BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20220519T120000Z DTEND:20220519T130000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Killingworth Division DESCRIPTION:Thank you to Dick Bauer for letting us use the Fire House!\n\n \n\nThe Killingworth Volunteer Fire Company\, founded in 1946\, provides fire\, rescue\, and haz-mat service to Killingworth\, CT\, a residential town in south central Connecticut occupying 36 square miles with a population of approximately 6500. In addition\, we have mutual aid agreements with departments in Chester\, Clinton\, Deep River\, Durham\, Haddam\, Madison\, and North Madison.\n\n \n\nWhat it's like to Volunteer in the Fire Service?\n\nThe fire and rescue service is one of the most diverse and challenging professions today. It is the diversity that inspires most men and women to enter the service\; both as volunteers and career employees. Imagine having to train to prepare yourself to cope with situations which range from building fires to childbirth to hazardous chemical spills to heart attacks\, and almost any imaginable emergency situation in between. This diversity is coupled with the fact that these skills may be needed at any time of day\, seven days a week\, in any kind of weather\, and very often under potentially stressful and emotional circumstances. These challenges contribute to our profession being personally rewarding.\n\n \n\nAs volunteers\, we are here for two basic purposes. The first is to prevent fires and medical emergencies from occurring. This is achieved through fire prevention\, health maintenance education\, inspections\, fire safety\, education\, and code enforcement programs. Secondly\, we are here to prepare ourselves to control fire or medical emergencies\, should prevention fail. This is done through education\, training\, pre-incident planning\, more training\, state of the art equipment\, and more training. We are a paramilitary profession working in a "hurry up and wait" environment.\n\n \n\nThis business is not for everyone. You need more than just a desire to help people. You need courage and dedication\, assertiveness\, and willingness to learn new skills and face new challenges. And you need to have the time\, for training sessions\, meetings\, emergency calls\, maintenance of equipment\, and other duties. The fire and rescue service is not for the meek or timid or for those who lose control during times of crises. Our service is one which calls on its members to perform hot\, sweaty\, dirty\, and strenuous work\, often in uncertain and hazardous environments.\n\n \n\nThe personal rewards and satisfaction received from the fire and rescue service are often beyond description. There is a sense of accomplishment after controlling a building fire\, joy and elation when a child is born\, compassion for accident victims\, and fulfillment in teaching fire safety. This list goes on and on.The bottom line in our business is measured by the loss of life\, pain and suffering\, and property damage we have prevented or reduced. We are here and prepared for one reason\, and that is to provide service to the people. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Thank you to Dick Bauer for letting us use the Fire House!
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\nThe Killingworth Volunteer Fire Company\, founded in 1946\, provides fire\, rescue\, and haz-mat service to Killingworth\, CT\, a residential town in south central Connecticut occupying 36 square miles with a population of approximately 6500. In addition\, we have mutual aid agreements with departments in Chester\, Clinton\, Deep River\, Durham\, Haddam\, Madison\, and North Madison.
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\nWhat it'\;s like to Volunteer in the Fire Service?
\nThe fire and rescue service is one of the most diverse and challenging professions today. It is the diversity that inspires most men and women to enter the service\; both as volunteers and career employees. Imagine having to train to prepare yourself to cope with situations which range from building fires to childbirth to hazardous chemical spills to heart attacks\, and almost any imaginable emergency situation in between. This diversity is coupled with the fact that these skills may be needed at any time of day\, seven days a week\, in any kind of weather\, and very often under potentially stressful and emotional circumstances. These challenges contribute to our profession being personally rewarding.
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\nAs volunteers\, we are here for two basic purposes. The first is to prevent fires and medical emergencies from occurring. This is achieved through fire prevention\, health maintenance education\, inspections\, fire safety\, education\, and code enforcement programs. Secondly\, we are here to prepare ourselves to control fire or medical emergencies\, should prevention fail. This is done through education\, training\, pre-incident planning\, more training\, state of the art equipment\, and more training. We are a paramilitary profession working in a "\;hurry up and wait"\; environment.
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\nThis business is not for everyone. You need more than just a desire to help people. You need courage and dedication\, assertiveness\, and willingness to learn new skills and face new challenges. And you need to have the time\, for training sessions\, meetings\, emergency calls\, maintenance of equipment\, and other duties. The fire and rescue service is not for the meek or timid or for those who lose control during times of crises. Our service is one which calls on its members to perform hot\, sweaty\, dirty\, and strenuous work\, often in uncertain and hazardous environments.
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\nThe personal rewards and satisfaction received from the fire and rescue service are often beyond description. There is a sense of accomplishment after controlling a building fire\, joy and elation when a child is born\, compassion for accident victims\, and fulfillment in teaching fire safety. This list goes on and on.The bottom line in our business is measured by the loss of life\, pain and suffering\, and property damage we have prevented or reduced. We are here and prepared for one reason\, and that is to provide service to the people.
\n \; LOCATION:Killingworth Fire Company 333 Route 81 Killingworth\, CT 06419 UID:e.1932.22764 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260506T231536Z URL:http://middlesex-gzcms.preview.gochambermaster.com/events/details/killingworth-division-05-19-2022-22764 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR