Members of the Oakland Volunteer Fire Department recently competed at the 2014 NWBMA Field Day competition and for the 4th time in the last 5 years Oakland won came in First Place overall at this event.

This Year’s event was hosted by the Ridgewood Fire Department and 9 towns competed in the annual fire skills competition covering. This year’s events covered Fire Attach, Firefighters Challenge and Search & Rescue. Each event is a timed event and designed to highlight firefighting skills.

The team representing Oakland took first place in all three events and won the overall completion, followed by Midland Park and Wyckoff.

Results of each event were:

Fire Attack Firefighters Challenge Search & Rescue
1st – Oakland 1st – Oakland 1st - Oakland
2nd – Midland Park 2nd – Ho-Ho-Kus 2nd – Midland Park
3rd – Franklin Lakes 3rd – Midland Park 3rd – Franklin Lakes

Congratulations to all of the Towns that competed in this year’s events: Allendale, Franklin Lakes, Ho-Ho-Kus, Mahwah, Midland Park, Oakland, Ramsey, Waldwick and Wyckoff