West Fulton Fire Department

05/16/2026

Tonight we held our annual installation dinner at the Horseshoe Cafe. The food was fantastic and the company even better. We held a moment of silence for the passing of Fire Police Captain Lenny Portello. Amber DeLaet was honored for 10 years of service and Doug was presented with his certificate of completion for BEFO. Thank you to everyone who came!

05/12/2026

Life Net landing at Schoharie Fire during drill tonight.

05/12/2026

A great drill tonight with Schoharie Fire. Thank you for the invite!

05/05/2026

It is with heavy hearts that The West Fulton Fire Department says our last goodbye to Lenny Portello. Lenny joined the department in 2012 and soon after became our Fire Police Captain. Lenny was also a member of the Schoharie County Fire Police association. He served our department and his community well. Rest easy brother. We will take it from here.

05/04/2026

To all the members of The Schoharie County Fire Service and especially the members of the West Fulton Fire Department we thank you for your continued dedicated service to our great community.

04/29/2026

Congratulations

04/07/2026

The West Fulton Fire Department held its annual elections this evening. The results are as follows:

Line officers:
Chief: Bruce DeLaet
1st Assistant chief: Jason Hardendorf
2nd assistant Chief: Ben Barone
Fire Captain: Amber DeLaet
EMS Captain: Becca Monachelli

Administration Officers:
President: Amber DeLaet
Vice President: William Sossei
Treasurer: Kenneth Clapper
Secretary: Camryn DeLaet

Thank you to all of our members for their dedicated service to our department and community.

03/24/2026

Our very own Firebots will be here

Next weekend, Team TARDIS 5356 hosts a museum-wide takeover of the world-famous Corning Museum of Glass for a one-of-a-kind celebration of robotics and STEM - the first-ever Finger Lakes Robotics Expo!!

FLX REX will see 15 FIRST Tech Challenge teams take to the field for two days of competition, with educational activities, displays, and robotics-themed activities all weekend long for families and guests to enjoy!

The CMOG Hot Glass Show artists are getting in on the action too, with not two, or three, but FOUR robotics-themed hot glass shows, and a museum-wide hunt for "Rex" the Robot, who will be hidden in the collections for guests to find.

The NY State Troopers will be there with robots and drones they use on the job, there will be combat robots on display, and guests will have an opportunity to get up close and personal robots all weekend long.

Guests 17 and under are FREE at the CMOG, and we hope you'll join us for what is sure to be a fantastic weekend in the Crystal City! Don't miss FLX REX 2026!

03/03/2026

Tonight at drill some of our members did some work with our air packs. We practiced putting them on, reviewed the different functions of the packs and then played a little soccer while on air. Kicking the ball around helped take focus off of the air pack itself. Going on air is a very different feeling and can be difficult for firefighters to get used to. Having something fun to focus on helped overcome that difficulty.

12/24/2025

Merry Christmas for all of us at The West Fulton Fire Department.