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Don’t miss out on Darien Fire Department’s Open House TOMORROW Saturday Oct. 15th from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Fun for all ages and the only open house in Darien for the year! Come get a fire hat, come ask a question, come meet some of the men and women of DFD and find out more about what they do! Hope to see you there! — an announcement from Darien Fire Department
Don’t miss out on Darien Fire Department’s Open House TOMORROW, Saturday, Oct. 15 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Fun for all ages and the only open house in Darien for the year! Eat popcorn, learn about fire safety, and see what it’s like as a volunteer firefighter in Darien. Come get a fire hat, come ask a question, come meet some of the men and women of DFD and find out more about what they do! Hope to see you there!
Workers hired to power wash the outside wall of Darien Nature Center on Monday, May 2, caused water to inadvertently make contact with an outside electrical outlet, which set off a small fire, police said. The workers saw smoke coming from a window at the nature center, located in Cherry Lawn Park at 120 Brookside Road, and a 911 call was made at 2:45 p.m. A dispatcher was told there was smoke in one of the classrooms.
When police arrived, they smelled and saw smoke coming from below a window on a wall at the west side of the building, just to the right of the building entrance. Darien Fire Department firefighters soon arrived and put it out. The fire was inside the wall, which firefighters tore out to make sure the flames were extinguished. No animals were harmed in the fighting of this fire.
All three Darien volunteer fire departments participated in a statewide day for open houses on Saturday in order to attract volunteers. Kids were also welcome. Not a large number came to the events, held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on a cool, drizzly day when many had beat it out of town for the April school break. Darien Fire Department, with passers-by spotting the open house downtown, had a location advantage over the other two departments and attracted about 100 visitors. There were perhaps a dozen families at the Noroton Fire Department and “a handful” at the Noroton Heights Fire Department, organizers said.
For National Volunteer Firefigher Day on Saturday, April 9, Darien Fire Department, Noroton Fire Department and Noroton Heights Fire Departments will all be opening their doors to the public for open houses from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Come down, learn about your local volunteers and see what they use to protect the town of Darien!