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Connecticut CERT Training Day
On Saturday, June 7, 2025, ten of our members who attended the Connecticut CERT Saturday Training Day at Central CT State College in New...
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May 29, 2025 - Congratulation to the New Hamden CERT Members from Basic Training Class #24.
Congratulations to our 12 Graduates from the Hamden Basic Training Class #24. We acknowledge these dedicated individuals who have been...
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Memorial Day Parade
Under beautiful sunny skies, 28 of our members were able to honor our military veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice by assisting the...
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Hamden Middle School Career Day
On Wednesday, April 30th the Hamden Middle School sponsored a Career Day for its students. Along with our Municipal Partners like Hamden...
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Next Class Begins April 10 (previously was April 3)
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the starting date for the next Hamden CERT Class must be postponed until the following week, Thursday,...
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CERT Visits Connecticut Transit
February 17, 2025 We had a great turnout for our monthly training session with 34 members attending a tour of the Connecticut Transit bus...
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2024 Annual Report
The Hamden CERT program had a very busy year providing service to the Hamden community. Along with the many planned community events, the...
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Three 2-Alarm Fires
The Hamden CERT Advance Team was activated three times in a 15-day period for three major (2 alarm) residential structure fires. On...
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Congratulations to Class #23!
Congratulations to our members from Hamden CERT Class #23 who graduated on 11/14/24. Our new members completed 8 weeks of basic training...
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Halloween Festivities
Hamden CERT, along with our Hamden Police officers and our school crossing guards, managed the hundreds of vehicles and trick or...
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2-Alarm Fire 1/19/24
Hamden CERT responded to a 2-story, 1-family structure fire on 1/19/24 shortly after 08:30 on Wintergreen Avenue. Members supplied...
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Downes Road Fire 10/29/2023
On October 19th a multi-alarm fire was reported at a single-family dwelling on Downes Road. The fire originated in an attached 2-car...
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2-Alarm Multi-family, 10/4/23
The Hamden CERT call-out team had a busy 15-day period with two multi-alarm fires within this short period of time. A 2-alarm fire in a...
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Mike Pantera (8/2/2022)
Hamden CERT members would like to offer our sincere condolences to the family and loved ones of Officer Michael Pantera, a former officer...
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Warner St. 3-Alarm Fire
On February 14, 2022 @ 19:02 hours, Hamden CERT Members activated/responded to a large, 3-story, multi-family apartment building at 42...
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Carol Teodosio (11/29/2021)
How do you start to tell people about our CERT teammate Carol Teodosio? Carol was beyond explanation for so many reasons. Not only was...
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Barry Simmons (3/16/2021)
The Hamden CERT Program has lost member Barry Simmons who always considered what he could do for the community and anyone who was in...
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Mike Colaiacovo, Jr. (7/17/2020)
The following was written by Bob Freeman of the Hamden CERT team. To the Hamden community who has lost a good friend and a great man, As...
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