BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Fallen Buffalo Firefighter Jason Arno, who died battling a fire in March 2023, was honored Sunday at the second annual Firefighter Arno Memorial Foundation Cookout.
Arno, 37, was a three-year member of the Buffalo Fire Department when he battled the four-alarm structure fire on Main Street in Buffalo’s Theatre District.
His colleagues and friends gathered to host the cookout at Tewksbury Lodge, which had plenty of food and family fun to go around, including a bounce house and a game of tug-of-war between the Buffalo Fire Department and the Buffalo Police Department…