Midway Fire Department

05/25/2026

Our thoughts go out to the Menands Fire Department. Earlier this evening one of their apparatus and the building burst into flames. Many people on social media cannot figure out how a firehouse could have caught on fire because they assume that firefighters are always in the building. All fire departments in the Town of Colonie are made up on volunteers. Members do not stay at the firehouse. When a call comes in they leave their families at the dinner table, opening presents on Christmas morning, or wake up from a sound sleep in their bed to respond. Fire departments in the town are no different than any other building. To Menands Fire Department…Midway Fire Department is here to support you in anyway we can. ❤️🚒🔥💔🙏

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05/19/2026

On May 9th our department held our annual blood drive. We would like to give a HUGE shoutout to the wonderful people and businesses who donated food and raffle items:
-Inferno Pizza on LK Road donated 5-24 cut pizzas. Two were raffled off and the other three were given to the volunteers at the blood drive for lunch.
-Heat N’ Salt (Wilson Corker-caterer on New Karner Road) donated a delicious tray of brownies and spice cookies. These were given to the people who donated blood throughout the day
-Reliable Brothers (in Green Island) donated 20-1lb. boxes of spaghetti
-Numerous community members and Midway members
Thank you everyone!!!! We couldn’t have done it without your generous donations. If you have a raffle item that you would like to donate for one of our events please message our page. 😀. Until next year…please support these wonderful businesses! 🙏

05/19/2026

We were honored to once again be a part of Pack Fest!

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05/17/2026

Firefighter Shawn Zesewitz has not only returned after a record long tour with the military on the USS Gerald R. Ford, but he was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation by Hegseth yesterday. It's the U.S. military's highest collective award, presented to units for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy. Midway is so proud of you Shawn!

Photo below shows Shawn’s mother, Aimee Zesewitz, seeing Shawn for the first time in months. ❤️

05/16/2026

Today is the day!!! Welcome home Firefighter Shawn Zesewitz!!!
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USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier off Virginia Beach, Virginia coming into Norfolk following 11-month deployment - May 16, 2026 SRC: X-

05/16/2026

On Friday evening two of our members completed the Interior Firefighter Operations Course. These two members put in over 120 hours of training over 5 months. Now they are ready to serve our community as Firefighters. Congratulations to Evan Mearkle and Liam Obermayer on this great accomplishment!!! These two men are special for our department. Firefighter Mearkle was our first recruit from Colonie Central High School. He was just a random high school kid that said he was interested, and look at him now! As for Firefighter Obermayer, he is a third generation of Obermayer firefighters at Midway keeping his family’s tradition alive. Great job Liam & Evan! Midway is proud of you! Never stop training! 🚒🧯

05/15/2026

View Paul D. Healy's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

05/10/2026

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mothers and Mother Figures out there! 🩷

05/10/2026

Our blood drive today was over the top amazing! We had 21 Midway Fire Department Members help with a total of 114 hours of hard work and dedication. We raised $2,688 between raffles, donations already presented to Kenny, and our lemonade stand. We had 31 people donate blood. Also as a bonus we received two possible new members applications. We cannot thank our wonderful community enough! We look forward to seeing everyone again next year!

Photo 1: Ken Kruger Jr’s family showing their support
Photo 2: Byron Sauter’s family & Ken Krueger Jr. and family. Byron was the person who originally started the blood drive many years ago. We were lucky to have his wonderful family join us to support Ken and his family.