From the Office of the Department of Public Works

The Village of Ossining Water Department has begun its semiannual hydrant-flushing
program on Monday morning, April 7th, 2025. Flushing of hydrants will be
performed between 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. in order to minimize disruptions to our
residents.

The entire hydrant-flushing program will take approximately five weeks to complete. As
the flushing ... (Full Story & Photos)

Make sure our event is on your calendars for this Saturday.

Saturday, April 26th (Rain Date April 27th) at our Headquarters on State Street. The OFD Family Friendly Open House will be taking place in conjunction with the FASNY “Recruit New York” Initiative. From 11am till 2pm, we will have our equipment on display, live demonstrations, Fire Truck Rides, refreshment's, and more. We want to give you ... (Full Story & Photos)

Shortly after 10pm (4/20/25), the OFD was requested to Route 9A in the Northbound lanes in the area of the Ossining Operations Center for a Motor Vehicle Accident with a vehicle rolled over on fire. Already on scene Ossining EMS units advised the best access for the responding units would be to proceed southbound in the northbound lanes from route 134 as the roadway was completely shutdown.

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From all us at the OFD, we wish all celebrating today a Happy & Safe Easter ... (Full Story & Photos)

We are starting at 9am at Market Square, attached is the schedule for the rest of the day. Please try and be at your planned/desired meet & great spot 5mins before the scheduled time.

We will keep you up to date as much as possible via our Facebook page along with the Ossining Recreation and Parks Department’s page.

Come on out and see us!
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****Reminder****

This weekend is the postponed Bunny Run with the Ossining Recreation and Parks Department! Keep an eye out for the run schedule/itinerary to be posted soon. We will begin at 9am.....
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Last night (4/16/25), the OFD hosted the Westchester County Association of Fire Chief’s for their Annual Meeting. With that brought a guest speaker to our headquarters. Thomas Richardson, FDNY Chief of Department (Retired) did a lecture on Leadership for a packed room of attendees.

We thank Chief Richardson & County Chiefs for presentation and congratulate their newly installed officers.... (Full Story & Photos)

Monday Evening (4/14/25), members reviewed and trained on low angle rescue tactics. The ropes & rigging necessary to complete these tasks were deployed with a simulation of an injured subject down an embankment or ravine needing extraction via the stokes basket. Granted this is not an everyday occurrence, that being even more of a necessity to be reviewed and trained on to not lose the skills and ... (Full Story & Photos)