{"id":292919,"date":"2026-09-24T11:35:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T11:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/292919\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T11:35:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T11:35:02","slug":"erie-county-offers-free-passport-photos-to-local-first-responders-from-sept-26-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/292919\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie County offers free passport photos to local first responders from Sept. 26-30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eligible first responders will have the regular $10 passport fee waived at all three Erie County Clerk Passport Acceptance Centers. <\/p>\n<p>BUFFALO, N.Y. \u2014 In honor of National First Responders Day on September 28, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wgrz.com\/article\/news\/local\/buffalo-wny-zombie-houses\/71-fa0445a2-b8e5-4ddf-9fd3-f26c3562e5a5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Erie County Clerk<\/a>&#8216;s Office is offering free passport photos to Erie County first responders from September 26-30.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Eligible first responders will have the regular $10 passport fee waived at all three Erie County Clerk Passport Acceptance Centers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wgrz.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                                            &#13;<br \/>\n                                                This story continues below.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur first responders don&#8217;t get to choose when the call comes in \u2014 they simply answer it,\u201d said County Clerk Kearns. \u201cPolice officers, firefighters, EMTs, dispatchers and other first responders are there for us when we need them most. This is a small gesture of appreciation, but an important opportunity for our office to say thank you for your service and your commitment to the residents in Erie County.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The offer is only available to Erie County residents who are first responders, and you must provide proof of service when you visit. The photo fee waiver will only be during the September 26\u201330 promotion.<\/p>\n<p>Here is where the three Erie County Clerk Passport Acceptance Centers are located:<\/p>\n<p>Downtown Buffalo Passport Acceptance Center at Old County HallSouthtowns Passport Acceptance Center at Southgate PlazaNorthtowns Passport Acceptance Center at Eastern Hills Mall                    <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNational First Responders Day is a chance for all of us to recognize the people who run toward emergencies while the rest of us are running away. To every police officer, firefighter, EMT, dispatcher and first responder serving Erie County \u2014 thank you for your courage, your sacrifice and your service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0For more information, you can contact the Erie County Clerk\u2019s Outreach Center at 716-858-8864 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.erie.gov\/clerk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">erie.gov\/clerk<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eligible first responders will have the regular $10 passport fee waived at all three Erie County Clerk Passport&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-292919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}