Here’s a placement we secured for our Everyday Hero CT client on FOX 61 and in The Hartford Courant: From FOX61.com: “Why do you do it when you have children depending on you? It’s a question that Melissa Roming and Nicole Laterra often hear. They’re volunteer firefighters at the Cromwell Fire Department and they’re also […]

Here’s a placement we secured for our Everyday Hero CT client on WFSB: From the story on WFSB.com: “A young man from Preston is tearing it up on a NASCAR Circuit with a group of firefighters helping him along the way. Max Zachem, 23, is one of the top drivers on the Whelan Modified Tour, […]

TEENAGE FIREFIGHTERS DEMONSTRATE SKILLS LEARNED IN SIX-DAY CAMP Cadets Graduate from Connecticut Fire Academy “Introduction To The Fire Service” Program For the past six days, 26 14- and 15-year-old volunteer firefighters from throughout Connecticut have lived at the Connecticut Fire Academy in Windsor Locks as cadet campers in the 40th class of the “Introduction To […]

On Saturday, July 16, 2016, the Avon Volunteer Fire Department (AVFD) tested its officers’ physical fitness by putting them through a specially-designed 10-station physical performance qualification (PPQ) course. The stations in the course represented the minimum number of skills firefighters must perform and mimic the work that is expected in the first 15 minutes on […]