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Hauppauge Fire Dept. Releases Route Schedules For Santa Parades

The department asks the public to stop calling dispatchers for information about 37th annual event.

HAUPPAUGE, NY — The Hauppauge Fire Department has released information about the routes and stops for its 37th annual Santa Parades on Dec. 11.

The parade route and stops for Engine Co. 1, Engine Co. 4 and Truck Co. 1 will start at 3 p.m. at fire headquarters and conclude with stop No. 25 at Midway on Townline Court at approximately 9:30 p.m., according to a department time schedule.

Scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m., the Engine Co. 3 parade will begin at Sub-station No. 1 and conclude with a stop at 28 Glenwood Dr. at about 10:45 p.m.

On its website and Facebook page, the department asks the public to refrain from calling the Smithtown Fire dispatchers for information on the parades, as those phone lines are reserved exclusively for emergency calls.

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