MONTOUR FALLS, NY — If it’s the fourth weekend in October, it must be Sullivan County Weekend at the State Fire Academy in Montour Falls.

This year, 80 firefighters from 17 fire departments (Bloomingburg, Callicoon, Grahamsville, Highland Lake, Hortonville, Hurleyville, Jeffersonville, Kauneonga Lake, Liberty, Monticello, Narrowsburg, Rock Hill, Roscoe, White Lake, White Sulphur Springs, Wurtsboro and Yulan) attended the six different classes offered. They included “Fire Officer Refresher,” “Truck Company Refresher,” “Live Fire Class B Foam Operations,” “Fire Ground Strategies and Tactics” and “Tactical Fire Ground Simulations.”