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Oswego Town Volunteer FD Receives $76,000 Assistance to Firefighters Grant

In 2009, the Oswego Town Volunteer Fire Department submitted an extensive grant application to FEMA for financial assistance through their Assistance to Firefighters grant program. Recently the volunteers found out that they have been awarded $76,000 in funding to purchase much needed Emergency Response equipment.

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The New Year Brings An Opportunity to Recognize Our Firefighters

As we begin this new year, I would like to take a moment to recognize the firefighters across the county and the chiefs and officers who lead them. In addition to the municipal paid and industry companies, Oswego County has approximately 30 volunteer fire departments that are manned by more than 1,000 volunteer firefighters.

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Oswego Daily News

Report: Deadly Richland Fire’s Cause May Never Be Known

A year ago, fire destroyed a home on County Route 48 in Richland, killing eight of the nine people in the home.  Four were children.

News10Now’s Andy Mattison followed up and found that fire officials cannot determine what caused the fire:

“We can get the fire basically to the area of origin, which would be the wood stove at the south end of the structure. Exactly what happened near the wood stove, we’ll probably never know,” said Oswego County Fire Coordinator John Hinds.

The investigation into the fire is closed, Mattison reports.

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