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History for the year 2007. Working Fire - 17 Ellis Place Posted on August 24th, 2007. The Ossining Fire Department was dispatched to a report of a working house fire early this morning at approximately 3:00 AM. The home owner escaped luckily. Units from Croton, Millwood, Yorktown, Sleepy Hollow and Briarcliff Fire Departments responded. WCDES Batallion 10 and Zone 4 C / O also responded. . All units released with thanks from the Department for their assistance. Story by Jason Lorenz. Talk about this fire in the members section. Member Passes away Posted on August 5th, 2007. It is with Deep regret that the Ossining Fire Department announces the passing of Frank Tomassetti. Frank was a 32 year veteran of the Fire Department. Frank was a member of Senate H&L and Cataract Hose. Frank also served the Westchester County Department of Corrections for over 26 years. He will be reposing Wednesday 2-4 & 7-9pm at Leach & Thomas Inc. 32 State Street Ossining. Mass of Christian burial Thursday 10am at St. Ann’s Church, burial St. Augustine's Cemetery. Future Firefighter Posted on May 24th, 2007. Born this day is Samantha Grace Carpenter. She is the new Daughter of Pete Carpenter of Rescue 14. She was born at 1:33 PM and was 7lbs 2 oz. At rest she was 18 1/2 inches. Mother and baby are doing great! Dad is already tired. Croton Fire Department Parade Posted on May 19th, 2007. Croton Fire Department held it's first Parade only event. In years past the parade was attached to the street fair. Of course Ossining attended and did very well. Trophies were won for Most men in line, Best Engine, Best Rescue and Best Overall. Thanks to all who helped out. Cataract and Senate Anniversary T-shirts on sale Posted May 2007. Cataract is Celebrating it's 150 Anniversary of Firefighting for the Village of Ossining. For a limited time these shirts will be available. To purchase a shirt from Cataract contact Tim Ryan or Danny Olivieri. To purchase a shirt from Senate please contact Jim Minihan. New Company Officers elected May 1st, 2007
The first Tuesday in May is the
election of Officers for the Fire Department. It is the one
month out of the year that all companies hold their meetings
on the same night. The Following
are the election results we have received so far:
E-96 E-
98 E-101 L
- 42 R-14 Congratulations to the new Officers! Firefighter of the year! April 29th, 2007
Ossining Fire.com just received
word that Chris Kruse will be awarded Firefighter of the year!
Chris will receive this very prestigious award from the Hudson
Valley Fireman's association. Chris's actions at the Fuller
Road fire (10/18/2006) saved the life of long time Ossining
Resident Mrs. Boswell. Mrs. Boswell is well known teacher in
Ossining. she has taught kindergarten to children for over 30
years. Chris and others from the Ossining Fire Department will
receive the award at the Hudson Valley Convention. More
Details to follow.
Firefighting is a family tradition! During March 2007
Firefighting is often thought of
as a large family. This is very true. The Firefighting family
is always looking for new members to it's family. The Fire
Department is a great place for people to learn about helping
people in addition to serving their community. During the
month of March two new additions happened to our family. E101
voted in Eric Dohan to the company where is father belongs.
Also Ryan Connolly became a driver to E98. Ryan's father is
the First Assistant Chief of the Department and also a company
driver of E100. Congrats to both Firefighters in following of
their fathers footsteps!
Working Fire - 5 Brandreth Street On: March 9th, 2007
The Ossining Fire Department
responded to 5 Brandreth Streeet for a report of a working
House Fire. Fire Arriving units extinguished the blaze
quickly. Croton FAST to the scene. The building which was an
apartment type house. The house was home to more than 30 people.
The fire could have
been a potential disaster had the fire not been extinguished
quickly.
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