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Hail to the chief!
Je ery Daday Jr. to lead CFFD

BY CAROL REIF PHOTO COURTESY OF KAREN DADAY department from 1980 to 1984.
STAFF WRITER Partenio, an EMT, will remain
Jeffery Daday Sr. swearing in new Croton Falls Fire Department Chief Jeffery Daday Jr. and Second
Longtime rst responder Jef- Assistant Chief Mark McCabe on Jan. 1. with the department.
fery Daday Jr. has taken the helm Je ery Daday Sr., who is still
as the Croton Falls Fire Depart- cal emergencies and other serious was in 2018 when severe weather said.
ment’s new chief. an active member, an EMT, and a
situations such as car accidents. wreaked havoc in northern West- He was elected to the position re commissioner, conducted the
Also sworn in on Sunday, Jan.
1, were Paul D’Agostino as rst ey work closely with the local chester. at year, the CFFD got last month after serving as rst swearing-in on New Year’s Day.
assistant chief and Mark McCabe “It was a very humbling experi-
as second assistant chief. ambulance corps folks. 742 calls. assistant chief for three years. He
ence,”his 44-year-old son said last
e ceremony was held be- e year before the depart- ere’s really no way to accu- replaces former re chief Sean week.
fore an audience of family and
friends at the re district’s North ment handled between 680 and rately predict the response load. It Partenio in the leadership role Both men joined the depart-
Salem station on Titicus Road. ment when they were 16 years old.
D’Agostino, who was temporarily 690 calls. e next closest stats in goes up, it goes down. and is following in the footsteps
under the weather, took the oath Nowadays, getting and keeping
of o ce at his home later that day. terms of stress on the department “It’s a roller coaster,” Daday Jr. of his father, who headed the re members is a growing and nation-
Chiefs serve one-year terms. eir wide problem.
responsibilities run the gamut
from overseeing the department’s at wasn’t the case when Da-
everyday operations to order- day Sr., a former town police of-
ing and maintaining equipment
to setting up mutual aid and, of cer, was growing up in North
course, going on calls. Salem.

Daday Jr. said he and the other “Your parents. eir friends.
chiefs were “lucky” to have such a e guy at the gas station. ey
great support sta behind them. were all re ghters,” he said.
He remembers being 10 and
Last year was the “busiest” in getting his hair cut in Croton Falls
the CFFD’s history, he said.  when the re whistle sounded.

It responded to 751 calls, of e barber put down his scis-
which about 50 percent were sors and with an “I’ll be right
back,” promptly left to answer the
re-related. Volunteer re ghters call.
also provide assistance in medi-
at’s the way it was. e post-
master and the guy who ran the
grocery store were also re ghters.

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abid ato transfer $97,258 from unas-
nimal signed fund balances to cover the
cost of a second school resource of-

cer (SRO) for the district.

Parent Matt DeRose took is-

sue with Trustee Brandy Keenan’s

letter at the last meeting pushing
Board of Education votes ‘no’ on SRO the nancialimplicationsoftrans-
against the hiring. She questioned

the e ectiveness of the o cer and

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gets into the spirit of the season, a bit of holiday more on mental health initiatives.
magic can already be found at Lumagica at Har-
vest Moon Farm & Orchard. See more photos on Believing she was “disparaging
page 10! the qualities and impact school
resource o cers have on our stu-
PHOTO: TABITHA PEARSON MARSHALL dents,” he stated, “having one o -
cer at each campus would expedite
professionalism and continuity in
an emergency response.”

Je Carpenter seconded DeR-
ose’s perspective,wanting members
who voted “no” to reconsider their
position.

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time to do what your residents

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