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Oakland Exceeds Their Own Record JANUARY 03 - It surely was a long year for the Oakland Fire Department. The Deparmtent responded to it's usual amount of fire alarms at residences, gas leak emergencies, and a couple or more fires that where nothing out of the ordinary for a typical year. Though it would of been a typical year, if it hadn't of been for a couple of storms that the town endured, causing alot of destruction, not only in Oakland ... (Full Story & Photos)

gas emergency DECEMBER 26 - Oakland fire department responded to a gas emergency at a business complex for work being done resulting in a gas line being hit. Gas was secured by pse &g and all went back to normal. ... (Full Story & Photos)

The classic, award-winning Oakland Fire Department Bus

The Wallington Holiday Parade Sets the Holiday Mood DECEMBER 12 - This year's 10th annual Wallington Holiday Parade proved to be yet another enjoyable experience for the Oakland Fire Department. An impressive showing was made for this year's event with Company 3's award-winning Fire Department Bus(previously winning the "Special Judges Award") and with 1044 pulling a wonderfully-decorated float. The Wallington Holiday Parade has always been one of the most enjoyable ... (Full Story & Photos)

Santa Claus is coming to Oakland.... DECEMBER 11 - It's that time of year again. The Oakland Fire Department will be bringing Santa Claus around Oakland on the Fire Trucks on Saturday 12/17/11 and Sunday 12/18/11. Below find a schedule of the stops, all times are approximate: Robert Knapp Department Chief Oakland Fire Department Saturday 12/17/11 10:20am Andrew Ave & Commanche Tr. 10:40 am Algonquin Tr. & Iroquois Ave. 11:00 am Geronimo ... (Full Story & Photos)

Santa with his ELF Tim

This consumes precious firefighting time

HELP US HELP YOU...PLEASE SHOVEL OUT YOUR HYDRANT DECEMBER 09 - DURING WINTER MONTHS... Please remember to clear and shovel out hydrants in front of your home, apartment or business. This greatly helps fire-fighting operations during inclement winter weather. If you are unable to clear a hydrant due to physical limitations, please notify the Oakland Borough ordinance dictates that the property owner is responsible to clear hydrants on their property. see below. During ... (Full Story & Photos)

LOCAL RESIDENTS DONATE PET OXYGEN MASKS TO OAKLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT NOVEMBER 15 - Residents Donate Pet Oxygen Masks to OFD OAKLAND, N.J. (September 28, 2011) – Joe and Anne Torre, residents of Oakland and Board members of Companion Animal Advocates, recently donated a set of pet oxygen masks to the Oakland Fire Department on behalf of Companion Animal Advocates (CAA). The masks come in three sizes for large, medium and small dogs/cats. These specially sized masks will enable ... (Full Story & Photos)

Anne and Joe Torre, residents of Oakland and CAA Board members and Robert Knapp, Chief, Oakland Fire Department holding Fritz

One of the many downed trees

Not Your Average Halloween Weekend! OCTOBER 29 - Heavy snowfall on trees that have not yet lost their summer foliage caused for a very busy weekend in the Borough, causing very dangerous road conditions, taking trees and powerlines down across town, and causing a few transformers to explode. The Fire Department spent almost the entire day of Saturday and a good amount of time Sunday responding to various fire alarms, burning powerlines and transformers, ... (Full Story & Photos)

Fire Prevention Night a Huge Success OCTOBER 11 - The Oakland Fire Department hosted "Fire Prevention Night" on Monday night 10/10/11. The evening opened up with the presentation of awards by Chief Knapp for the winners of the poster contest. This contest is held between the 3 public schools grades K-5. Once that was completed the department showed everyone the brand new rescue truck that arrived 2 weeks ago. The men then held a demonstration of ... (Full Story & Photos)

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