POLAND, N.Y. — NEWSChannel 2 has learned that following a meeting on Tuesday evening, it was determined by the Poland Joint Fire District notified the Poland Volunteer Fire Company that the District would no longer be contracting with them to provide fire protection as of midnight Tuesday.
The Poland Fire Company said that it covers 470 square miles.
The company added that it will now be up to Newport Volunteer Fire Department or Barneveld Fire Department to respond to calls.
NEWSChannel 2 reached out to District Commissioner Chair Andy Topham for comment. He said “
This decision was made due to extended response times, low membership/membership retention , lack of cooperation in providing documents to secure insurance for responding firefighters and failure to provide firefighter training records.”
Poland’s Fire Chief said that they are consulting with their legal team on how to proceed from here.
The Poland Volunteer Fire Department will not be responding to fire calls