Haunting Memory: 2003 Delhi Flood
Firefighter Delello Retires
After 32 Years With OFD
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By IAN AUSTIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
ONEONTA – After 32 years with the Oneonta Fire Department, firefighter Jim Delello's served his final tour of duty today as a critical care technician with the Oneonta Fire Department.
"You see people at their best and their worst," he said. "It is gratifying to see the effect you have on people's lives, and it's good when you can see a positive outcome after a call."
He began working with the department on Sept. 4, 1985, then came on as a full-time firefighter the following year. He was Union President for sixteen years, served on Mayor Dick Miller's task force for the department and takes the roll of Crew Leader when the Captains are off.
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