A Voice from the Eastern Door

Articles written by Derek Comins


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  • HAVFD & FRACO Host Fire and EMS Conference

    Derek Comins|Apr 20, 2017

    The weekend of April 1-2, 2017 the FRACO Drill Area (Franklin County Training Grounds) and the Hogansburg Akwesasne Volunteer Fire Department held a two-day fire and EMS conference at the Akwesasne Mohawk Casino. North Country Fire and EMS 2017 started off with nationally known speaker Chief Rick Lasky delivering his 'Pride and Ownership' keynote address and continued with two full days of fire and EMS lectures and hands-on training. Conference organizers John Bashaw and Derek Comins, started...

  • HAVFD donates fire engine to Bombay

    Derek Comins|May 12, 2011

    The Hogansburg-Akwesasne Volunteer Fire Department along with the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe donated a 1986 Pierce Fire Truck to the Bombay Volunteer Fire Department. The truck was donated in the spring of 2010 to the HAVFD and SRMT through Indian Health Services Operation TransAm, a program that donates surplus government equipment to Indian Tribes. The truck was originally ordered by the US Navy and was placed at O’Hare Airport with it most recently being assigned to a VA hospital near White R...