McKownville Fire Department

Since 1918, the volunteers of McKownville Fire Department have provided fire prevention, protection, and other rescue services to the residents of the McKownville Fire District and surrounding neighborhoods in the Town of Guilderland. Places of note in the McKownville Fire District include all of Stuyvesant Plaza and Executive Park, the Woodscape housing development, and 45% of the University at Albany uptown campus.

The Department responds to approximately 280 calls per year, including structure fires, motor vehicle accidents, hazardous materials incidents, hazardous conditions like downed tree and utility wires, and other rescues.

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  • Thank You for Making Earth Day Spring Cleanup 2023 a Success
    Thanks to our friends in the McKownville Improvement Association and the strong turnout of McKownville Fire Department members, our neighborhood cleanup 2023 was a tremendous success! Despite the lousy weather, were able to clean up hundreds of pounds of garbage from the streets, shoulders and sidewalks of McKownville.
  • Special Fire Commissioners Meeting 5/9/2023
    A special meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners will take place at 6:45 pm, May 9th, 2023 at the Firehouse, 1250 Western Avenue.
  • Red Knights 9/11 Charity Ride
    Longtime McKownville Fire Department member Dennis Mason will be participating in a charity ride with the Red Knights in support of first responders on the 23rd America’s 9/11 ride this August 17-20, 2023. The Red Knights is an all-firefighter motorcycle club. The 9/11 ride is the largest police-escorted motorcycle ride from Shanksville, PA, to the … Continue reading →
  • Special Fire Commissioners Meeting 10/3/22
    A special meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners will take place tonight at 5pm, October 3, 2022 at the firehouse, 1250 Western Avenue. Please note that future Fire Commissioner board meetings will take place on the first Monday of the Month through the end of 2022: Monday November 7, 2022 at 5pm Monday December … Continue reading →
  • 9/28/22 Mutual Aid Rescue in North Bethlehem
    At 5:39pm on Wednesday September 28, 2022, McKownville Fire Department responded to a mutual aid request in North Bethlehem for a car into a garage with possible entrapment on Krumkill Road near the Schoolhouse Road roundabout.

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Weather in McKownville as of 06/01/2023 at 6:01 pm:

Temperature: 91.6 °F
Humidity: 27 %
Wind from the West-Southwest at 0 mph.

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Thank You for Making Earth Day Spring Cleanup 2023 a Success

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Thanks to our friends in the McKownville Improvement Association and the strong turnout of McKownville Fire Department members, our neighborhood cleanup 2023 was a tremendous success!

Despite the lousy weather, were able to clean up hundreds of pounds of garbage from the streets, shoulders and sidewalks of McKownville.

2023 Earth Day Spring Cleanup crew stands behind bagfulls of garbage they collected from the sidewalks and shoulders of McKownville.
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