Local Fire Department Events

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Shane Brundage

Here is a list of local Fire Department events in the next few months.  Please support our Firefighters!

  • Oramel Volunteer Fire Department buffet Breakfast Season are approaching soon, once a month on the First Sunday of the Month.
  • Oramel Volunteer Fire Department Craft and Vendor Show is also coming soon. Dates will be released when available.
  • Belfast Volunteer Fire and Rescue: September, Car Demo
  • Richburg Volunteer Fire and Rescue: Gun Raffle, October
  • Bolivar Fire and Rescue: Allegany County Firemen’s Convention, In July. Water fights for everyone to enjoy, a huge Grand Parade with a truck or two from every Fire Department in the whole County. Fire Truck Judging.
  • Wellsville Volunteer Fire Department and the Wellsville Volunteer Ambulance Corps (WVAC) will be holding a Water Expo. at the Waterway Plaza (Tops Parking Lot.) Get to watch water fights, get to ride in a ladder truck high in the sky, watch cool demos, and tour vendors.
  • Rushford Labor Day events:

Saturday

  • 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. — Breakfast available on grounds
  • 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Craft show
  • 11 a.m. — Fireman’s chicken barbecue
  • 11 a.m. — Mercy Flight landing and demonstration.
  • 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. — Rushford Alumni Association Picnic at the pavilion.
  • Noon — Firemen’s Demolition Derby
  • Noon — Midway rides, concessions open
  • 1 p.m. — Garden tractor pull
  • 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. — Pony rides
  • 6 to 7:30 p.m. — Rushford Concert Band in the pavilion
  • 7:30 to 10 p.m. — The Foolz (R&B band from Rochester) on main stage
  • 10 p.m. — Fireworks

Sunday

  • All morning — Morning church services
  • 10 a.m. — Antique tractor pull
  • Noon to 4 p.m. — Child ID card printing at the first aid stand at main gate
  • Noon to 5 p.m. — Midway rides, concessions open
  • Noon to 6 p.m. — Craft Show
  • 1 p.m. — M&T Bank school supply giveaway
  • 1 to 5 p.m. — Pony rides
  • 2 to 5 p.m. — Music by Diggin’ Roots Band on the main stage
  • 3 to 4 p.m. — Chili cookoff
  • 7 p.m. — Community church service at Rushford United Methodist Church

Monday

  • 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. — Breakfast available on grounds
  • 10:30 a.m. — Grand Parade, “Traveling through Time”
  • 11:30 a.m. — Roast beef on weck at Grange building
  • Noon — Chicken barbecue on grounds
  • Noon — Midway rides, concessions open
  • Noon to 6 p.m. — Craft Show
  • 1 p.m. — Horse pull ($5 admission)
  • 1 to 4 p.m. — Car show at the grounds infield
  • 1 p.m. — Volleyball tournament
  • 1 to 5 p.m. — Pony rides
  • 1 to 3:30 p.m. — Westfall band on the main stage
  • 3:30 p.m. — Cow muffin bingo
  • 5 to 6:30 p.m. — Rushford Concert Band in the pavilion
  • 6:30 to 9 p.m. — Zoar concert on the main stage
  • 9 p.m. — Fireworks

(Olean Times Herald)