6/28/10 - Kelly Miller Circus coming to town:
Oriskany Falls, NY - Oriskany Falls Firemen's Field, Route 12B, Oriskany Falls - Thursday, July 15th. Sponsors: Clark Memorial Library & Oriskany Falls Fire Department.
Performances: 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM. Come see Big Top being rasied by elephants at 9:00 AM.
Tickets Available at: Clark Memorial Library - Oriskany Falls, Falls Insurance - Oriskany Falls, Nassimos Co-op Gas, Deansboro Superette - Deansboro, Morgan's Hardware - Waterville, Tanner Insurance Agency - Madison.
Advance Sale Tickets are: Adults (12 & up) $10, Children (2-11 yrs) - &6.00. Advance sale tickets will only be available untill July 14th. Tickets will be available day of Circus @ gate but will cost $14.00 Adults, $7.00 Children. So get your Advance tickets now.
Free parking on Firemen's Field. Field opens @ 12 Noon.
For more information/questions, contact Clark Memorial Library @ 821-7850 or Oriskany Falls FD @ 821-6171.
6/24/10 - Long time member passing away after brief illness:
TOWN of AUGUSTA, NY - It is with profound sadness that the Oriskany Falls Vol. Fire Department and Ambulance Corps mourn the loss of long time member, Mark C Garbry.
Mark passed away Thursday morning, June 24, 2010 after having been diagnosed with lung cancer some time ago. Mark was well known and liked in the Fire Dept. & Ambulance Corps. He was also well known thru out the EMS community in the Mid-State region having been an EMT with Vineall, Central Oneida County and Oriskany Falls Ambulances for many years.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends. He will be missed dearly but not be forgotten. God bless and may he R.I.P.
Click the link below for Funeral Services and Memorial Contributions:
http://www.oneidadispatch.com/articles/2010/06/24/obituaries/doc4c2402bd9d9cc695991826.txt
5/17/10 - Circus advance sale tickets now available:
Advance sale tickets now available at following locations: C.W. Clark Memorial Library - O Falls, Falls Insurance - O Falls,
Nassinos Co-Op Gas - O Falls, Deansboro Superette - Deansboro, Morgan's Hardware - Waterville and Tanner Insurance - Madison.
Ticket prices: $6.00 for Children (ages 2-11), $10.00 for Adults (ages 12 & up). Performances @ 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM, Thursday, July 15th
Advance sale tickets will only be available untill July 14th. Tickets will be available day of Circus @ gate but will cost more, so get your Advance tickets now.
For more information/questions, contact Clark Memorial Library @ 821-7850 or Oriskany Falls FD @ 821-6171.
4/28/10 - Circus is Coming:
The Waterville Times
April 28, 2010 Edtion
ORISKANY FALLS, NY - Clark Memorial Library and the Oriskany Falls Fire Department will bring the circus back to the Falls July 15. Over the next few weeks McLaren Advertising will be making phone calls to area businesses to purchase blocks of advance sale children‘s tickets at $6 per ticket. No private homes will be called. This is done for several reasons. It helps sell tickets ensuring a more successful endeavor. It gives business owners an opportunity to buy blocks of tickets for their own use or to be given to others. It also allows business people to donate tickets back to the library for distribution to clients at the ARC in Oriskany Falls and Knoxboro and to Heritage Farm in Bouckville. When the telemarketing is done McLaren will send the tickets to the committee and the fire department will deliver them and collect the money. If there are questions, call the library at 821-7850 or Jacque Roys at 843-8180.
3/27/10 - New swift water rescue team meets in Oriskany Falls:
Story Created: Mar 27, 2010 at 6:08 PM EDT
Story Updated: Mar 28, 2010 at 2:13 PM EDT
ORISKANY FALLS, N.Y. (WKTV) - If someone is ever stranded in a river or stream in our area, there is a new team that can help save their life. Members of the Oriskany Fire Dept's new Swift Water Rescue Team gathered Saturday morning in Oriskany Falls to go through some training drills.
The teams consists of members from the Oriskany Fire Department who were presenting their training to other departments.
The rescuers say if they are needed, they first use ropes, bowies and other devices to try to get someone out, and if that doesn't work, they are trained to go in the water and get people out.
Oriskany Fire Chief Jeffrey Midlam says he is glad to lead the team. He said, "we're a new concept in the county, they don't have any swift water rescue teams, we developed a swift water rescue team for all of the creeks and rivers in the area."
Each firefighter has been trained in swift water rescue at the New York State Fire Academy in Montour Falls which is near Watkins Glen.
3/24/10 - The Circus is coming to Oriskany Falls:
The Oriskany Falls Fire Dept and the Clark Memorial Library will once again be hosting the Kelly Miller Circus on July 15, 2010 for two (2) performances. Details are still being worked out as to times of shows and selling of advance show tickets. More info will be forthcoming in the next month or so.
3/23/10 - Call of duty for off-duty firefighter rescues woman from burning shed:
Story Created: Mar 23, 2010 at 5:46 PM EDT
Story Updated: Mar 23, 2010 at 6:27 PM EDT
STOCKBRIDGE, N.Y. (WKTV) - An Oriskany Falls volunteer firefighter was in the right place at the right time when the call of duty came in.
Dale Petrie was driving home when he saw smoke coming from property on 6677 East Hill Road in Stockbridge. He said that on Monday night he helped an elderly woman free herself from the burning shed in which she was living.
Neighbors said the woman's name is Anna, and that before she moved into the shed, she lived in the now-condemned house just a few feet away.
While Petrie wouldn't speak on camera, his younger brother - Russ Petrie - isn't surprised by his humble sibling that may shy away from the camera, but never his responsibility. "He's a modest guy, and I'm proud of him," Russ Petrie said.
"I was just doing my job," Dale Petrie said.
Fellow volunteers said they're never off the clock and no one is off the hook in an emergency situation. Andrew Ecker has worked with Dale Petrie for several years as a volunteer firefighter in Oriskany Falls. "We'll be talking about this for a long time," Ecker said. Ecker also hopes anyone would be as brave as Dale in the same situation.
Neighbors said that elderly woman also cared for a dog, but there was no word from officials Tuesday as to whether or not he was in the building at the time of the fire. The woman known only as Anna was transported to Oneida Health Care after the fire, but her last name, well as her condition has not been released.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
3/22/10 - Stockbridge woman pulled from fire:
Posted Mar 22, 2010 @ 06:35 PM
Last update Mar 22, 2010 @ 10:48 PM
MADISON COUNTY — A firefighter from Oriskany Falls was hailed as a hero by fellow department members Monday after he helped rescue an elderly woman from a structure fire.
Deputy Chief Dale Petrie was on his way home from work when he noticed smoke coming from a 10-foot-by-16-foot shed behind a condemned home on East Hill Road. After calling Madison County 911 dispatchers from his radio, Petrie checked the structure for occupants and found a woman, believed to be in her mid-to-late 80s, inside, Oriskany Falls Fire Chief Mike Reddy said.
“If he hadn’t have been at that particular place at that particular time, and was able to get her out of the house, she would have died,” Reddy said.
Firefighters from Munnsville and Oriskany Falls later responded to the scene at about 5:20 p.m., and the building’s occupant was transported to a local hospital, he said. No information on the cause of the fire or the woman’s condition or her name could be learned late Monday.
To see pictures, click link: Photos
3/22/10 - Oriskany FD to demonstrate water rescue:
Posted Mar 22, 2010 @ 03:44 PM
ORISKANY FALLS — The Oriskany Fire Department water rescue team will demonstrate swift water rescue skills at 9 a.m. Saturday, 3/27 at the Oriskany Falls fire station, a news release stated.
Emergency rescue personnel will learn about the dangers associated with moving water and the do's and don't's of water rescues. The program is hosted by Oneida County Deputy Fire Coordinator Gary Johnson and the Oriskany Falls Fire Department.
For more information, contact Oriskany's First Assistant fire Chief Jeff Burkhart at 736-3221 or via e-mail at waterteam@oriskanyfd.com.
12/31/09 - Annual Banquet scheduled for Jan. 16th, 2010:
The Oriskany Falls Fire Dept., Ambulance Corps and Auxiliary will be holding thier annual installment banquet, January 16, 2010 at the Clinton VFW, Franklin Ave, Clinton.
6-7 PM Cocktail Hour
7-8 PM Dinner cartered by A MOVEABLE FEAST
8-9 PM Annual Reports & Awards
9- ?? Music & Socializing
RSVP may be made by contacting:
James Wester @ 315 725-1175 or jwester@twcny.rr.com
RESERVATIONS DUE NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6TH
12/23/09 - Pumper/Tanker 431 listed on Sutphen's website under new deliveries:
Click link to view: http://www.sutphen.com/RecentDelivery.asp_Q_navigationid_E_6
11/07/09 - Engine 434 sold to a Vermont Fire Dept:
ORISKANY FALLS - Monday, Nov. 2, 2009 the Village of Oriskany Falls accepted a bid on Pumper/Tanker 434 from the Roxbury Fire Dept, Vermont. The apparatus had been put up for bid on the Internet the past couple of weeks. On Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, the Chief of Roxbury Fire Dept and his son arrived at Oriskany Falls Fire Dept to take procession of the truck.
Roxbury Chief, Tim Martin SR and his son, Tim Martin JR. spent an hour visiting with members of OFFD (Chief Steve Roys, Dep. Chief Mike Reddy, Asst. Chief Andrew Ecker, Fire Commissioners Dale Petrie & Gerald Perdersen and Firefighter's Brian Dapson and Kent Eggleston), reviewing paperwork on the apparatus and swapping some stories about each department. Afterwards, Chief Martin and his son drove away with Engine 434 on thier long 4 hour trip back to Vermont. The Oriskany Falls Fire Dept wishes the Roxbury Fire Dept the very best of luck and hopes Engine 434 serves them as well as it served the Oriskany Falls Volunteer Fire Deptartment these past many years.
Pictured left to right: OFFD Chief Steve Roys, Roxbury FF Tim Martin JR & Chief Tim Martin SR and OFFD Fire Commissioner Dale Petrie in front of Pumper/Tanker 434. Engine 432 sits off to right.
For more infomation about Roxbury FD, click on the link: www.roxbury.govoffice2.com
10/05/09 - If we can't find you, we can't help you!
Time is our enemy. In an emergency, locating the caller’s address as soon as possible is the first step in saving lives and property. Time wasted searching for the proper address is something many callers to 911 don’t have. However, because many people have failed to present identifiable markings at their residence, there’s a big difference between knowing the address and finding the address. Improper addressing frustrates emergency responders, but it could be deadly to the resident because of the delays that result. Together, we can minimize if not eliminate this chronic addressing problem.
As part of the Oriskany Falls Fire Department's annual fund drive, we've initiated a Reflective Address Marker Program. The primary purpose of the Reflective Address Marker Program will always be to enable emergency services to locate addresses quickly without unnecessary delay.
For more information, click here: Reflective Address Markers
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