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Community Service Award
The Hamden Firefighters Awards Committee has chosen Hamden CERT for a 2023 Community Service Award in recognition of our contributions to...
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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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Funding for New Station 2
On Tuesday, June 28, 2022, the State of CT announced funding for the new Hamden Fire Department, Station #2, great news for the Hamden...
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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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Covid 19 Food Distribution
As we prepared for the two busiest seasons of community events, we found ourselves in the middle of a worldwide pandemic, where every...
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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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Sharyn Wetmore (4/9/2019)
Sharyn L. Wetmore Burkle, age 70, of Hamden, passed away on April 9, 2019. Born in New Haven on April 27, 1948, she was the daughter of...
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Upgrade to EM44!
Thank you to Porto Tire Service of Hamden for their generous donation of four chrome wheel covers for our Hamden CERT Emergency Response...
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CERT Assists with Vaccination Clinics
Thank you to our 16 Hamden CERT Members who came out to support the 2nd QVHD COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Thornton Wilder Hall....
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CERT Assists Samaritan's Purse
Hamden CERT Members had the opportunity to assist the volunteers from the Samaritan’s Purse Relief Organization in helping homeowners...
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Steve Coulon (4/25/2018)
The following was written by Bob Freeman Steve Coulon was known by many titles: dad, friend, brother, chief, officer, leader, and...
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Mike Johnson (7/31/2016)
We are saddened to announce that we lost one of our senior CERT Members last Sunday morning. Mike Johnson passed at home about 2 weeks...
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