{"id":21549,"date":"2020-12-19T22:17:57","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T03:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=21549"},"modified":"2020-12-19T22:18:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T03:18:54","slug":"genesee-county-santa-joins-the-firefighter-ranks-in-oakfield-to-tour-the-village-before-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/12\/19\/genesee-county-santa-joins-the-firefighter-ranks-in-oakfield-to-tour-the-village-before-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Santa joins the firefighter ranks in Oakfield to tour the village before Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5Dl_pUKrbp0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several volunteer fire companies came together to welcome Santa to the ranks at the Oakfield Fire Department on Saturday evening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Santa was provided with a tour of the village via decorated fire trucks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cavalry of fire apparatus from Oakfield, Alabama, Elba and the Town of Batavia provided Santa with a tour to remember. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Triangle Park, kids and their families waited for Santa to pass by to get a wave and a glimpse of Jolly Old St. Nick before Christmas arrives next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oakfield Firefighter Joshua Finn organized the event in about 7 days, quickly calling in mutual aid from neighboring departments to join in the Santa tour and decorate their trucks for Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I wanted to make things better, I have two little girls, ages 7 and 5, and I have fire trucks and I know Santa, so I said lets make this happen,&#8221; says Finn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finn says the Santa Tour attracted a lot of interest from area residents and he is hoping to continue the event next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several volunteer fire companies came together to welcome Santa to the ranks at the Oakfield Fire Department on Saturday evening. Santa was provided with a tour of the village via decorated fire trucks. The cavalry of fire apparatus from Oakfield, Alabama, Elba and the Town of Batavia provided Santa with \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/12\/19\/genesee-county-santa-joins-the-firefighter-ranks-in-oakfield-to-tour-the-village-before-christmas\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genesee-county","category-oakfield"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-5Bz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21432,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/12\/15\/genesee-county-with-the-help-of-the-oakfield-fire-department-santa-claus-will-tour-the-village-this-saturday\/","url_meta":{"origin":21549,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/With the help of the Oakfield Fire Department, Santa Claus will tour the Village this Saturday","author":"aka","date":"December 15, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The Oakfield Fire Department is pleased to announce that Santa Claus has joined our ranks.\u00a0 Our firefighters will be taking Santa on a tour of the village this Saturday December 19th. \u00a0 \u00a0 We will be leaving our fire station at 20 Albert street at 7:30p.m. \u00a0 \u00a0 We will\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Genesee County&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Genesee County","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/genesee-county\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/map.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":70669,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/12\/06\/genesee-county-oakfield-santa-has-arrived-in-oakfield-at-christmas-in-the-village\/","url_meta":{"origin":21549,"position":1},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Oakfield\/Santa has arrived in Oakfield at Christmas in the Village","author":"aka","date":"December 6, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Video of Santa's arrival in Oakfield on Saturday afternoon The Oakfield Betterment Committee invites the community to celebrate Christmas in the Village on Friday, December 5, and Saturday, December 6, 2025, featuring two days of music, lights, shopping, and family fun throughout the Village of Oakfield. 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