Jim LaFarr has worked in the Warren County Sheriffs Office his entire career. He says the Sheriffs office was the only place he ever applied, because he wanted to be able to serve his hometown, Queensbury. He started as a uniformed officer and has worked his way up through the ranks of the Sheriffs Office. […]
Firemen fighting a fire on Warren Street. Glens Falls, NY on the morning of April 28, 1884. The Presbyterian Church, opera house, and other businesses were destroyed in the blaze. Courtesy of the Crandall Public Library Photograph Collection #1363, The Folklife Center at Crandall Public Library.
Arthur George N. Deline on a (presumed) fire department motorcycle. Deline was a firefighter for Fire Company No. 1 on Arsenal Street in Watertown for thirteen years, from 1907 until 1920. Photo courtesy of Deline’s grandson, Thomas LaClair.
A Helicopter used by DEC ranger Howard Glass in a rescue. 2002. Lake Placid, NY. Photo courtesy of Howard Glass. Read the full North Country at Work story on the rescue here.
Scene from the rescue of Blake Alois and Madison Popolizio on Algonquin Peak. December 2013. North Elba, NY. Photo courtesy of NY DEC.
A forest ranger’s search and rescue tools, which include a litter to carry an injured person, helicopter gear such as a helmet, a tote of warm-weather clothing, skis and a variety of boots. 2018. North Elba, NY. Photo by Andy Flynn.
A DEC forest ranger searchers for two missing hikers on Algonquin Peak. 2016. North Elba, NY. Photo courtesy of NY DEC.
Mary Brown volunteered for Saranac Lake Rescue as an EMT for 21 years, starting in 1993. She also served on the board for six years. Now that she says she’s aged out of being an EMT, she still volunteers around the space doing odd jobs, from helping with fundraising to legislative work.
Firefighters hosing out a fire at Clifford’s Gift Shop on Park Street. Circa October 1969. Tupper Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of the Goff-Nelson Memorial Library.
The fire tower on Catamount Mountain. Date unknown. Colton, NY. Photo courtesy of Mary Jane Watson.
