Snyder Fire Department Members operated at the Main-Transit Fire Department multiple alarm Commercial Fire Tuesday evening as a Heavy Rescue crew. Members worked on-scene to force open doors and to help establish hose-lines for the exterior-based firefighting efforts. Our crews worked hard as part of the overall operation. Snyder units worked as a Heavy Rescue Company, forcing doors and helping establish water supply and direct water application. Members also worked as liaisons between the Comma...

Snyder Firefighters operated as one of the FAST (Firefighter Assist and Search Team) on the scene of a Working Commercial Structure Fire as Mutual Aid to Rescue Volunteer Hose Co. No. 1.Our duties when assigned this role is to be prepared to effect a rescue of a fellow firefighter if a MAYDAY is called, or if someone is in trouble. Our Members train hard and regularly on FAST tactics and skills. This was the 2nd FAST call made to Cheektowaga in less than 24 hours for Snyder. After nearly 5-...

On Thursday, July 1, shortly after 2230 hours (10:30 PM), Snyder Firefighters along with Mutual Aid from Getzville Fire Company, North Bailey Vol. Fire Company, and Main-Transit Fire Department along with Amherst Police Department - NY and Twin City Ambulance Corporation responded to a Working House Fire. Crews were met on arrival with heavy fire conditions on the 1st and 2nd floors and extending into the attic. Crews utilized multiple hose lines to extinguish the well-involved fire. Photos from...

Shortly before 1500hrs (3:00 pm) on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, Snyder Firefighters were alerted to a single-vehicle accident with the vehicle in a ditch. Shortly after dispatched, Department Chief Van Horn was on location reporting Extrication would be required. Snyder Engines 3 and 2 responded along with a Mutual Aid Heavy Rescue from Getzville Fire Company. Members of Snyder and Getzville worked together to extricate by removing the doors and post on the passenger side of the vehicle. Both patie...

At approximately 1130 Sunday morning, April 25, 2021, SFD responded to a collision at Harlem and Sheridan under the I-290 bridge. Members assisted in Patient care and scene clean-up, including applying speedy-dry absorbent to the road to absorb oil and fuel. The Chief requested additional bags of absorbent to help clean up the mess. Additionally, Amherst Police and Twin City Ambulance assisted at the scene.

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YOUNGMAN HW and SHERIDAN DR - MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT W/INJURY: 290 EAST EXTRICATION REQUIREDShortly after 2330hrs on Sunday evening, January 25, Snyder Firefighters were called to an accident on the I-290 between Sheridan Dr and Main St for a single-car accident with one patient in need of heavy extrication. Members used the hydraulic cutting and spreading tools to remove the doors and center post to get the patient out of the vehicle and into a waiting Twin City Ambulance. After the patient was...

A little after 1100hrs on Saturday Morning, November 28, 2020, Snyder Firefighters were called to a Commercial Hotel Occupancy on Sheridan Drive for an Alarm Activation. While en route, the Alarm Office notified the Chief, that there were reports of water flowing from the sprinkler system and an activated sprinkler head.Members found a broken sprinkler head in a first-floor room. A hanger was placed on the head and sheared the Temperature-Sensitive Glass Bulb which allowed water to begin fl...

(Snyder FD) KENSINGTON AVMOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT W/INJURY: CAR STRUCK BLDG / FEMALE WITH CHEST PAINAt approximately 1345 hours, Friday, November 20, 2020, Snyder Firefighters were alerted to a car accident involving a car striking a commercial structure. Members responded and evaluated the patient who signed a medical release. The Amherst Building Department and Fire Inspectors Offices responded to the scene and evaluated the structure. Additionally, Twin City Ambulance Corporation and&...

Snyder Firefighters operated for approximately an hour on August 25, 2020, on the ramp from the I-290 to the I-90 near Wherle Dr. The call came in at approximately 0715 for an overturned tractor-trailer. Units found an overturned semi, whose load of paper rolls ripped through the sidewalls and cascaded down the embankment. The driver sustained only minor injuries. Firefighters worked to contain fluids on the ground. Additionally, the New York State Police, NYS Thruway Authority,&n...

(Snyder FD) FOXCROFT LA - STRUCTURE FIRE - BASEMENT FIRE 05:22 - Early Saturday morning, June 20, 2020, Snyder Firefighters were alerted for a Basement Fire. Additionally, Williamsville Fire Department and Getzville Fire Company FAST Assisted at the scene. Firefighters worked to stretch multiple hose lines, including an aggressive interior attack into the basement to extinguish the blaze. Also, SFD was assisted at the scene by Amherst Police Department - NY, and Twi...

On Saturday April 4, Snyder crews were called at approx 0845 for a bedroom fire with possible entrapped residents. Chief Van Horn arrived on scene and reported “Smoke Showing from a large 2-1/2 story brick house” and requested a 2nd Alarm. Members preformed a quick primary search ahead of the hose line and confirmed that the residents were not inside at the time of the fire. Additionally crews advanced an 1-3/4” hose line to the 2nd floor and extinguished the fire. Flames exten...

Snyder Firefighters responded to a bedroom fire in a two story house.  A quick interior attack along with proper ventilation contained the fire to one bedroom.  Chief Mark Van Horn estimated damage at  $60,000 to the structure and $100,000 to the contents.  The cause is under investigation.  Snyder was assisted by the Eggertsville Hose Company FAST Team.

 Snyder Fire responded to a fire in a nursing facility on Main Street. Firefighters found a dryer fire that had extended into the parts of the laundry room. Crews were able to keep the fire from spreading, as the sprinkler system held the fire in place. Facility staff followed procedures and moved residents in immediate danger to a safe areas within the facility. Firefighters ventilated the laundry room and assessed the situations on all floors of the building. Residents did not need to be ...

 Past Chief Tom Merrill has compiled a list of the major incidents of the Snyder Fire Department.Click HERE to view the list.

At 4:08 AM firefighters were dispatched to a report of a bedroom fire in a two story, four unit apartment building.  Upon arrival Chief Paul Griebner reported flames showing from a first floor rear window.  A fast interior attack by firefighters contained the flames to a bedroom.  However, heavy smoke conditions displaced all the occupants from all four apartments.  One resident was transported to an area hospital for possible smoke inhalation. Damage was estimated at $150,00...

Snyder Firefighters were alerted to a basement fire on Bernhardt Drive. First arriving units reported heavy fire and smoke conditions.  Automatic aid brought firefighters from the Williamsville Fire Department and a FAST team from the Eggertsville Hose Company.  Damage was estimated at $40,000 to the structure and $25,000 to the contents.  The cause remains under investigation.  One firefighter was transported to a hospital for evaluation and the Red Cross was notified t...

At 2:30 AM firefighters were alerted to a report of a detached garage fire.  Upon arrival the 40' x 30' garage was found to be fully engulfed in flames.  The garage was a total loss with damage estimated at $80,000 to the structure and $20,000 to the contents.  Additionally, a neighbor's house sustained $10,000 exposure damage.

At approximately 4:00 am the homeowner was awakened by a noise to find a wall of flames consuming the rear of the house.  Within minutes of dispatch Fire Chief Paul Griebner arrived on location to discover the fire had extended from the rear wooden deck area up the wall and into the attic area.  After a partial roof collapse firefighters initiated an exterior attack with heavy water supplied by the aerial truck and various ground lines.  While the occupants of the house all safety...

With confirmed Ebola virus cases in the United States, Snyder Firefighters learn established donning of protective equipment in the event they come in contact with and have to treat a patient suspected of carrying the Ebola virus.