02/08/2025
Friends and Followers, we know this is the post many of you have been waiting for. The Ovid Block Fire by the numbers! (Some departments/agencies/entities may be missing.)
A quick look:
444 Firefighters and EMS Personnel
ALL Seneca County Fire Departments and EMS Agencies responded
7 Counties had emergency personnel respond
44 Out-of-County Fire Dept and EMS Agencies responded
59 Total Fire/EMS agencies involved
16 Engines to scene
38 Tankers to scene
6 Aerials to scene
41.4 miles was the distance of the farthest fire department that responded to the scene – Poplar Ridge
4 Law Enforcement agencies
7 Public Sector entities
14 Private Sector entities
Millions of gallons of water from 4 taker fill sites
The number breakdowns:
Seneca County
Ovid – 43 Firefighters, Engine, Aerial, Tanker & Fire Police
South Seneca Ambulance – 4 EMS Providers
Romulus – 26 Firefighters (incl EMS Providers,) Tanker, Engine, Aerial, Fire Police & EMS
Interlaken – 23 Firefighters, Engine, Tanker & Fire Police
Lodi – 16 Firefighters, Tanker & Engine
Fayette – 20 Firefighters, Tanker & Engine
Varick – 7 Firefighters, Engine
Border City – 9 Firefighters, Tanker & Engine. Standby crew available.
Canoga – 14 Firefighters, Tanker & Engine. Standby crew available.
Junius – 9 Firefighters, 2 Tankers & Engine
Clyde/Tyre – 15 Firefighters – Tanker, Engine & Aerial
North Seneca Ambulance – 6 EMS Providers
Seneca Falls – 12 Firefighters, Aerial & Engine
Waterloo – 9 Firefighters, Tanker & Engine. Standby crew available.
County Fire Coordinators – 3 – Car 3, 5, 6, 7. (One was counted as an Ovid firefighter)
Seneca County Total – 216 Personnel
Ontario County
Chesire – 2 Firefighters, Tanker
Finger Lakes Ambulance – 7 EMS Providers
Geneva – 20 Firefighters, Aerial & Rescue. Standby crew available
Gorham – 5 Firefighters, Tanker
Hall – 2 Firefighters, Tanker
Manchester – 4 Firefighters, Tanker
Northside – 7 Firefighters, Tanker. Standby crew available.
Oaks Corners – 2 Firefighters, Tanker
Oaks Corners Rehab – 5 EMS Providers
Phelps – 2 Firefighters, Tanker
Seneca Castle – 2 Firefighters, Tanker
Shortsville – 2 Firefighters, Tanker
White Springs – 12 Firefighters, Standby crew available.
West Lake Road – 10 Firefighters, Standby crew available.
Stanley – 2 Firefighters, Tanker
County Fire Coordinator – 1
*Addition after post - Clifton Springs*
Ontario County Total – 85 Personnel
Cayuga County
Aurelius – 12 Firefighters, Tanker. Standby crew available.
Cayuga – 13 Firefighters, Tanker. Standby crew available.
Montezuma – 3 Firefighters, Tanker & Engine
Owasco – 6 Firefighters, Engine
Poplar Ridge – 2 Firefighters, Tanker
Port Byron – 6 Firefighters, Tanker
Scipio – 4 Firefighters, Tanker
Throop – 2 Firefighters, Tanker
Union Springs – 2 Firefighters, Tanker
Cayuga County Total – 50 Personnel
Tompkins County
Trumansburg – 17 Firefighters, Aerial, Engine, Tanker
Trumansburg Ambulance – 5 EMS Providers. Standby crew available
Enfield – 10 Firefighters, Tanker. Standby crew available
Newfield – 2 Firefighters, Tanker
County Fire Coordinator – 1
Tompkins County Total – 35 Personnel
Wayne County
Clyde Gahlen – 15 Firefighters (apparatus counted in Seneca Co total)
Lakeside Ambulance – Unknown personnel, Standby crew available.
Marbletown – 10 Firefighters, Tanker. Standby crew provided.
Rose – 2 Firefighters, Tanker
Savannah – 4 Firefighters, Tanker
South Butler – 2 Firefighters, Tanker
Wayne County Total – 33 Confirmed Personnel
Schuyler County
Burdett – 2 Firefighters, Engine
Hector Ambulance – 2 EMS Providers. Standby crew available.
Hector – 4 Firefighters, Tanker. Standby crew available.
Mecklenburg – 7 Firefighters, Standby crew available.
Watkins Glen – 4 Firefighters, Engine
Schuyler County Total – 19 Personnel
Yates County
Bellona – Tanker, Unknown personnel, Standby crew available.
Benton – 3 Firefighters, Tanker
Penn Yan – 3 Firefighters, Tanker
Yates County Total – 6 Confirmed Personnel
Law Enforcement
Seneca County Sheriff’s Office
New York State Police
NYS Park Police
Five Points Correctional Facility
Public Works
Seneca County Emergency Management
Seneca County Highway
Ovid DPW
NYS Dept of Transportation
NYSEG
Seneca County Codes
South Seneca Central School
Private Sector
Austic Farms/Bruce Austic
Sessler Wrecking
American Red Cross
Lavarnway Family (dry hydrant)
Brewer’s Septic
Lake Country Construction
Pat’s Pizzeria
Fastrac
Italian Kitchen
Edith B. Ford Memorial Library
Kampfer Company
Ovid (Schuyler) Primary Care
Ovid Federated Church
South Seneca Ecumenical Food Pantry
