News and Events

2012 - 2013

 
 

Carver Fire Recruit Class of 2013 - April 16, 2013

Our PROUD Graduating Class of 2013. New CFD Firefighters – Jim Dishaw, Jason Hamlet, Matt Demers, Matt Barrington and Dan Leduc – New Hanover Firefighter, Matthew Terenzi Front Row – New CFD Firefighters – Jim Dishaw, Jason Hamlet, Matt Demers, Matt Barrington and Dan Leduc – New Hanover Firefighter, Matthew Terenzi Back Row – CFD Recruit Trainers – Firefighter Rick Leopardi, Lieutenant Frank Nye, Lieutenant Eric Weston, Captain Bob Telless, Lieutenant Mark Moran, Captain Matt Sears, Dive Master Josh McDermott, Lieutenant Vinny...

New Brush Breaker 27 has ARRIVED! - April 8, 2013

Our newest Brush Breaker is being built at the VTEC facility in Williamstown, Vermont is final HOME and we couldn't be happier!  The build started in mid May and is scheduled to be delivered mid March.  Hundreds of hours of committee thoughts and sketches have gone in to the design on our new Breaker.  The goal has been to not fix what isn't broken and to try and match our existing Brush Breaker fleet.  The challenge is that, due to...

Training Center Maze Rehab Project - February 20, 2013

Work has officially begun on the huge undertaking of rehabbing our maze building at the Fire Department Training Facility.  Firefighters Bob Vestute, Dave Buker and Christine Amaral have gotten the project off the ground by re-framing and removing the three dilapidated garage doors and adding some new trim.  Next it will be on to removing all the existing maze partitions and carpet in preparation of re-installing donated carpet and building new, more modern maze structures.  The project will take a few months to complete as we are all donating...

Hovercraft Rehab Project is COMPLETE! - December 7, 2012

Our 1991 Scat Hovercraft was approved for a major rehab overhaul at our annual Town Meeting in 2012. In August, our craft was sent to "The Hovercraft Depot" in Missouri to be 100% rebuilt. This rehab will consist of a new hull, new oil injected motor, new electrical wiring, new gauges, new fan lades, new flotation skirts, new LED scene and emergency light package and many more upgrades. You can see from the pictures that the craft is totally...

New Command Car 3 is in Service! - September 10, 2012

Our new 2013 Command Car, assigned to Deputy Eric Germaine, is now fully in-service.  Many hours of hard work have gone into the design and installation of our new 2013 Chevy Tahoe Command Vehicle.   The vehicle is equipped with a custom Admiral front radio console housing  two Motorola CDM 550 radios, a Bearcat BCT15X scanner with remote rear scanner head, built in navigation and rear view camera system, hands free phone system, on board laptop for mapping viewing our “I AM RESPONDING” system and a Whelen Cencom Gold...

Station 2 Floor Project - August 17, 2012

Our Officers and Firefighters of Company 2 have been hard at work over the last week, donating their time to refinish the original 3 bay apparatus floor of Station 2.  The group has spent each night washing, de-greasing and etching the concrete, in preparation of a final epoxy coating going on this Saturday and clear coat on Sunday.  Once completed, donated shelving and work benches will be re-installed in the bay area, and the Station 2 rehab project, conducted by our TEAM, will be complete.  A Big thank you to all that pitched in and took valuable time out of their days and nights...

Station 2 Rehab Project - July 31, 2012

A lot going on at our North Carver Fire Station, home of Company 2!  At our annual Town Meeting, taxpayers voted unanimously to replace the original and aging apparatus doors with newer more modern glass doors.  At the same time, our TEAM of Company 2 Officers and Firefighters have stepped up to the plate and are re-landscaping and epoxy painting the apparatus floors.  To date, the new apparatus doors are installed and the landscaping is complete.  Next it will be on to the apparatus floors near the end of August.  Other than the installation of...