Remsen, the Town of Remsen, Part of the Town of Steuben and part of the Town of Russia, in Herkimer County. Within our district is a portion of the Adirondack State Park in the Town of Russia, Kayuta and Hinckley Lakes, which have numerous seasonal homes, several farms, businesses, apartments and a 10 mile stretch of 4 lane State Route 12 and a 15 mile stretch of State Route 365.

We respond with the Prospect Volunteer Fire Department on automatic mutual aid to any reported structure fire. We also work closely with our neighboring departments as needed for assistance through mutual aid. Prospect Ambulance is most commonly used by our department to transport patients to local hospitals but we also work with Boonville Ambulance, out of Boonville, Kuyahoora Ambulance, out of Poland, Am Care, out of Rome, and Kunkle Ambulance, out of Utica..