The Union Hill Fire Department Is located on the North-East side of Rochester NY, it is comprised of a determined group of individuals from many different walks of life. We have a combination of both paid staff and volunteers to better serve our community. Fire department meetings are held on the first tuesday of each month at station 1. Training is conducted on tuesdays. All equipment and training is provided, free of charge, to members. Our small but proud department currently has 2 ambulances and 5 fire trucks. (More info on Apparatus here)

You do not have to be a Firefighter or EMT(Emergency Medical Technician) to be a part of the Union Hill Fire Department. You can join just to help out with fundraisers and other tasks. If you wish to become a member please fill out an Application (Adobe Reader required) and drop it off at Station 1

We provide free smoke and CO detectors to any resident of our district in need, as well as offering free home fire safety inspections and "stop at your door" fire truck tours. Contact Chief Ball for more information.

We serve the North East Joint Fire District, our district is shown on the right. (click the map for a larger view)

Whenever a call comes in the fire dispatcher puts out tones over the radio that activates each volunteer's pager. If you would like to hear what our tones sound like please click the appropriate link below:

Monroe County Tone
Wayne County Tone
Vehicle fire call

• Chief
  • Brian Ball - E-Mail Phone: 1-585-265-0167
• 1st Assistant Chief
  • Greg Read
• 2nd Assistant Chief
  • Kirk Willis
• Deputy Chief (Ambulance Director)
  • Jerry Seldes
• Captains
  • Drew Vorndran
  • Kevin Ramph
  • Scott Schell
  • Mark Fox
• Fire Prevntion Coordinator
  • Maryann Blakely