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Guilford Professional
Firefighters
Local 4177
MISSION STATEMENT
"The mission of the Guilford Fire Department is to provide the highest quality fire protection, emergency medical services, fire prevention, safety education, community services, mitigation of emergency and non-emergency incidents for the citizens and visitors to the town of Guilford. Our service delivery is enhanced through training, education, planning, and teamwork. We will safely achieve our mission while remaining fiscally responsible throughout the effective and proficient use of all resources."
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The members of Guilford
Professional Firefighters Local 4177 would like to wish
Captain Michael Shove best of luck on his military
deployment.
Thank
you for your service to our country, be safe.
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Santa Claus Is Coming To Your House On A Firetruck
Annual Guilford Professional Firefighters Fund Drive
CLICK ON
SANTA FOR DETAILS
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Heavy Lifting & Big Rig
Rescue Training
Guilford
Firefighters and surrounding departments participated in
training this month which consisted of Lifting Heavy
Vehicles and Objects, also large vehicle extrication. The
class was taught by Captain Robert Morris from FDNY Rescue
Company One.
Pictured above is
a cement mixer which drove over a sedan, firefighters had to
lift the truck off of the sedan, stabilize the truck, and
conduct an extrication of the victim from the sedan.
Firefighters use
two grip hoists to rollover a cement truck which overturned
onto a car.
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Guilford Firefighters Work
To Extinguish
Large Garage Fire
9\4\10
At 9:08 pm
Guilford Firefighters where dispatched to Shaker Court for the
report of a garage fire. Upon arrival rescue 191's officer gave
a working fire bringing in mutual aid tankers from surrounding
towns. Firefighters stopped the fire before reaching the last 2
bays of the garage and prevented further damage to more valuable
property.
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Guilford Firefighters
Go Mutual Aid to Branford
4\19\10
Guilford Firefighters
responded to Patrick Lane in the town of Branford Saturday
evening for the working structure fire. Upon arrival
Guilford's crews were quickly put to work on the fire ground
and started roof operations.
Pictured above is
fire exiting from the vent holes
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The Town of Guilford Hires
8 New Career Firefighters
With the assistance of the Federal SAFER grant the Town
of Guilford was enabled to hire 8 new career firefighters to
bring our shift staffing up from 6 on shift to 8 on shift.
This will help us become a safer department and allow us to
operate more efficiently.
6 of the 8 new probationary firefighters are pictured below
FF\EMT Jeff Young FF\EMT
Joe Deko
FF\EMT Rob Piascyk
FF\EMT Mike Rapacciulo
FF\Paramedic Len Benigno
FF\Paramedic Matt Polesel
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Structure
Fire
Ives Place
At
22:10hrs Guilford Firefighters responded to 9 Ives place for the
report of a house fire called in by the neighbor. Upon arrival
of the chief, a working fire was called with heavy fire showing.
Branford was activated mutual aid for the RIT team response
along with North Madison. The fire was brought under control 11
minutes after arrival of the first due apparatus.
 
Photos courtesy of Heidi
Walston
Guilford Fire D-Shift after the Fire
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Guilford Firefighters
Present the Fill the Boot
Check on Live TV
Firefighters John Moffat & Mike Perez
present the check on Live TV
TOTAL MONEY RAISED: $9100.00
The Guilford Firefighters Union normally is a department
who in the past has only raised between $1000 and $2200 in a
year for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. This year we
set our goals high and made our annual goal for the year
$5000. Thanks to the generosity of the citizens of Guilford
and the effort put forth by the members of Local 4177 we
were able to raise a total of $9100 to help find a cure for
muscular dystrophy. On behalf of the Guilford Firefighters
Union we would like to thank everyone who donated there hard
earned money to allow us to help Jerry's Kids.
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Guilford Firefighters
Hit the streets for Fill
The Boot
FF Kyle Winters and Captain Mike Shove
Collect money for MDA on route 1
Probationary FF Matt Nolan coming
back with a full boot
The Guilford Professional Firefighters
would like to thank the citizens of Guilford and those
passing through who have donated to the MDA Fill the boot
fund drive.
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Extrication
Guilford Firefighters extricate one from a
motor vehicle which struck a house and rolled, 1 patient was
extricated and transported priority one to New Haven.
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Guilford Firefighters
Tackle The Tower at Hartford 21
(L-R) Mange, Mate, Johnson,
Considine, Dale
The Guilford
Professional Firefighters Local 4177 participated in a fund
raising event to help find a cure for cancer. The event was
called “Tackle the Tower at Hartford 21.” This event was
sponsored by the American Lung Association. Funds raised are
to help research efforts in finding a cure for cancer.
Local 4177 members,
Richard Johnson, James Considine, Glenn Mate, Rand Mange and
Gram Dale climbed 68 flights of stairs at the Hartford 21
building on March 28th, 2009. Each firefighter
climbed the stairs in full protective clothing with their
air packs on, simulating an actual rescue or firefighting
maneuver taking place. The firefighter’s raised nearly
$800.00 together for the cause. The Local 4177 is planning
to participate at the next event in the fall in Stamford at
the new Trump building.
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Guilford Firefighters
worked an extrication on Boston Post Road where two vehicles
collided head on.
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You
changed your clocks for the spring, Have you
changed your smoke detector batteries?
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