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.

Latest News

• 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.
• Budget Hearing
  The McKownville Fire District will hold its annual Budget Hearing Tuesday, October 18th at 7:00 p.m. in the firehouse at 1250 Western Avenue.

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Weather in McKownville as of 03/31/2023 at 5:36 pm:

Temperature: 47.5 °F
Humidity: 45 %
Wind from the Northwest at 3 mph.