The News................

Oblong Firemans Assocation would like to thank all the attended the 2008 Oblong Antique Tractor & Engine show.

The proceeds go to buy Christmas for the Children of the District that are in need.

The Mary Heath Foundation awarded the Oblong Fire Department $12,150 for replacement of all the departments radio pagers. This grant will assist the department to provide necessary equipment needed to serve the citizens of the district.

The Oblong Fire Department with MABAS Division 59 assisted Lawrence County by responding with tanker trucks to haul water for the county when there water system was broken during the flooding.


Mission Statement of the Oblong Fire Department:

To protect the lives and property of the residents of the
Oblong Fire District and to assist them
when any misfortune, whether natural or manmade befalls them.

 

Listen to Engine 651 leaving the station house.

Our radio frequencies- Primary 154.430 Secondary 154.205
The department has 27 members on the roll.

Run numbers
2007 - 68 runs
2006 - 81 runs
2005 - 67 runs
2004 - 77 runs
2003 - 63 runs
2002 - 61 runs, $75.850.00 damage.
2001- 51 runs, $30,250.00 damage.
2000 - 45 runs, $187,970.00 damage.
1999 - 90 runs, $348.275.00 damage.

The department has a ongoing Toys for Tots program. This past year the
department provided for 70 children. The primary source of income for
this program is the pork burger stand that the department operates at
the yearly Oblong Antique Tractor & Engine Show.

The county has recently enacted a automatic mutual aid agreement. When
ever a structure fire is reported in the jusrisdiction of a county
department, the closest to the responding department is also alerted
and dispatched. This is especially helpful in the daytime hours when so
many of the members of the county departments are at work.

County Fire Department Numbers
Robinson 500
Oblong 600
Palestine 700
Hutsonville 800
Flat Rock 900
Prairie Licking 1100
Chauncey 1200

Call "911" To Report A Fire