2025 Seminar Series

NYSAFC's annual Seminar Series provides educational opportunities for fire service personnel of all ranks at sites across New York state. Three-hour seminars are conducted by some of the nation's leading fire service instructors at the local level on a variety of timely topics.

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NYSAFC 2025 Seminar Series “Short-Handed Firefighting”
with Past Chief/Coordinator of Education Mike Healy (Central Nyack F.D./Rockland Co.)
& Firefighter/Instructor Jeff Daniels (FDNY/Rockland Co.)
Three-Hour Seminar
34 years ago, this class was developed by Firefighter Andrew A. Fredericks. At that time, the fire service was starting to suffer from a shortage of members, especially but not limited to the volunteer ranks. Today, as we all know, departments across the nation have experienced a large drop-off in membership. With today’s hotter, faster-moving fires, it is imperative that we get on the road ASAP and are ready to mount an aggressive interior attack – especially where life-saving attempts must be carried out. This class will look at new apparatus and equipment designed to make our jobs less labor-intensive. In many places, where it used to take one or maybe two departments to handle the job at a single-family residence, now up to six departments are necessary due our diminished ranks. We must protect our residents and, just as important, our members and make sure everyone goes home.

Instructors Mike Healy and Jeff Daniels:
Mike Healy has been a member of the Rockland County fire service for 54 years, serving with the Blauvelt Fire Department for 14 years, followed by the Central Nyack Fire Department for 40 years. He has served as a chief for three terms. Healy is currently the coordinator of education for the Rockland County Fire Training Center. He is a former New York state fire instructor. Healyhas worked with NYSAFC for over 20 years, serving as an instructor in the Hands-On Training program and in numerous classroom-based programs. In 2012, after retiring from the NYCTA as clinical director of the counseling unit, he partnered with the National Volunteer Fire Council to reach out to firefighters throughout the country suffering from behavioral health issues in an attempt to prevent firefighter suicides. In 2000, Healy started teaching the “Short-Handed Firefighting” class with Bob LaGrow after Andy Fredericks became too busy to continue to add it to his incredible engine company classes. We lost Andy on September 11, 2001, but we continue to memorialize this great fire educator in every class presented. Jeff Daniels is a 23-year fire service veteran and is both a career and volunteer firefighter. He served with the Air National Guard as a crash rescue firefighter for 17 years and was a member of the West Haverstraw Volunteer Fire Department for 14 years. In 2002, Daniels was hired as a New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs (NYS DMNA) firefighter and served for over four years before being appointed to the Fire Department City of New York (FDNY). He was assigned to Ladder Co. 39 in the Bronx for 12 years before becoming an instructor for the FDNY Fire Academy teaching probie school. Currently, Daniels is a member of Squad 61 in the Bronx. He also teaches at the Rockland County Fire Training Center. Daniels has been working with NYSAFC since 2015 as a Hands-On Training instructor.

Registration Fee:
$35 per person – NYSAFC Individual and Department Members
$50 per person – Non-Members
Pre-registration is encouraged. On-site registration will be accepted if space permits.
Note: A 3% service fee will be applied if paying by credit card.

2025 Dates and Locations:
Seminar begins at 7:00 p.m. at all sites. Registration area opens at 6:30 p.m.

February 12 – Steuben County
Canisteo Fire Department • 14 Main Street • Canisteo, NY 14823

February 18 – Onondaga County POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER. NEW DATE TBA
East Syracuse Fire Department • Station 2 • 148 Saunders Creek Parkway • East Syracuse, NY 13057

February 24 – Albany County
Village of Ravena Fire Department • 116 Main Street • Ravena, NY 12143

March 4 – Wyoming County
North Java Fire Company • 4274 Route 98 • North Java, NY 14113

March 12 – Niagara County
Niagara County Public Safety Training Facility • 5574 Niagara Street Ext. • Lockport, NY 14094

March 24 – St. Lawrence County
Potsdam Volunteer Fire Department • 42 Main Street • Potsdam, NY 13676

April 2 – Suffolk County
West Babylon Fire Department • 126 Arnold Avenue • West Babylon, NY 11704

April 14 – Herkimer County
Newport Fire Department • 7370 Main Street • Newport, NY 13416

April 23 – Rockland County
Rockland County Fire Training Center • 35 Firemen’s Memorial Drive • Pomona, NY 10970

April 29 – Orange County
Winona Lake Engine Co. No. 2 • 160 South Plank Road • Newburgh, NY 12550

September 3 – Westchester County
Westchester County Department of Emergency Services • 4 Dana Road • Valhalla, NY 10595

September 9 – Fulton County
Berkshire Fire Department • 320 Steele Avenue Ext. • Gloversville, NY 12078

September 15 – Otsego County
Worcester Fire Department • 36 Church Street • Worcester, NY 12197

September 24 – Oneida County
Maynard Fire Department • 9500 Maynard Drive • Marcy, NY 13403

September 30 – Monroe County
Henrietta Fire District Training Center • Station 6 • 60 Erie Station Road • West Henrietta, NY 14586

October 8 – Erie County
Orchard Park Fire Company • 30 School Street • Orchard Park, NY 14127

October 15 – Jefferson County
Adams Fire Department • 6 North Main Street • Adams, NY 13605

October 20 – Rensselaer County
Pittstown Rescue Squad • 60 Parker School Road • Johnsonville, NY 12094

October 28 – Cortland County
Cortland County Regional Training Center • 3577 Terrace Road • Cortland, NY 13045

November 5 – Nassau County
Woodmere Fire Department • 20 Irving Place • Woodmere, NY 11598