PHOTOS: Ocoee Fire Department hosts community open house

West Orange Times & Observer
Neighborhood

The Ocoee Fire Department opened its doors to the local community for its annual open house event held at Ocoee Fire Station 25 on Saturday, April 27.

The event was a day full of family fun for those in attendance, seeing free food and drinks, fun activities — like trying your hand at using a real fire hose, face painting and an inflatable obstacle course — and guided tours by firefighters of the fire station, a fire truck and other emergency vehicles.

Beyond the fun activities and photo opportunities with the fire department’s coolest firefighting tools, there was also a free raffle that gave away stuffed animals and other items to the families at the event.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.