About the Snyder Fire District / Snyder Fire Department
4531 Main Street
Snyder, NY 14226
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About Snyder Fire Department / Snyder Fire
District
Snyder Fire
Department
The Snyder Fire Department provides fire, rescue and emergency medical service to
approximately 20,000 residents in a six square mile area in the Town of Amherst, New York.
The department is one of ten all volunteer departments protecting Amherst, a first ring
suburb of the City of Buffalo.
The department responds to approximately 1200 emergency calls each year and is staffed by
over 70 volunteer firefighters. Operations are carried out from one central station that
houses all the apparatus and administrative offices.
For more information about the history of the Snyder Fire Department visit: History
Snyder Fire District
The main governing body of the Snyder Fire Department is referred to as
the Snyder Fire District. It is a political sub-division of the State of New York and is
governed by a five member Board of Fire Commissioners elected by residents of the Snyder
Fire District.
New York State General Municipal Law governs the actions of the Board of Fire
Commissioners. It is the responsibility of the commissioners to administer these laws and
to provide fire protection and fire prevention in a manner adequate to the needs of the
district. This is accomplished through its agent, the Snyder Fire Department.
The fire district owns the fire station and provides all the equipment and apparatus
necessary for firefighters to perform their duties. The funds required to provide all the
equipment, training, maintenance, etc. are raised by taxing the real property in the
Snyder Fire District. Similar to a school board, the fire district sets the tax rate and
the Town of Amherst collects the tax money and turns it over to the Board of Fire
Commissioners to administer.
Over the years, the Board of Fire Commissioners have continued to provide members of the
department with the most modern and up to date equipment available as well as offer the
opportunity to obtain current and in depth training and education wherever available.
