The officers and firefighters of the West Webster Fire Department wish to express our sincerest condolences to the firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and police officers who lost their lives this morning in the Town of West, Texas.  We are truly saddened by the events that unfolded and will continue to support and pray for our brother and sister emergency responders as they have supported us in our time of need.  Our hearts go out to the community as well which will forever be affected by the incident that occurred.

Click here to see comments made by Chief Deisenroth about the recent incident in Gwinnett County Georgia where four firefighters were held hostage by a deranged man after responding to a false call for emergency medical services.

West Webster Volunteer Firemans Association has released their 2013 Scholarship application.  Click here for information on the scholarship as well as to download the application.

Thursday February 7th two members from West Webster assisted the Monroe County Crimestoppers by answering phones and receiving donations for the organization.  Assistant Chief Vince Pratt and PIO Al Sienkiewicz were present to assist the crimestoppers organization.   Lt. Chiapperini was an avid supporter of the Crimestoppers program and his last media appearance was on 13Wham TV in their weekly crime stoppers segment.  You can donate to crimestoppers by going to www.roccrimestoppers.com or by mail to: Crime Stoppers, PO Box 40452, Rochester, NY 14604.

CANCELLED: The Confederate Railroad concert and Fundraiser for Friday, February 8, 2013, 7:00 PM has been Cancelled due to travel conflicts. The poor weather conditions (winter storm) have caused the cancelling of flights.

Below are the write ups for the firefighter and EMS provider of the year for 2012 for the West Webster Fire Department.  The members chosen for firefighter of the year were Past Chief Michael Chiapperini and Firefighter Tomasz Kaczowka.  The EMS provider of the year is Firefighter Brandon Nugent.

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Click here to view a page dedicated to benefits being held in the area for the fallen and injured firefighters.

Residents of West Webster are able to register their cell phones to receive hyper-reach notifications sent out by the Monroe County 9-1-1 Center.  You can either visit our links page or click here to register your phone.

West Webster and Webster Fire Departments as well as several other agencies assisted Webster Police in a search for a missing Webster man Tuesday January 22nd.  The man, Marco Montante, was an 80 year old who suffered from alzheimers walked away from his house at approximately 10:00 am on Monday.  Mr. Montante was later found deceased by search crews.