Be on the look out around town for these pigs. Put your money in the pig with your favorite candidate's name!!! Candidates are Cory White,(pig at the firehouse), Ken Smith (pig at the village hall), Mrs. Ryder (pig at the school), Pastor William Ferguson (pig at Argenta Baptist Church), Pastor Kate Pyle (pig at Argenta Presbyterian church) and Pastor Bob Baker (pig at Argenta Methodist Church). All pigs will be moved to Gerber State Bank on May 22nd. Funds are to support future recreation, f...

Chief Cory White had the opportunity today to teach fire safety to 10 Boy Scouts for their Fire Safety Merit Badge. Battalion Chief Phil Kimler, Firefighter Derek Miller & Firefighter Nathan Tolbert assisted in the afternoon at the firehouse.

Chief Cory White & Battalion Chief Phil Kimler had the opportunity to give 10 Cub Scouts a tour of the firehouse and also take a ride in a firetruck tonight.

Members of the AOFPD took the MABAS 46 tent trailer today to Monticello to train with the MABAS 28 tent trailer. This was the first time we had set it up and we want to thank the members of MABAS 28 for thier time with us.

Members of the AOFPD spent the day in Argenta at the Safety Day. We had several units on display and cut up a car as a demo of what we do during a car accident.

The members of the AOFPD spent the evening training on the new SCBA's which we received from the 2010 AFG Grant.

Members of the AOFPD along with the Hickory Point Fire Department trained tonight on how to set up the Decon Tent which will be used during a drill at DMH in May. We would like to thank Hickory Point for their time and showing us how it works.

The members of the AOFPD would like to thank Lyle Meador and Justin Kraus (Hot Shot the Clown) from the Decatur Fire Department for their help with a Fire Safety show today. The kids had a great time and learned a lot.

The members of the AOFPD spent the evening training with the Hickory Point Fire Department with their Ladder Truck.

The members of the AOFPD had the opportunity to train with Air-E Vac tonight as we practiced a mock car accident. We were trained in the proper way to approach and load a patient as well as what they need out of us when they land.

Members of the AOFPD spent the day in Argenta today for Safety Day. We cut up a car for the public to see how we do it. We also had 6 units on display for the community and kids to see. Thanks to the Friends of Argenta for having us.

Members of the AOFPD spent the morning training with the Long Creek Fire Department. We would like to thank them for taking time to do so.

Members of the AOFPD attended a Propane Burn Training last night in Cerro Gordo. The firefighters were trained in how to safely approach and extinguish a propane fire. Thanks to the Cerro Gordo Fire Department for the invite.

The Argenta-Oreana Fire Department was the recipient of two new AED's today. Chief Cory White and EMS Officer Jeff Belcher attended a press conference today at St Mary's Hospital where we were presented with the 2 new AED's. These were awarded to us from both the American Heart Association and St Mary's Hospital. These will be placed on Engine-727 which is our mutual aid Engine and Squad-729 both very active units for our department. We want to thank St Mary's & American Heart Association ve...

Members of the AOFPD spent the day at the Oreana Park for the annual Water in the park day which is part of the Oreana Park Program. Captain Doug Kirk, Firefighters Matt Smith, Steve Pringle, Bob Dunn & Dave Duncan took Engine-726 & Rescue-725 over for the morning to let the kids play in the water.

The members of the AOFPD helped Firefighter Derek Miller Per-pose to his girlfriend tonight. We had 2 Engines and the Squad at her house tonight when she got home and we informed her that there had been a problem with the dryer. Firefighter Miller informed her that he had located the problem with the dryer and dropped to one knee and pulled out a ring. She did say yes!!!! Pictures coming soon!!!!!

Several firefighters attended a Storm Spotters Training this evening at Richland Community Collage. It was put on by the National Weather Service. Members attending were: Brad Walker, Cory White, Derek Miller, Jeff Belcher, Ken Smith, Dave Duncan, Jeff Batson, Matt Longstreet & Michael Stephens. 

The members of AOFPD would like to thank Cathy Lamastro & Darrell Eldred for spending the day at the firehouse helping us out with our yearly CPR update.  THANKS!!!!

Captain Doug Kirk and Chief Cory White gave 7 boys from the local boy scouts pack 131 a tour of the firehouse tonight and then Captain Kirk took them out on a ride in Engine-724.

Chief White had the privilege of teaching fire safety today to some Boy Scouts so that they could get their Fire Safety Merit Badge. They spent the morning in class going over several fire safety tips, Pre Planning fire escapes from their homes, Fire Extinguisher training and smoke and CO detector training.  They broke for lunch and spent the afternoon at the firehouse.  Thanks to Firefighters Derrick Miller, Matt Longstreet, Michael Stephens and Battalion Chief Phil Kimler for their h...