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Connecticut Fire Officers' Weekend
April 7-9, 1989 - Emmitsburg, Maryland
For several years on the second weekend of each April, the National Fire Academy at Emmitsburg, Maryland hosted fire officers from Connecticut, offering courses in leadership, strategies and tactics, hazardous materials, incident command - you name it.
Students arrived Friday afternoon. Following a get-acquainted Friday night mixer, everyone found his bunk in the dorm rooms of the former all-girl school. Classes began early Saturday morning. Following lunch, classes continued until late afternoon, concluding Sunday morning. Everyone was headed home by early Sunday afternoon.
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| Sunday, April 9, 1989 (CLICK to enlarge) |
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The 1989 Hamden contingent to the Connecticut Fire Officers' Weekend at the National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, MD. L-R: Dave Johnson, Gil Spencer, Don LaBanca, Bill Coppola, Clark Hurlburt, Ron Wetmore (Co. 7), Don Buechele, Carl Backus, Vic Mitchell (Co. 7), Tom Doherty, Bernie Amatrudo, and Dennis Harrison. Ron and Vic of Co. 7 were also fire officers at the Milford and Sikorsky fire departments, respectively.
All are now retired, except Amatrudo, LaBanca and Wetmore, who is now a Milford F.D. Battalion Chief.
Originally Posted 5/3/10
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The Lunch Menu (Woof!)
On Saturday afternoon, dozens of fire officers from all over Connecticut filed into the cafeteria for lunch. Before picking up a tray and utensils, each man inspected the menu listed on one of those old-fashioned black menu signs once found in diners - the kind with those white plastic letters pressed into the grooves of each line.
The two meal choices that afternoon were "Chinese Pepper Steak" and "Baked Cod."
Those in attendance will never forget it. While standing in line, a Hamden lieutenant modified one of the meal choices by substituting just two letters. We understand the cafeteria that afternoon ended up with a surplus of the fish entrees.
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RIDE WITH LARRY
Here is an opportunity to view the documentary of Larry Smith's inspiring bicycle journey across South Dakota, and benefit Parkinson's research at the same time.
To those of us who served on the Hamden Fire Department and may not have known Larry, he was a great guy who was stricken with Parkinson's while still a Captain on the Hamden Police Department. Larry retired to South Dakota, where he operated a bakery for many years and made many new friends (not a hard accomplishment if you knew Larry).
Come and see this inspiring story of
courage, character and life.
"Ride With Larry" will be screened on Wednesday, April 15th, at 5 p.m. in the Ceremonial Room at the Quinnipiac University School of Law, 370 Bassett Road, North Haven. Proceeds from the event will be donated to the Michael J. Fox Foundation.
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| c. 1982 - Ffs. Charlie Esposito, Frank Critchett and John Corbett testing foam on Sherman Avenue. Photo by Ed Doiron, Jr. (CLICK to enlarge) |
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| September 6, 1980 - Motorized steamer in action at Engine 260 Muster. Photo by Harold Wheatley (CLICK to enlarge) |
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April 1978
Ff. Howie Hurlburt, Jr. employs a Halligan bar to make an opening for the jaws of Hamden's first brand new Hurst tool. Click on this photo to view more photos from this training exercise, which were provided several years ago by Richie Lostritto, who was Supt. of Alarms and Apparatus.
Posted 4/3/2015
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