On an early fall night in 1926, a house in the community caught fire, and urgent calls for assistance went out to the neighbors. With no fire company immediately available, the neighbors responded with what ever they could find in or around their homes to help quell the flames. Their efforts were great, but their crude firefighting implements could not cope with the situation and the home was lost. During the immediate days following the loss of the home, meetings of the Fuller Road Improvement Association were held, and from these meetings the Fuller Road Fire Department was formed on Tuesday, October 9, 1926. The following are a few of the highlights that have occurred within the Fuller Road Fire Department over the past seventy - six years:
1926
– a 1921 Buick Touring Car was
purchased for fifty dollars, stripped and converted into the finest homemade
chemical wagon of the era.
1927
– The need for an audible alarm system was
recognized. On December 13, a Locomotive tender tire was purchased from the New
York Central railroad for six dollars. The tire has since been converted into a
permanent memorial, which stands in front of our firehouse.
1931
– The department purchased its first
manufactured apparatus, a 1931 Reo Speed Wagon with two chemical tanks and a
booster reel. The department was incorporated in June.
1937
– Fire hydrants were introduced and installed
in the area. The department received a new International 500 GPM Pumper from
Sealand Fire Apparatus Corp. A #2 horsepower Sterling Siren was purchased and
installed to augment the Locomotive tire as our audible alarm.
1942
– An OCD Willy’s 500 GPM Skid Pump was
obtained and fitted on the 1931 Reo Speed Wagon for added protection during the
war years.
1943
– Another pumper was purchased, a used 1935
Dodge 500 GPM Pumper.
1949
– A new building was erected on Central
Avenue and dedicated as the apparatus rooms for the Fuller Road Fire Department. 
1952
– A new Mack 750 GPM Pumper was delivered and
added to the fleet.
1958
– A second new Mack 750 GPM Pumper was
delivered and a two way radio system was installed.
1960
– A new Signacon Air Horn was purchased and
installed augmenting our alerting system.
1962
– A new Ford Emergency Truck was delivered by
Young Fire Apparatus Corp.
1965
– A third stall was added to the firehouse
building. 
1967
– A new 1,000 GPM Pumper was delivered by
Sanford Fire Apparatus Corp.
1968
– On August 3rd, our present home
was dedicated.
1972
– Our first aerial truck, an 85-foot
telescopic ladder tower by Sutphen Fire Equipment Corp. was placed in service.
1980 – A new 1,750 GPM by Sanford (currently
Engine
411) was placed in service.
1982
– Another addition was added to the Firehouse
enlarging our building and renovating the banquet facilities.
1990
– Our 1980 Sanford was refitted with a 1990
Penfab retrofit cab.
1992 – A new 2,000 GPM Pumper by Saulsbury Penfab
(currently
Engine 410) was placed in service.
1993 – A new Sutphen 100-foot aerial tower ladder
truck was purchased for the department (currently our
Truck
3). It is equipped
with LDH Supply Line and 2¾” cross lay attack lines.
1998
– During this year the ‘Southside
Connection’ was formed. The chiefs from Midway, Colonie Village and Fuller
Road Fire Dept. devised a consolidation plan. The departments would benefit by
utilizing each others apparatus, thus eliminating the need for each department
to purchase their own apparatus individually.
1999
– The FAST team was implemented as a
firefighters search team, designated for the assist and recovery of firefighters
that are in trouble or have gone down inside of a structure fire.
2001 – A brand new American LaFrance Rescue pumper (currently our Rescue 3) was purchased. This piece contains a 1,500 GPM Pump, Holmatro extrication equipment, and is the first piece of apparatus to proudly display “The Southside Connection” above the windshield.