Earlville Fire Department, NY

This morning on the Today show there was a segment called Heroes Among us. Today they honored those who have worked tirelessly interpreting for the deaf and hearing impaired. We at the EFD are fortunate enough and honored to have one of those special people. Rebekah Thompson is a member of the Earlville fire department and she’s an interpreter for the deaf. Thank you Rebekah for your service to the department and your service to the hearing impaired!!

During our training hours last night the men and women in our department practiced different techniques of hose advancements and different nozzle techniques to be used when fighting an interior or exterior fire.

The Earlville Fire Department and Company held their 2021 elections this evening and the results are as follows; Chief 150- Garin Thornton 1st Assistant Chief 1501- Brian Shaw 2nd Assistant Chief 1502- Jim Doyle ... President- Edward Bachorik Vice-President- Dillan Murray Secretary- Diane Bensley Treasurer- David Bensley Investment treasurer- David Bensley Board of Directors- Brian Shaw Board of Directors- Matthew Thompson Board of Directors-(Inactive Life)- Ford Seymour Warden- David Buchanan Congratulations to everyone and thank you for your service to our community!

The members of the Earlville Fire Department would like to congratulate Pamela Bain on the completion of EMT-Basic. Pamela’s time and dedication to the department and the community are an inspiration to all. Congratulations Pam and thank you for your service!

The members of the Earlville fire department wish to congratulate our neighboring department, Smyrna on the delivery of their new 3300 gallon tanker. Members were honored with a tour of the new piece of apparatus last evening during our weekly training. Special thank you to the members of Smyrna, and congratulations on a new piece of apparatus that will greatly benefit not only your department but your mutual aid as well. Smyrna Volunteer Fire Department

The members of the Earlville fire department would like to thank and congratulate Jim Doyle as he has entered his last day of Chief of the department. Jim is an amazing Chief, an amazing man, and an amazing friend to not only me, but to so many in our community! We all would like to wish him well on his future endeavors. Jamie McGregor Past assistant Chief

Please do YOUR part to keep our community safe!

Did you know that dead batteries in smoke detectors is 25% of the reason they fail to work properly when they are needed in an emergency? To help eliminate that potential change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors tonight when you turn your clock ahead 1 hour. This is an excellent habit to start if you haven’t been doing it. It may just save your life or one of your family member’s lives.

Today, 6 of our interior firemen participated in battalion 2 training at the Madison County Fire Training Center. They practiced different techniques to be used while entering or exiting a burning structure. These include: -Forcible Entry -1st Floor Bailout -2nd Floor Bailout -Basement Escape... -Victim Extrication using ladder from Basement -Wall Breaches (making an opening and escaping through it) using different methods Thank you to all the instructors for sharing your valuable knowledge with us and thank you to all from battalion 2 that participated in the training as we can all learn from each other’s experiences! Photo credit: Fire Captain Brian Shaw Madison County Fd training outreach.

The members of the Earlville Fire Department would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! Please drink responsibly! Please don’t be our first call of the year! The life you save could be your own!

Today the Earlville fire department joined forces with Santa Clause to bring joy to the residents in the village. During these difficult times it’s our hope that we brought joy and happiness to those in our village. From all of us at the EFD, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

From all of us at the Earlville Fire Department, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

The Earlville fire department is happy to announce the safe return of Chief Warrant Officer Ben Lewis! Ben is a member of the Earlville fire department and is an officer in the United States Army. He returns from a tour of duty in the Middle East. Welcome home Ben Lewis!!

Residents south of the red light be aware.

EDIT!! Hey everyone! There is a raffle for my brother, Don Philhower that his work is doing. For those of you who don't already know, he just underwent a major ...brain surgery last week so if anyone is interested in purchasing tickets please let me know ! The grand prize is a 65 inch Samsung 7 series 4k smart TV with other prizes that have been donated by local businesses. Tickets are $10 each and the drawing is Christmas Eve. I will be taking cash payments, or payments via venmo. If you pay with venmo, just shoot me a PM with your phone number and I'll take care of the tickets for you. We appreciate any and all support, please feel free to share this post! I've had an overwhelming amount of people asking if they can just donate, so any donations can be made via my venmo, which is kiamesha-philhower

A local member of our community needs your help. Don Philhower is a 29 year old Corrections Officer and resident of our neighboring community of Hubbardsville. Don is an avid bowler and frequent patron of Hi-Skor Lanes. Don spends much of his time in Earlville and has many ties and close friends within our community. Recently, Don underwent the first of potentially many surgeries to remove tumors from his brain. The Philhower family are expecting a long and difficult road of ...treatment and recovery. Don will also run out of leave from his job soon and will have no income. Friends have set up a GoFundMe page and the family is selling raffle tickets to help with expenses. The main prize for the raffle is a Samsung 7 series 65 inch tv. Please private message us for details and we will be sure to get you in touch with a representative from the family. We thank you for your graciousness of spirit in this difficult time.

Today our thoughts and prayers are with the members of the New Berlin Fire Department as they cope with the passing of past Chief Larry Lloyd. Chief Lloyd embodied the family aspect of the fire service and his children and grand children continue to live by his example. Good luck and God speed to his family and community!