The Tri-Town Junior Firefighters will be holding a spaghetti dinner on Thursday Dec. 18th from 5-7PM. The dinner is to benefit the Tom Williams family who lost their home and all thier belongings in a fire this past Sunday morning. Duane and Brandon Williams are Junior Firefighters with the Tri-Town Fire Co.

UPDATE: The Tri-Town Junior Firefighters raised over $1000 at this event for the family of their fellow Junior Firefighters. Good job! And a big THANK YOU to all that helped with the event as well as those that donated the food and those that supported the event to make it a success.

December 14, 2008 - At 0420 hrs Departments 47, 37 (Genesee) and 10 (Galeton) were alerted for Box 47-03 (Ulysses Twp) for a reported structure fire on the Ulysses-Hickox Rd. Having realized that the incorrect box had been dispatched for the call chief 47-10 advised County that Dept. 20 should be dispatched as the call was actually in Bingham Twp. (Box 47-05). Chief 47-30 (Hager) arrived on scene and reported a working fire in a mobile home and that all occupants were accounted for. He advised incoming units to deploy two 1.75” lines upon arrival. Chief 47-30 passed command to Chief 47-10 (Healy) upon his arrival. At that time Chief 47-30 took command of operations on the B/C side of the building with Chief 47 taking command of operations on the A/D side of the structure. At that time there was heavy fire issuing from the area of the front door and windows as well as the rear of the structure.

UPDATE: Photos from the arrival of 47-3 can be found in our Photo Gallery area

The 1989 Pierce Lance 2000 GPM pumper that is being purchased from the Midway Fire Co. of Lahaska, PA arrived at the Tri-Town Fire Hall on Sat. Nov. 15th. A good number of Dept 47 members were at the hall to help welcome the engine to its new home. Training on the engine will be held on Sunday and the work will begin on deciding how to layout the compartments to best suit our operations. More information on the engine will be posted here on our site in the near future.

Recently the membership of the Tri-Town Fire and Ambulance Co. adopted a new arm patch design. The base of the design uses the shield of the Fire Department of New York City (FDNY), one of the busiest and most widely respected fire departments in the world. The shield contains a Maltese Cross, the international symbol of the fire service's willingness to make great sacrifices in order to protect others from the ravages of fire. The outer sections of the cross are adorned with the words Duty, Honor, Courage and Valor to signify the manor in which the members of the fire service serve their community. In the center of the Maltese Cross is the Star of Life representing the departments Emergency Medical Services branch.

The new patch provides the department with an identity and will be used on the department’s dress uniforms as well as its letterhead and on its apparatus. Members are also in the process of painting a large version of the design on one of the walls in its apparatus bay to welcome visitors to the station.