Moyers Corners Fire Department Bunk-In Program

2011 Spring Semester Bunk-Ins:
Bill McSweeney (Scriba FD Oswego County)
Phillip Clark (Cincinnatus FD Cortland County)
Troy Barrett (West Winfield FD Herkimer County)
Matt Buttonschon (2nd Year Student - Stittville FD Oneida County)
Tom Young (2nd Year Student - Weedsport FD Cayuga County)
Chad Schaefer (2nd Year Student - Shortsville FD Ontario County)
Ryan Granger (Wolcott FD Wayne County)


BECOMING A MOYERS CORNERS FIRE DEPARTMENT BUNK-IN:
The Moyers Corners Fire Department has been running a Student Bunk-in Program for 15 years now, and it has been a tremendous success. Students who are enrolled in the Fire Protection Technology Curriculum at Onondaga Community College live at our four fire stations. In return for living at our fire stations, the students work regular duty shifts to help maintain the fire stations and apparatus, and when an alarm comes in, act as firefighters and respond with our apparatus. This has not only helped to keep our facilities and apparatus well maintained, but has also helped our daytime staffing.

What do the students gain?
    The students take what they have learned in their fire service training/education and apply it through experience responding to our alarms. The students also gain responsibility, independence, how to work as a team, and many other traits that will help them to be successful in the career fire service. As you can see this is a win/win situation both for the students and the fire department.

What are the requirements to be a part of the program?

1.  Student candidate shall be a minimum of 18 years of age.
2.  Student must go through a formal interview process.
3.  Student shall be a full-time matriculated student enrolled within the Fire Protection Technology degree program at Onondaga Community College or another accredited university.
4.  
Student shall be an active member of a recognized volunteer fire department in New York State and outside of Onondaga County, New York.
5.  
Student would be required to enter into a written contract with the Moyers Corners Fire Department.
6.  
Student is required to maintain a minimum of 2.5 G.P.A. at the college. School is the number one reason the students are in our program, and the fire department cannot stress enough how important it is to us to make sure the students are successful in school. 

     The program is governed by a Bunk-In Committee and the Chiefs of the Moyers Corners Fire Department.  We have students from all over New York State, and we can honestly say that we don't know what we would do without the help of the students named above. If you are a hard worker, a good student, have a passion to make a career out of the fire service, and love to run fire/rescue/medical calls (1700+ a year), then we may have a spot for you. If you are interested, or know anyone who might be, please contact Greg Shaffer at shaffeg@mcfd.org

Where are they Now?
Chad Barnes: C&S Engineers, Life Safety Department Manager, Syracuse, New York
Andy Brown: Myrtle Beach Fire Department, South Carolina
Matt Buss: Chesterfield FD - Chesterfield, Virginia
Justin Gershon: City of Albany Fire Department
Trevor Goodenough: Kunkel Ambulance
Charlie Hess: FDNY Ambulance
Donny Hess: United States Marine Corps
Bob Knightingale: Cornelius-Lemley Fire Department, North Carolina

Adam Maier: City of Charlotte Fire Department -  Charlotte, North Carolina
Ryan Norman: New York City Police Department - Manhatten
Dustin Prievo: Baltimore Fire Department
Anthony Rivelli:  New York City Police Department - Brooklyn
Matt Rovelli: Loudoun County Fire/Rescue - Loudoun County, Virginia
Joe Signorelli: City of Richmond Fire Department - Richmond, Virginia
Greg Smith: Washington DC Fire Department
Eric Smolinski: Montgomery County Fire - Maryland
Cody Thieme: City of Rome Fire Department - Rome, New York
Ken Walsh: City of Charlotte Fire Department- Charlotte, North Carolina

Past Bunk-in Classes:
2011 Fall Semester Bunk-In Students
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Front Row (Left to Right):
Andrew Johnson (North Side Fire Co. Ontario County), Joey Henderson (Stittville FD Oneida County), Bill McSweeney (Scriba FD Oswego County), Phillip Clark (Cincinnatus FD Cortland County), Derek Natoli (Scriba FD Oswego County), Carmen Ambrose (Whitesboro FD Oneida County)
 
Back Row (Left to Right): Troy Barrett (West Winfield FD Herkimer County), Matt Buttonschon (2nd Year Student - Stittville FD Oneida County), Tom Young (2nd Year Student - Weedsport FD Cayuga County), Chad Schaefer (2nd Year Student - Shortsville FD Ontario County), Ryan Granger (Wolcott FD Wayne County)
 
2010 Fall Semester Bunk-In Students
Front Row: Matt Buttonschon, Sam Colburn, Chad Schaefer
Back Row: Tom Young, Ryan Pidgeon, Aaron Nipper

2009 Fall Semester Bunk-In Students

Front Row (L-R) 2nd Year Students: 
Charlie Hess, Josh Murphy, Trevor Goodenough, Keith Wadsworth
Back Row (L-R) 1st Year Students: Kyle Thompson, Ryan Pidgeon, 
Don Hess, Sam Colburn
   
                         
2008-2009 Spring Semester Bunk-Ins

(Left to Right): Keith Wadsworth, Josh Murphy, Charlie Hess, Trevor Goodenough, Brad Badali

2008-2009 Fall Semester Bunk-ins
Left to Right: 
Alex Nagoda -  Forestburgh Fire Department, Sullivan County
Trevor Goodenough - Cassville Fire Department, Ontario County
Matt Donovan - South Hornell Fire Department, Steuben County
Charlie Hess - North Side Fire Department, Ontario County
Josh Murphy - Webb Mills Fire Department, Chemung County
Zach Gibeau - Hopewell Fire Department, Ontario County
Keith Wadsworth -  Keene/Princeton Fire Departments
Brad Badali - Farmington Fire Department, Ontario County

2007-2008 Fall Semester Bunk-ins

Front Row (l-r) Brandon Rundle, Joe Signorelli, Andy Brown, Brad Badali
Back Row (l-r) Dustin Prievo, Matt Zabek, Bryan Rainville, Tyler Drake, Alex Nagoda


2007-2008 Spring Semester Bunk-ins

Front Row (l-r) Brad Badali, Alex Nagoda
Back Row (l-r) Brandon Rundle, Andy Brown, Matt Zabek, Dustin Prievo


2006-2007 Bunk-ins

Front Row: Joe Signorelli, Adam Maier
Back Row: Bryan Rainville, Tyler Drake, Andy Brown, Brandon Rundle, Matt Zabek
   

2005-2006 Bunk-ins
Matt Snyder, Bryan Rainville, Josh Manning, Brennan Daugherty 
Adam Maier, Cody Thieme, Matt Buss

2004-2005 Bunk-ins
Josh Manning, Cody Thieme, Greg Eager, Matt Snyder, Matt Buss

2003-2004 Bunk-ins

Front Row: Greg Eager, Mike Onysko
Back Row: Matt Buss, Eric Smolinsky


2000-2001 Bunk-ins


1999-2000 Bunk-ins
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