Bovina Fire And EMS

05/09/2026

Bovina Fire and EMS would like to congratulate 3 new EMTs from Bovina and a mutual aid member from Walton Fire and EMS!

Bovina members......
Myles Cohen
David Ho
Mark Day

Walton member.....
Faith Bakker

Thank you all for your time and commitment to our local communities!

05/03/2026

Join us and learn CPR and how to use an AED!
May17th at 1pm
Bovina Fire Station
36 maple Ave

04/26/2026

Apparently Bovina Fire and EMS are playing air-bnb host for the next few weeks! Our front window sill has been claimed!

04/17/2026

A reminder that our FASNY RecruitNY open house is tomorrow from Saturday April 18th from 8am to 4pm? While this is primarily a recruitment event please feel free to stop by just to say hello to some of our volunteers and check out our equipment that protects the residents of Bovina and the surrounding communities!

04/11/2026

77 years ago on April 11th 1949 the first motorized fire apparatus for the Bovina Fire Department was delivered to town. Photographer Bob Wyre had his camera handy to capture it. This 1948 GMC FC300 was purchased as a bare cab and chassis truck from R.H. Lewis and Son in Delhi for $2046 in February of 1948. The truck chassis was sent to Fire Apparatus Engineering (FAE) in Clayton NY to be converted into a fire truck.

This truck served Bovina until October of 1987 when it was sold to Ernest Hanselman in South Kortright. The body was removed, the chassis parked and nothing more done with it on the farm. In 2015 BCFD Chief Kevin Brown asked about the truck and was taken to the barn where the chassis was stored. Covered in years of dust and barn cat prints! The body was in the weeds behind another barn. Chief Brown inquired about purchasing it with the intent to restore this piece of history.

In August of 2020 a phone call was received from one of Ernest’s grandsons. “Grandpa is ready to sell it!”. The next morning a deal was struck and arrangements were made to haul the parts back to Bovina.

Over the next year and a half parts were reassembled, taken apart for paint, and missing parts were fabricated. Once it was all back together a trip to NJ for Ed May to work his magic for the pin stripes and gold leaf was arranged.

This week truck 531 will come out of winter storage and be ready for the open house on April 18th along with 3 other historical apparatus that are owned by the Bovina Fire Department. If you want to see these great pieces and hear more about their history please plan to stop by!

April 18th from 8am -4pm
36 Maple Ave in Bovina.

04/10/2026

Last night at the Bovina Fire Department held their annual elections.

Chief, Kevin Brown
1st Asst , Josh Choquette
2nd Asst, Tim Schneider
Secretary, Donna Carlton
Treasurer, John Ladany

Here’s to another great year of serving our community!

04/07/2026

As part of the FASNY RecruitNY weekend Bovina Fire and EMS will have our doors open on Saturday April 18th from 8am to 4pm!

Have you been trying to find a way to be involved in your community? This is a great way to do that!

Join us for this open house and learn what it takes to be a part of a first response agency in rural NY. Visit RecruitNY.org for a listing of departments that are participating. If your local community department is not open that weekend please feel free to stop by and we can help you connect with someone in your local department!

While full membership starts at 18 years old we also have a junior FF program that starts at 14 years old!

03/27/2026

Welcome Fire Departments!Register your department today! April 18-19, 2026 Register Today View Participants Resources OPEN YOUR DOORS. INSPIRE YOUR COMMUNITY. STRENGTHEN YOUR RANKS. RECRUIT THE NEXT GENERATION OF FIREFIGHTERS! HOST AN OPEN HOUSE ON APRIL 18-19! REGISTER TODAY! This spring, join fire...

03/26/2026

03/16/2026

Although the ground is damp right now please remember that the annual NYS burn ban went into effect today. For more information please follow the link below to the NYS DEC page.

https://dec.ny.gov/environmental-protection/air-quality/open-burning

03/11/2026

This was an awesome coordinated effort on all parts. Neleh and I happened to be traveling into Delhi for brake parts to complete a job on the jeep she drives. We were 3/4 of a mile down the road when the call came in. Neleh Brown, a Jr FF with Bovina and Jr at South Kortright Central School assisted on this call as well by making sure that the family pets were secured to clear the way for other incoming responders.

The first shock to the patient was administered by the AED that Officer Wyatt had in his patrol car. After the first shock was delivered the Delaware County EMS medic flycar (Thomas Miller) arrived on scene and their monitor along with the Lucas CPR compression device was used for 4 more shocks before a normal rhythm was restored.

Bovina EMS is planning on offering a CPR/AED community training this spring for anybody who is interested in learning these very important skills!