Trades Ln & Mile Hill Rd, Newtown, CT 06470
Created in response to the damage Newtown experienced following the Oct. 29, 2011 snow storm, the volunteer task force…More is made up of neighbors helping neighbors and the town in any way possible in their time of need, including delivering water and other supplies and helping with debris clean-up.
34 Hawleyville Rd, Newtown, CT 06470
The fire company was founded in 1925, the third of five independent volunteer fire companies in town. The comapny and…More Dodgingtown respond to the fewest number of calls in Newtown.</p> <p>Company meetings are held at 8pm on the first Monday of each month. An officer's meeting is held on the second Monday and two drills are scheduled for every month.</p>
34 Hawleyville Rd, Newtown, CT 06470
The Newtown Bridge Club holds ACBL-sanctioned duplicate bridge card games and tournaments at the Hawleyville…More Volunteer Fire Station. The fee is $6 per person and includes refreshments.
18-20 Riverside Rd, Sandy Hook, CT 06482
The Sandy Hook fire company was formally established in 1938, and among the five independent volunteer companies in…More town, that responds to most of the calls. The company has 75 regular members and eight in the junior corp. There also is a Ladies Auxiliary support group for the company.</p> <p>It is the only fire company in town with two stations—the main one at 18-20 Riverside Rd. and a substation at 249 Berkshire Rd. The fire chief is Bill Halstead, who also is the town's fire marshal and a former fire chief at Fairfield Hills Hospital during the time the institution was opened.</p> <p>Volunteers meet twice a month, the second Sunday and fourth Monday. Classes are frequently held in topics, such as ice rescue, rope rescue and medical response.</p>
315 S Main St, Newtown, CT 06470
The Botsford company was established in 1949, the last of the five independent volunteer fire organizations that…More exist in town. The yellowish lime-green color of the company's apparatus distinguishes it from the others.</p> <p>The company was among the first in the town to purchase air packs for its firefighters and was the first to buy a brush fire truck, a specially designed pickup truck used to fight grass and brush fires.</p> <p>The company also rents the second floor of its station for use as a dance studio.</p>