The NVFC is excited to release the following announcements. Please share with your audience. The 2025 State Farm Good Neighbor Firefighter Safety Program application period will be open from June 4-6. A total of $1.5 million will be awarded to eligible volunteer fire departments – 150 departments will each receive a $10,000 grant to help […]

About Us | Members-Only Site | Member Benefits | Training | Events | ResourcesApril 1, 2025Top Stories Empowering Heroes: State Farm® and NVFC Team Up to Give $1 Million to Volunteer Firefighters State Farm® and the NVFC teamed up to launch the Good Neighbor Firefighter Safety Program in 2024. In the inaugural year, 100 volunteer […]

Membership and support enables the NVFC to represent volunteers like you on a national level and, at the local level, allows us to help you be your best for your community. Beginning January 2, 2025, there will be a slight increase in the cost of membership. We work to keep our dues as low as […]

Emergency Declaration Will Be Terminated on Monday, December 2 Governor Ned Lamont today announced that due to the extensive nature of the critical fire weather conditions that Connecticut experienced over the last several weeks, he has signed an executive order (Executive Order No. 24-3) extending the deadline required under state law for volunteer fire departments […]

It is with deep sadness that Botsford Fire Rescue announces the passing of our long-time 1st Assistant Fire Chief Peter Joseph Blomberg. Chief Blomberg was en route to the annual Newtown Board of Fire Commissioners meeting in Sandy Hook when he was tragically struck by a vehicle and succumbed to his injuries. Pete was a […]

Our thoughts are with the the Wethersfield Volunteer Fire Department and Hartford Fire Department as we mourn the tragic loss of Firefighter Robert “Sharkey” Sharkevich, Sr. (ret. HFD). Wethersfield Firefighter Sharkevich died in the line of duty conducting mutual aid in Berlin, part of the multi-town response to the Lamentation Mountain brush fire.

The attached Annual Report of the Officers of the Connecticut State Firefighter’s Association was adopted at the 141st Annual Convention, September 21, 2024. CFSA Annual Report – 2024Download