Commissioner's Meetings take place 2nd Tuesday of every Month, Located at 4222 S. Taylor Road, and begin at 7pm
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The board of Fire Commissioners for the OPFD would like to congratulate our Hillcrest Fire Company member Zach Restorff.
Zach was awarded the youth provider of the year from the New York State EMS council at the Vital Signs Conference in Syracuse this weekend.
He was presented the award by the New York State Department of Health Commissioner.
Great job Zach! Well deserved!!
District Staff.
OPFD Commissioners
Chairman
Mark Szczepanik
Co-Chairman
William Hanrahan
Members
Robert Benning
Edmond Jensen Jr.
Frank Wierzbowski
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Orchard Park Fire Commissioners
PO Box 1290
Orchard Park, NY 14127
District Fire Chief; OP-10
Jay Knavel
District EMS Coordinator
Jacob Galas
District Fire Training Officer
Chris Couell
District Staff
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Roberta Buczkowski
Nicholas Enser
Monica Thielemann
Attorney
Michael Chelus
Companies.
Orchard Park Fire Company
(716) 662-5774
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Chief
Robert Germano
Windom Fire Company
(716) 648-0064
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Chief
Michael J Carey
Hillcrest Fire Company
(716) 662-3950
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Chief
Ron Hendershot
OPFD Jr. Firefighters
4222 S. Taylor Rd., Orchard Park, NY 14127
716-662-5774
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Attorney
Michael Chelus
CHELUS, HERDZIK, SPEYER & MONTE, P.C. Attorneys At Law
438 Main Street, 10th Floor
Buffalo, New York 14202-3208
PH: +1-716-852-3600
FX: +1-716-852-0038
E-Mail: mchelus@cheluslaw.com
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The Orchard Park Bee
5564 Main Street PO Box 150
Buffalo, New York 14231-0150
PH: +1-716-632-4700
FX: +1-716-633-8601
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Secretary.
Roberta Buczkowski
Roberta has been with the Orchard Park Fire District as Secretary for the Board of Fire Commissioners since 1990. Roberta is a lifelong resident of the town of Orchard Park and brings knowledge of the town to the Board of Fire Commissioners. She is responsible for the monthly minutes of the board meetings, which are held on the second Tuesday of every month, and she maintains all records and legal notices for the district. In November, she oversees the Fire District Election of officers for the positions of District Chief and District Fire Commissioners.
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Fiscal Officer
Nicholas Enser
The Fiscal Officer is responsible for all fiscal functions of the Fire District, including accounting and financial planning & analysis. The Fiscal Officer works directly with the Board of Fire Commissioners, District authorities, audit partners, and Office of the New York State Comptroller.
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Key Bank
4191 North Buffalo Street
Orchard Park, New York 14127
716.667.2052
Evans Bank N.A.
6460 Main Street
Williamsville, NY 14221
716.926.3313
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Bonadio & Co., LLP
100 Corporate Parkway Suite 200
Amherst, New York 14226
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District Administrator.
Monica Thielemann
The Administrator works closely with the Board of Fire Commissioners and the District Chief, serving as a point of contact, and administering multiple facets of the organization.
District Administrator E-mail: districtadministrator@opfiredistrict.org
District E-mail: mthielemann@opfiredistrict.org
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Orchard Park Fire Company
30 School St. ("Central")
2989 Southwestern Blvd ("North")
The Orchard Park Fire Company was incorporated in the year 1883 by a group of local men to serve the Hamlet of Orchard Park and the Town of East Hamburg. In those years the Company consisted of nothing more than a ladder and a bucket brigade. It was not until the very early 1900's that the company acquired an old frame building on East Quaker Street to become the first fire station.
Just before World War I the first piece of apparatus was purchased by the company. It was a horse drawn wagon with a motorized rotary water pump. A few years later a chemical truck was placed in service.
Since that period the Fire Company was evolved into one of the most highly trained and well equipped fire units in the area, and now comprises nearly 100 active firefighters and six pieces of apparatus housed in two up to date fire stations.
The Orchard Park Fire Company meets on the first Tuesday of each month. All correspondence can be forwarded to:
P.O. Box 1140, Orchard Park, NY 14127-1140
2026 OFFICERS
CHIEF 9-0
Robert Germano
1st Assistant Chief 9-1
Paul Gorczyca
2nd Assistant Chief 9-2
Steve Majstorovic
Fire Captain 9-3
Ryan Kelly
Fire Captain 9-4
Connor Moran
Windom Fire Company
3736 Abbott Rd.
Windom Volunteer Fire Company, at Abbott Rd and Olympic Avenue in Orchard Park, stands on a site that once held an old school house. The current building is additions to that building.The fire company, formed in 1928, used to hold meetings in the school house, while the apparatus was parked in a garage across the street. The fire company bought the land in 1936 for $50.00, and the first of many additions was built the following year as a Federal Public Works Administration project. A second bay was added in 1953 to the one-bay cement block fire hall. Use of the two bays that were on the front was discontinued when the three new bays were added on the Olympic Avenue side in 1968. Another two bays were added in 1977 and new brick work was completed in 1999.
The fire company, which started with 20 members, today has 47 active members. It answered 71 calls between 1928 and 1935, compared with 748 in 2007.
The fire company provides fire and EMS services to 2500 families as well as providing protection to the 74,000 spectators that arrive for the Buffalo Bills football games.
Windom Volunteer Fire Company meets on the first Monday of each month.
2026 OFFICERS
CHIEF 9-0
Jacob Leckel
1st Assistant Chief 9-1
Shawn Wheaton
2nd Assistant Chief 9-2
Aaron Jarka
Fire Captain 9-3
Rick Zawislak
Hillcrest Fire Company
7125 Ellicott Rd.
Organized February 18th 1955, the 68 year history of the Hillcrest Fire Company has seen its fair amount of changes, challenges, and incidents.From the cramped humble beginnings of the "Old Hall" to the current five bay digs, the one thing the Hillcrest Family has never been short on is its unique sense of family and friendship. The character of this organization can be traced to those early days when money was short but dedication and sense of duty paid the bills.
From the first fire fought in a hand me down pumper courtesy of the Orchard Park Fire Department, to a 2004 American La France fully enclosed cab, the solid roots of our past keep us growing healthy today.
It is very possible our Charter Members never heard about, let alone ventured onto the information highway, but it is for their efforts that current and future members of the Hillcrest family dedicate this website.
2026 OFFICERS
CHIEF 9-0
Ron Hendershot
1st Assistant Chief 9-1
Dave Stromecki
2nd Assistant Chief 9-2
Karl Blomback
Fire Captain 9-3
Ernie Matthews
Fire Captain 9-4
Dan Philips