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2021 OCVFA Convention

September 22 – 25, 2021

Maybrook, NY

September 19, 2021 Flag Raising Ceremony

8:00 am - Flag Raising followed by Memorial Service

Thursday, September 23, 2021 OCVFA Convention Meeting @ Maybrook Senior Center

7:00 pm - followed by Dinner

September 25, 2021 Orange County Volunteer Firemen’s Parade

1:00 pm Line Up - 2:00 pm Step Off - Trophies 6:30 pm - Parade will be held in Montgomery

Parade Route:

Marchers: Please come early to park your car.

No parking on Any Parade Route Streets 10 AM to 6 PM

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Truck Judging @ Valley Central High School will Be Starting at 8:45 am to 11:55 am

Check your scheduled time to be at Truck Judging

PARADE JUDGES – All parade judges are approved by the Executive Board of the Orange County Volunteer Firemen’s Association, Inc.

PARADE RESULTS – JUDGES DECISIONS ARE FINAL. Results of parade will be made available upon request to Ken Gordon at flashofd@aol.com

within thirty (30) days of parade.

106th OCVFA Convention & Parade Truck Judging Schedule

September 25th 2021

8:45 AM to 11:55 AM

Valley Central High School

1175 State Route 17K

Montgomery, NY

(Judges must be ready at School parking lot by 8:30 AM)

THERE WILL BE A WIPE DOWN AREA, WIPE DOWNS MUST BE DONE PRIOR TO ENTERING THE JUDGING AREA

ALL APPARATUS ENTERING THE JUDGING AREA MUST CHECK IN FIRST BEFORE BEING JUDGE

PLEASE EXIT THE JUDGING AREA IMMEDIATELY WHEN JUDGING IS COMPLETE

TIME 1 2 3 4

8:45

9:00

9:15

9:30

9:45

10:00

10:15

10:30

10:45

11:00

11:15

11:30

11:45

11:55

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Orange County Volunteer Firemen’s Association, Inc.

Organized 1915 Truck Judging - September 26, 2020

Rules to Remember (FYI's)

(O-O-C) = Out of County

1. The Chief & Ladies Aux. President must salute the reviewing stand.

2. Do not come after your scheduled time, for truck judging, unless you were on a call and prove it

3. All windows need to be open in all vehicles in line of march to get a proper count.

4. Only 1 In-Service Apparatus will be eligible for a trophy and be in line of march. Does not include Chief Car or Antiques

5. Only 2 FF are allowed in and an Apparatus while in line of march

6. Cleaning of trucks can not be done in the judging area.

7. Requesting Judges comment will be available By Contacting Head Judge within 30 day of parade. Ken Gordon=

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ORANGE COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION

PARADE LINEUP WILL BE FOR REVERSE MARCH

2021 - OFFICIAL PARADE RULES & REGULATIONS

PARADE FORMATION

Divisions shall march at a distance of one hundred (100) feet from the Grand Marshall, or from the preceding Division.
Units shall follow each other at a distance of thirty (30) feet.
Formation of respective units shall be as follows:

Music

(Band, Drum Corps, Etc.)

Twenty (20) Feet

Color Guard

Ten (10) feet

Unit Identification

(Banner or flag)

Ten (10) feet

Chief

(or Officer in Charge)

Assistant Chiefs

Unit Officers

Firefighters

Twenty (20) feet

Officers of separate Unit (if any)

Firefighters of Separate Unit

Twenty (20) feet

Auxiliary (if any)

Twenty (20) feet

Autos for Ladies Auxiliary (if any)

Twenty (20) feet

Autos for Firefighters (if any)

Twenty (20) feet

Chief’s car (if any)

Twenty (20) feet

Fire Apparatus (if any)

A space of twenty (20) feet between Apparatus

If there is more than one (1)

All Units must display the American Flag. Any Unit without the Flag and will be DISQUALIFIED.

All Units with less than 40 (forty) Firefighters in the Line of March behind the Unit Officer shall march at least two (2) abreast. When the number is over forty (40) they must march at least three (3) abreast.

The SOUNDING OF SIRENS, RINGING OF BELLS, or any other noise making device, while in the line of march, or while the Parade is in progress, shall subject the offending Unit to be DISQUALIFIED from receiving any Parade Trophy that day and may be disqualified from participation in future parades. To be determined by the OCVFA Executive Board.

All Fire Department apparatus, including Chief’s Car along with all other vehicles entered in the Line of March MUST meet and conform to New York State Department of Motor Vehicles Laws governing the proper display of Emergency Lights.

Any Unit or Member thereof, conducting themselves during the Parade, in such a manner as to bring discredit to themselves, or to the Volunteer Fire Service as a whole, shall subject themselves to being DISQUALIFIED from receiving any Parade Trophies that day.

Fire Police Units shall march as a separate unit if their uniform differs in any way from the rest of the Unit.

Each Unit participating in the Annual Parade MUST have their current years dues paid in full in order to be eligible to receive any trophies on Parade Day.

ANY FIRE COMPANY THAT ACTS IN A DISORDERLY MANNER OR BRINGS DISGRACE UPON ITSELF OR THE OCVFA, BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE PARADE MAY BE DISQUALIFIED FROM FUTURE PARADES. THIS WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE OCVFA EXECUTIVE BOARD.

JUDGING OF PARADE

No more than two (2) firefighters shall ride on the fire apparatus. (one driver and one firefighter). No one shall ride on the back step of the apparatus; the offending unit will be disqualified.

Units arriving AFTER the parade has started shall fall in at the END of the parade, REGARDLESS of the Division to which they have been assigned. In the event a Unit falls into a Division while the parade is in progress they shall be considered as being in the wrong division in line and shall receive demerits accordingly. (See Section 3. A.)

Demerits shall be charged as follows:

Five (5) Demerits each for – Lack of Color Guard, Colors out of place, Colors not guarded, Wrong formation, Wrong division, Non-Sobriety, Maneuvers to hinder following units. Dipping of American Flag in salute, Chief or Officer in charge not saluting Reviewing Stand. Each firefighter over two on apparatus.

Three (3) Demerits each for – Wrong spacing of: Band, Colors, Unit Identification, Officers, Firefighters, Separate Unit (if any), Auxiliary (if any), Cars for firefighters (if any), Cars for Auxiliary (if any), Apparatus (if any).
One (1) Demerit each for – Open buttons, Non-uniform use of gloves, Non-identical uniforms, Talking, Waving, Laughing, Smoking, Gum chewing, Out of step, Carriage of body, Improper arrangement of hat, Improper arrangement of insignia, Precision of movement. Lines off right to left, Lines off front to rear, Breaking of ranks, Sloppy uniforms, Jewelry (other than watches and rings).

Shoes – lace type shoes of the same color.
One (1) Demerit each for – Buckles, tassels, pointed shoes, perforated shoes, boots,
high heel on shoe, or dirty shoes.

JUDGING OF AUXILIARIES

Auxiliaries shall be judged as follows:

Color Guard (if any)

Ten (10) feet

Banner (if any)

If no Color Guard or Banner, twenty (20) feet from the firefighters

Ten (10) feet

Officers

Ten (10) feet

Auxiliary Members

Auxiliary Cars (if any) will follow twenty (20) feet behind the Auxiliary Members

Vehicle windows must be open for occupants to be counted toward total members in line of march.

Demerits shall be charged as follow:

Five (5) Demerits each for – Wrong formation, Wrong division, Non-sobriety, Maneuvers to hinder the following units, Colors out of place. President in charge not saluting Reviewing Stand.

Three (3) Demerits each for – Wrong spacing of: colors, unit identification, Officers, Auxiliary members, Auxiliary cars (if any).

One (1) Demerit each for – Open buttons, Non-uniform use of gloves, Non-identical uniforms (stocking will not be criteria unless in extremity of color), Talking, Waving, Laughing, Smoking, Gum chewing, Out of step, Carriage of body, Improper arrangement of hat, Improper arrangement of insignia, Precision of movement, Lines off right to left, Lines off front to rear, Breaking of ranks, Sloppy uniforms, Jewelry and accessories (other than watches and rings).

One (1) Demerit each for - Mixture of ties, loafers, pumps or dirty shoes Shoes–

Entire Auxiliary must wear shoes uniform in COLOR and STYLE. (Slight variation in trim on shoe permissible).

JUDGING OF APPARATUS

All apparatus to be judged will report to the designated apparatus inspection area as its scheduled time. Only the driver/operator and one officer may be present during the inspection. Only one in-service apparatus per department/company will be permitted to be entered for judging. Antique apparatus must be out-of-service.

Driver/operator and officer are to be in full uniform during the apparatus inspection.

APPARATUS BEING JUDGED MUST BE IN THE LINE OF MARCH

**TO QUALIFY FOR A TROPHY – APPARATUS MUST BE A 2018 OR OLDER**

Apparatus must have a 8 ½” by 11” white card in windshield (right side)

indicating year and type of apparatus, i.e.: 2008 pumper, tanker, etc.

Demerits shall be charged as follows:

Five (5) demerits each for – Dirty glass or windshield, dirty or scuffed tires/unchecked,

Dirty/chipped painted tools, lights not working, missing extinguishers/out of date, cabinets/compartments unorganized, dirty wheel wells and under carriage.

Ten (10) demerits each for – dirty cab/interior, seat belts not working, dirty/improperly displayed gear, dirty/unpainted/splintered ladders, defective/missing SCBA/outdated, dirty/messy hose bed/lays/suction, cleanliness of apparatus (running boards/bumpers)

MISCELLANEOUS

Any Badge that has been earned, such as Past President, Life Membership or Honorary Member may be worn along with the Company Badge. Convention Badges may also be worn. There will be no demerits assessed for the wearing of ANY EARNED BADGES or Convention Badges.

No demerits for Auxiliary not having a Color Guard. Must be carried in a military style.

The attached RULES AND REGULATIONS of the marchers also applies to all of the occupants in the cars. Members in cars must be in full uniform, sit in a straight, upright position with their hands folded. No arms or hands extending out of the windows.

All Flags shall be carried unfurled at all times, except during rainy weather.

The American flag shall NOT be dipped in salute at any time.

In the event of an Alarm of fire or an Ambulance call, while the Parade is in progress, All Units shall move over to the of the road upon the approach of the Emergency Vehicle and remain halted until the Emergency Vehicle has proceeded past the Unit.

No demerits for men in Military Uniform.

No demerits for the placement of the Fire Company Chaplain in the Parade Formation.

Any Fire Company wearing non-firematic clothing will be disqualified from participation in the OCVFA parade. Non-Firematic clothing shall include Tee shirts, sweatshirts, sweat pants, shorts, sneakers, any casual or sport type clothing.

ORANGE COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIREMEN’S ASSOCIATION, INC

TROPHIES

IN COUNTRY TROPHIES

MEMORIAL TROPHIES - OCVFA

BEST APPEARING OVERALL MEN’S UNIT w/Apparatus and w/the most points.

Sponsored by: New Windsor Fire Department

Best Overall Trophy for the parade will be awarded based on total points for Color Guard,

Firefighter Marching Unit and Apparatus score.

The Barry Marshall Memorial Trophy BEST APPEARING OVERALL MEN’S UNIT w/Apparatus w/the

most points, donated by New Windsor Fire Department; New Windsor, New York is for The Men’s Unit to

win three (3) “legs” on this Trophy shall retain the Trophy.

RULES:

All Men’s Rules will apply
Men’s unit MUST have Apparatus, judged.
Men’s unit MUST have Firematic Color Guard
Only 1 (one) color guard per unit permitted
Ladies Auxiliary or lack of Ladies Auxiliary will not affect the judging.
The Host Company will not be eligible for this trophy
The Winner of the Best Overall trophy will not be eligible for any other County Trophy.

The New Windsor Fire Department will supply the winner with a suitable Trophy, which they shall retain as a symbol of having a ‘leg’ on the larger Trophy.

BEST APPEARING ORANGE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT COLOR GUARD