Chicken and Biscuit Dinner and Bake Sale on Election Day!
This is take out only due to the use of our hall as a polling place. A convenient dinner option on a busy night. Menu: Garden salad with tangy mustard vinaigrette; slow roasted chicken smothered in our house made gravy, warm buttermilk biscuits, mashed potatoes, vegetable medley tossed with homemade lemon herb butter, fresh baked cookies Price: $16 for adults/ $8 for children
Please pre order by calling 518-479-3366. Leave a message with your name, phone number and how many meals you are ordering and what time you would like to pick them up. There will be availability for walk-ins but it is typicallyt best to pre-order so you don’t miss out.
Trunk or Treat 2024
We would like to thank everyone for participating in our fun community event. We had over 120 people stop by. It was great to see everyone!
Fire Company Sponsors Navy Sea Cadet
In February 2023, Charlotte Field was sworn into the future leadership of the United States Naval Sea Cadets program. Through various training opportunities, this program gives kids ages 10 to 19 years old life skills, knowledge, and confidence. This is a military-based program. Each cadet has to wear a uniform to each monthly drill, is expected to be neat as a pin, and present themselves with the most upright self-respect. Each month, Charlotte reports to her base (special naval operations base) in Saratoga Springs, where they will be in formation at 0730, get the orders for the day, and then start training. Morning muster is usually followed by an hour of PT; then, it’s off to the specialty training for that month. Examples…. Medical training, learning rope skills (knots and how to rig up a repel line), and the basics of addressing people properly. Also, there is weapons training and qualification. Each summer, they are expected to head off to specialized training after completing a 9-day RT (recruit training. Their version of boot camp). On March 13, 2023, Charlotte showed up in her uniform at the East Schodack Fire Company meeting and asked the members to help her in her endeavors.
The ESFC was more than generous by sponsoring her with a $1,000 donation. The money is used to offset the cost of the multiple uniforms she needs to purchase. She had to get 3 sets of NWU’s (Naval Work Uniforms… AKA camos), 1 set of dress whites (summer dress uniform), and 1 set of dress blues (winter dress uniform). Also, the financial help offset the price of her specialized summer training, which can cost up to $300/per training depending on where she goes, the length of the training, and if she needs to take a flight to get there. In the summer of 2023, Charlotte spent 9 days at West Point for her grueling RT. This July, Charlotte is on her way to SUNY Maritime in the Bronx, where she will be going up to 2 weeks to learn the basics of sailing a ship and basic boater’s safety, when completed, she will earn her basic boater’s safety certification. Amongst training, she and her battalion helped out in the community by helping at marathons, standing color guard at the USS Slater or DE day, helping out working the air show in Orange County, Memorial Day parades, and supporting the active service men and women. This past December, Charlotte, and her battalion had the honor of helping out with wreaths across America at Saratoga National Cemetery, where she was able to lay a wreath on her great uncle, salute and thank him for his service.
Memorial Day cemetery clean-up
As part of May’s projects, members of the fire company have been cleaning 33 firefighters’ graves in Woodlawn Cemetery in East Schodack.
After cleaning
Before cleaning
Ice/Cold Water Rescue Drill
On February 10 The Schodack Nassau Explorer Post 1222, Nassau Fire Department, East Schodack Fire Company, and Nassau Scout Troop 2166 participated in an Ice/Cold Water Rescue safety and rescue demonstration. The morning consisted of live ice water rescues, ice water safety lessons, hypothermia care, patient packaging, and tools and equipment.
Holiday Stroll 2023
The Holiday stroll this year was a great success! It was so nice to see so many residents on their porches and joining in with our walk through the village. Santa joined us for our walk and came back to the firehouse for some refreshments and crafts. We look forward to doing this again next year!
Holiday Stroll Through the Village with Santa on Dec. 23
TRUNK OR TREAT -OCTOBER 29TH 1PM-3PM
We held our 2nd annual Trunk or Treat at the firehouse on Oct. 29th from 1-3 pm-even though we weren’t outside because of the rain we had a terrific table and treat in the firehouse. We had 138 children come visit! Thank you so much for joining us. We look forward to seeing you next year!
Our Christmas caroling was back this year after a 2-year hiatus because of COVID. This year we added a Holiday Stroll with a decorated truck, music, Christmas cookies, and a visit with Santa at the firehouse.
TRUNK OR TREAT-OCTOBER 29TH FROM 2-4 PM
Our first Trunk or Treat was a great success! We had approximately 125 children attend and are looking forward to next year!
Fire Prevention Day at DPS Elementary School
We had a wonderful day providing fire safety and prevention education at Donald P. Sutherland Elementary School with Nassau Fire Company! A big thanks to the DPS PTO, administration, and teachers for taking great care of us throughout the day. Teaming up to make a fun, informative day for the kids was great!
September 11 Ceremony
The Fire Company was honored to participate in the September 11 ceremony, where Girl Scout Troop 1762 raised money for a new plaque to memorialize those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. Pictures are courtesy of the Schodack Town Park Facebook page.
518 Pajamas!
This year we will be a drop-off spot for the 518 Pajama program for September, October, and November. Last year we collected over 90 pairs of pajamas donated to the program. Feel free to drop off donations of children’s pajamas at the Firehouse.
Water Donation from Hannaford
Thank you to Hannaford Markets for donating water to the Fire Company to use for scenes. We truly appreciate your generous donation!
Memorial Day Parade 2022
Thank you for Supporting our Roast Beef Dinner!
We truly appreciated your support of our take-out March 26th Roast Beef dinner-we sold over 100 dinners! Thank you!!
We look forward to returning to in-house dining next year for this event!
Interested in buying some East Schodack cups and mugs?
We have several cups and mugs with our logo-if you are interested in purchasing one. Please call 518-479-3366. Mugs and cups are $5. All the money goes to help the fire company with equipment and training.
518 Pajamas! Collection
The East Schodack Fire Company on Route 150 in East Schodack will be assisting the 518 Pajamas! Program this year by having a dropbox to collect new boys’ and girls’ pajamas (any size). This program started six years ago to help the Unity House of Troy and the Christmas program they host. This
collection took place from the September 11 Pizza Night to November 28. Over 1047 pairs of pajamas were collected! Thank you so much for everyone who contributed!
Rensselaer County presents check
The East Schodack Fire Company was presented with a $10,000 check from Rensselaer County executive Steve McLaughlin as part of the county’s $630,000 funds that they have built up through the years. McLaughlin and many of the Rensselaer County Legislators such as Bob Loveridge, Scott Bendett, and Chuck Peter felt that it was vital to “give back” these funds to all Rensselaer County ambulance and fire companies, veterans and youth organizations who have worked tirelessly during the COVID pandemic and struggled with fundraising. The company was extremely appreciative and plans to use the money to purchase equipment and apparatus to better serve the East Schodack community.
Captain Rich Hunt, Shawn Masters, Assistant chief Jeff Wright, Legislator Chuck Peter and Bob Loveridge, Fire company president Mike Buckbee, Amy Gransfor, Nick Field, Allie Signor, Deb Curtis, Frank Curtis, Legislator Scott Bendett, Town Supervisor Dave Harris, and Tom Freemantle were on hand for Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin’s presentation to Chief Steve Schweigert.
Schodack Town Board member Scott Swartz, Town Supervisor Dave Harris were on hand for Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin’s check presentation to East Schodack Chief Steve Schweigert
Saying Goodbye to a Beloved Member Doug Farley
Member and Former chief Doug Farley was honored in February for 65 years of continuous active service. Doug joined the fire company in 1955 and has held several positions throughout his long career. He was an inspiration to his firehouse family. Regretfully Doug passed away in August but will be forever missed by his firehouse family.
