The New York Mills Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. operates as a not-for-profit corporation. The Organization is a 100% volunteer department that protects 11,500 citizens in a 47 square mile area of New York Mills and parts of of Town of New Hartford and Town of Whitestown. It provides fire protection, emergency medical treatment services and advanced life support to residents. It was formed in 1931. In 2023, there were 1136 calls resonded to.