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RETURNING TO OUR MAIN STATION 

SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 2023

11 am-5 pm

Updates on our Facebook Event page.

 

Interested in joining us as a vendor? Applications are due April 1. Learn more here

Contact the Food Truck Committee for additional information at sandyhookfirefoodtruck@gmail.com

**Facebook and Instagram messages will not be acknowledged.**

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CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!

Members of our fire company will be joining members of Newtown Police Department — and other local first responders TBA — for the inaugural Newtown First Responders Penguin Plunge on April 22, one week after our Food Truck Festival. Proceeds from the event will benefit Special Olympics Connecticut.

We're waiting for the OK to share additional details, but we can tell you two things: first, participants will be going into Lake Zoar; and second, our fundraising efforts are underway.

Please consider donating to our team. Click here for details.

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Labor Day Monday, September 5, 2022

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Main Station, 18-20 Riverside Road; Substation, 249 Berkshire Road (center, view from Berkshire Road; right, view from Nighthawk Lane)

Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue is a 501(c)(3) organization.

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Sunday, February 12th, 2023
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Sandy Hook VFR members participated in one of the company's annual training sessions on February 12, the second of a two-part hazmart recertification.Members had already gathered for the classroom portion of the annual training — one that is mandatory for all of the company's active me...
Sunday, January 29th, 2023
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Driver training began on our new quint on January 29, when a group of SHVFR drivers received instruction from a Greenwood tech.A brief classroom session opened the day, and then the truck and those in training visited a few locations within our district.
Sunday, December 11th, 2022
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Sandy Hook VFR firefighters spent the morning of Sunday, December 11, working with instructors from FTI on RIT and bailout techniques.The training done off-site, at a former home on South Main Street in Newtown.
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Thank you to everyone who donated to the 20th anniversary Fill The Fire Truck effort on Saturday, November 19. Firefighters from Sandy Hook, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder once again staged in front of Big Y World Class Market on Queen Street, and Botsford and Dodgingtown members were in Sand Hil...
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All five of Newtown's fire companies and many mutual aid companies were called on during the afternoon of Sunday, March 19, when a large brush fire broke out in Sandy Hook. Sandy Hook VFR and Botsford Fire Rescue were dispatched at 13:45 to Berkshire Road near Sherman Street for a large brush fi...
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Sandy Hook VFR, Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps and a paramedic were dispatched at 17:12 to I-84 East between Exit 10 and 11, where CT State Police troopers were on the scene of a multi-vehicle crash.
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Sandy Hook VFR and Botsford Fire Rescue were dispatched at 13:48 to Berkshire Road at Sherman Street for a reported brush fire.Within minutes, the companies were informed of a second fire, further west on Berkshire, near Misty Vale Deli (51 Berkshire Road).Second Assistant Chief Rob Sibley was alrea...
Wednesday, March 1st, 2023
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Sandy Hook VFR, Newtown Hook & Ladder, Newtown Volunteer Ambulance, a paramedic and CT State Police were dispatched at 08:24 to the area of I-84 West just prior to Exit 10 for a reported two-vehicle crash with injuries.CSP reported a 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee had slowed for heavy congested traffi...

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