Heading out on one of his search and rescue missions during the blizzard on Friday, Joshua Finn said he had two fears. That they would find somebody dead in a car. Or that he wouldn't make it home, himself. He came close to both tragic outcomes, he thought, around 1 a.m. on Saturday when he and another volunteer firefighter from Oakfield came across a pickup truck stuck on
There's always a job to do in the Oakfield Volunteer Fire Department or any volunteer fire department in the county and if you can do a job, there is a job for you to do. You should volunteer. Not every job involves rushing into burning buildings or pulling injured passengers from mangled cars. Some jobs involve keeping track of people and materials or just cleaning up
Looks can be deceptive. That's not a can of Budweiser in a firefighter's hand. It's a cold drink of water courtesy of Anheuser-Busch. Joshua Finn, president and a captain with Oakfield Volunteer Fire Department, heard about a program run by Anheuser-Busch to provide cans of drinking water to volunteer firefighting companies so he applied on the behalf of Oakfield Fire. Then he
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For all of the past 50 years, Robert "Buck" Buck Hilchey has done it all for the Oakfield Fire Department, from being on scene for the biggest fires, serving as chief twice, serving as board president twice, to spearheading the drive for softball fields, and maintaining them, as a fundraiser for the department. For his 50 years of service, Hilchey was given a watch and