Snyder Fire Department

The Snyder Fire Department provides fire, rescue, and emergency medical services to approximately 20,000 residents, numerous businesses, a major interstate, and major interstate interchange, elementary, middle and high schools, and a university campus in an approximately six-square-mile area in the south-central portion of the Town of Amherst, New York. The Snyder Fire Department is one of 10 all-volunteer fire departments in Amherst, which is a major suburb of Buffalo, NY. 

The department responds to approximately 1,200 emergency calls each year ranging from fires, motor vehicle collisions, emergency medical calls, and mutual aid requests and is staffed by over 70 volunteer firefighters. The Snyder Fire Department works closely with other fire companies in the Towns of Amherst and Cheektowaga as part of mutual-aid. Additionally, Snyder FD works regularly with the Amherst Police Department, Twin City Ambulance Corp., Amherst Emergency Services, and the Amherst Fire Inspectors Office. 

Operations are carried out from one central station that houses all the apparatus and administrative offices.  The Snyder Fire Department is dispatched by the Amherst Central Fire Alarm Office, commonly known as Amherst Fire Control.  

For more information about the history of the Snyder Fire Department visit: Fire Department Info / History

Snyder Fire District

The Snyder Fire District is located within the Town of Amherst, a first-ring suburb of the City of Buffalo, New York. It is a suburban community, approximately 6 square miles in size with a population of approximately 20,000 people.

While considered a residential community there is a substantial quantity of commercial development. Operations are carried out from one central station that houses all the apparatus and administrative offices. 

The main governing body of the Snyder Fire Department is referred to as the Snyder Fire District. It is a political subdivision of the State of New York and is governed by a five-member Board of Fire Commissioners elected by residents of the Snyder Fire District.

New York State General Municipal Law governs the actions of the Board of Fire Commissioners. It is the responsibility of the commissioners to administer these laws and to provide fire protection and fire prevention in a manner adequate to the needs of the district. This is accomplished through its agent, the Snyder Fire Department.

The fire district owns the fire station and provides all the equipment and apparatus necessary for firefighters to perform their duties. The funds required to provide all the equipment, training, maintenance, etc. are raised by taxing the real property in the Snyder Fire District. Similar to a school board, the fire district sets the tax rate and the Town of Amherst collects the tax money and turns it over to the Board of Fire Commissioners to administer. 

Over the years, the Board of Fire Commissioners has continued to provide members of the department with the most modern and up-to-date equipment available as well as offer the opportunity to obtain current and in-depth training and education wherever available.

If you are interested in joining the Snyder Fire Department, check out our Recruitment Page for more information:  Join