Crime & Safety
Hot Off The Press: East Haddam Volunteer Fire Department News, March - April 2012
The annual Easter egg hunt and monthly fire incident reports.
Happy Easter!
On Sunday, April 1st, the hosted their annual childrens' Easter egg hunt for East Haddam and Moodus residents.
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The hunt took place across from East Haddam Company #2, in the grassy field next to Liberty Bank on William F. Palmer Road in Moodus. Members of the fire department prepared, colored and hid approximately 2000 eggs for this year's event.
This time-honored tradition was attended by over a hundred children, ages infant through eight-years-old. Many arrived early, lining up with their parents along the cordoned-off area, waiting anxiously for the start of the hunt.
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The Easter Bunny strolled through the crowd, shaking hands and giving hugs as everyone waited for the signal to start. An announcement over the PA system and a single blast of the air-horn from the 'Ladder 7-15' firetruck sent children scrambling into the field with high hopes of being lucky enough to be able to find one of the specially-marked 'prize eggs' or 'golden eggs' hidden in the grass.
After the hunt, children and their parents lined up behind the 'Rescue 1-15' fire engine to trade in their marked eggs for a special prize, presented by...who else? The Easter Bunny, of course!
For a look back at last year's egg hunt:
The East Haddam Volunteer Fire Department reports the following incidents for the month of February:
FIRE ALARM - 264 Town Street, Sat. 2/4/12 at 2:33 p.m.
STRUCTURE FIRE - 34 Porges Road, Sat. 2/4/12 at 6:13 p.m.
FIRE ALARM - 534 Town Street, Mon. 2/6/12 at 5:58 p.m.
CHIMNEY FIRE - 36 Davison Road, Wed. 2/8/12 at 9:58 a.m.
MOTOR-VEHICLE ACCIDENT - Honey Hill Road, Thurs. 2/9/12 at 7:57 a.m.
FIRE ALARM - 100 Sipple Hill Road, Sun. 2/12/12 at 8:49 a.m.
OVEN FIRE - 4 Westwood Drive, Mon. 2/13/12 at 4:08 p.m.
FURNACE PROBLEM - 288 Petticoat Lane, Wed. 2/15/12 at 6:20 a.m.
UTILITY POLE/TRANSFORMER FIRE - 145 East Haddam-Colchester Turnpike, Wed. 2/15/12 at 8:58 p.m.
FIRE ALARM - 38 William F. Palmer Road, Thurs. 2/16/12 at 5:19 p.m.
BRUSH FIRE - 286 Town Street, Mon. 2/20/12 at 4:20 p.m.
DUMPSTER FIRE - 264 Town Street, Tues. 2/21/12 at 11:56 a.m.
CHIMNEY FIRE - 187 Haywardville Road, Tues. 2/21/12 at 4:12 p.m.
FIRE ALARM - 86 Millington Road, Wed., 2/22/12 at 3:49 p.m.
WIRES DOWN - Bogel Road, Thurs. 2/23/12 at 6:48 a.m.
WIRES DOWN - Alger Road, Sat. 2/25/12 at 1:23 p.m.
FIRE ALARM - 72 Laurel Cove Road, Wed. 2/29/12 at 9:43 p.m.
