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Monroe County is located in Western New York State and
includes the City of Rochester. We encompass 673 square
miles, with a population of 713,966 residents.

The Association is comprised of thirty-one departments throughout the
county. They include Brighton, Brockport, Bushnell's Basin, Chili,
Churchville, Clifton, East Rochester, Egypt, Fairport, Greece Ridge, Hamlin,
Henrietta, Hilton, Honeoye Falls, Lakeshore, Mendon, Morton, Mumford,
North Greece, Penfield, Pittsford, Point Pleasant, Ridge Culver, Sea Breeze,
Scottsville, St Paul, Spencerport, Walker, West Brighton, West Henrietta, and
West Webster.

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A little about the area!
City of Rochester - Monroe County

A little history
The Fire Police are about as old as firefighting itself. You can trace their roots
back to the bucket brigade days. They are in charge of traffic control, crowd
control, and scene safety to name a few. In 1939 the New York State General
Municipal Law created Article 10, Section 209-c, creating Fire Police.
According to the law, when working in their sworn capacity, they "shall have
the powers of and render service as peace officers". Article 2, Section
2.10(41) of the New York State Criminal Procedure Law also describes their
authority as follows. "Fire police squads organized pursuant to section two
hundred nine-c of the general municipal law, at such times as the fire
department, fire company or an emergency rescue and first aid squad of the
fire department or fire company are on duty, or when, on orders of the chief
of the fire department or fire company of which they are members, they
are separately engaged in response to a call for assistance pursuant to the
provisions of section two hundred nine of the general municipal law
provided." Disobeying a Fire Police member violates New York State V&T
Article 23, Section 1102 which states "no person shall fail or refuse to comply
with any lawful order or direction of any police officer or flagperson or
other person duly empowered to regulate traffic". Fire police members are
sworn in by local authority and registered with the New York state Division of
Criminal Justices Services in Albany. The laws can be found at the New York
State Senate website. In 1953 the Volunteer Fireman Association Of The State
Of New York was created and today has over 2,500 members statewide. For
more information on Fire Police History click here!

Officers of the MCVFPA