Another Rainy Weekend Couldn't Dampen Goldens Bridge FD Community Day

GOLDENS BRIDGE, NY — The Golden's Bridge Fire Department couldn't do anything about the weather, but they made sure to brighten a special day for the community.

From the Golden's Bridge Fire Department

No sunshine. No problem. The rain didn’t dampen the festivities or stop more than 380 residents from attending Community Day at the Golden's Bridge Firehouse last Saturday.

Most of the planned activities and demonstrations were moved inside the fire truck bays (and a few were taken off the schedule for safety reasons). But the main attractions at the Oct. 21 annual popular event hosted by the Golden’s Bridge Fire Department went off without a hitch – as firefighters demonstrated a dramatic live burn of a small house they constructed in the parking lot, and guests participated in interactive fire extinguisher demonstrations in between the raindrops.

Children picked a pumpkin from the firehouse gourd patch and retreated inside to decorate them with the magic markers in the gift bags that every youngster received upon arrival. The food was plentiful – barbecued cheeseburgers and hot dogs, apple cider, juice, donuts, muffins, festive cookies, snacks, Halloween candy, and freshly popped popcorn. Children in Halloween costumes received a prize, and the artwork of youngsters who participated in a fire safety art craft are being displayed in the lobby of the Golden’s Bridge Firehouse.

Guests also navigated a "smoky fire" in the smokehouse trailer provided by the Mohegan Volunteer Fire Association. Children and adults alike were wowed by a demonstration by Lewisboro Police Department K-9 Unit Zane and his handler Sgt. Andrew Llewellyn, and they were provided with tours of an ambulance by members of the Lewisboro Volunteer Ambulance Corps.

Community Day at the Golden’s Bridge Firehouse is held every year in October during National Fire Prevention Month. Golden’s Bridge Fire Chief Albert Melillo says the event brings together community residents and firefighters in a fun and entertaining environment that delivers an important message of fire safety.

Earlier in the week, a dozen Golden’s Bridge firefighters spent the entire day at Increase Miller Elementary School, providing a lesson in fire safety and prevention to students who got to explore fire trucks and talked with firefighters about their escape plans in the event of a fire in their homes. Every student received a backpack and fire helmet emblazoned with the Golden’s Bridge Fire Department logo, along with several items (activity books, pencils and more) to remind them of fire safety.

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