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                                   FREE CPR & AED Training open to all Sprague residents

   The Baltic Fire Engine Company # 1 is offering at no cost for Sprague Residents the following training; CPR( cardio pulmonary resuscitation) and AED (automatic External defibrillator) classes on February 18th and February 25th 2012. This training meets the needs of the public, workplace responders, schools, professional responders and health care responders, as  well as the general public. We offer both Certified & Non- Certified training options.
    The training classes are open to anyone 12 years of age& older.
    Classes will be as follows;

 February 18, 2012 morning class will start at 0900 A.M., classes usually run for 2.5 hours long.
 
 February 18, 2012 evening class will start at 6:00 P.M.  classes usually run for 2.5 hours long.

  February 25, 2012 morning class will start at 0900 A.M., classes usually run for 2.5 hours long.
                              
 February 12, 2012 evening class will start at 6:00 P.M.  classes usually run for 2.5 hours long.

   For more information please contact Donna Sanford at: 860-334-5385


     On Monday, August 10th, 2009 we took delivery of our new tanker truck. Please look through the photos to see our newest addition to our Fire Fighting Vehicle line up.

       In the photo section you may notice that we recently had a very special dinner in honor of one of our members, Gerald Bastien, who has given the town so MANY Volunteer hours as we all celebrated that Gerry Bastien has served SIXTY (60) years with the Baltic Engine Fire Company # 1.  Congratulations to Gerry for dedicating so many years to the Baltic Fire Department and to a town that he has loved lived in and raised his family in for so many years. Our Hats go off to Mr. Gerald Bastien for his loyal dedication, there are very FEW departments that have had a member serve so many years and we are all so very lucky that he chose Baltic as his home. Thank you so very much Gerry for your SIXTY years of service!!!!!!!!!!!
      Unfortunately for the members of the Baltic Fire Department, Gerry Bastien passed away at the young age of 86 on March 7, 2011. We will all miss Gerry so very much but will also remember him fondly every time that we enter HIS kitchen at the fire house.

        The Baltic Volunteer Fire Department is very fortunate to say that we have several members who have close to FIFTY years of service with OUR fire department alone that is not counting the many years that many of our members have volunteered in prior fire departments. That being said and so soon after we were so pleased to help Gerry Bastien celebrates his SIXTY years of service, we found ourselves celebrating yet another milestone for another member of our own. Albert Grenier has recently celebrated FIFTY years of service to the Baltic Engine Company # 1 (Baltic Volunteer Fire Department.) On our photos page you will see some photographs that were taken at our firehouse as Al, his family & friends all celebrated his FIFTY (50) Years of service to the town of Sprague (Baltic.) Thank you so very much Al for your Fifty years of service!!
                                        Baltic Fire Department's Safe Halloween Program

       

          We are in need of donations which will allow us to run this year’s Halloween Program.  If you are making a monetary donation please do so with a check. Please make the check out as follows;, Baltic Fire Department, “Project Safe Halloween” or you can write Baltic Volunteer Fire Department on the line “For OR pay to the order of” and then in the “memo area or the “for “area in the lower left corner PLEASE write Safe Halloween, this way your donation will be deposited into the correct fund.

If you would also like to make a donation of candy we ask that ALL of the candy still be in its original wrapper and bag. We ask that you please write your name on the bag or a piece of masking tape which will than be taped to the bag. If you need the candy picked up at your home or business please feel free to contact me. If you would like to drop off the candy but find that no one is at the firehouse to accept it, then we ask that PLEASE bring the candy to the Town Clerk’s office at the Sprague Town Hall . This seemed to work out great for everyone as many families dropped off the bags of candy at the town hall last year and we want to thank everyone for that. 


                                                                          

                                                               

                                     Project Safe Halloween

                                                                                             

                              

                                                                                  Baltic Fire Department

                                                       P.O. Box 314

                                                  Baltic, CT.  06330

                    Candy, Candy, Candy, Candy

 

Costume Parade & Costume Contest, Photos taken of the children in their costumes.

 

                         Where: The Baltic Fire House

 

                       When: Halloween, Tuesday, October 31, 2012

 

                       Time: Costume parade participants should all be lined up by the Sprague Town Hall    for the  6:00 P.M.  costume parade. The parade will be escorted by Baltic Engine Company # 1.

 

Activities: All of the children & their parents are invited to attend this year’s Safe Halloween Program

                  which is hosted by the Baltic Engine Company # 1, commonly known as the Baltic Volunteer

                Fire Department.

                                   A LOT of candy will once again be given out to all of the children & their parents who

                 call Baltic, Versailles & Hanover their home. A costume contest will be judged through out the

                 night by some volunteers who will remain anonymous. SIX (6) Bikes will be given away to

                 the contest winners, ALL Contest winners of the six Bikes MUST be a resident of

                   Sprague, ( Baltic, Versailles & Hanover .) The winners of the contest will be announced at 7:30   

                 P.M.  PLEASE make sure that you are in the fire house to hear the winners names as they

                 are called. Winners do not need to be present at the time of announcement, BUT MUST

                be a Sprague resident.

 

   ALL Children who attend the Safe Halloween Program MUST have AT LEAST ONE Parent or LEGAL Guardian PRESENT at ALL TIMES!! 

 

           Photos from last years event are still posted on our web site which is:   balticfiredepartment.com. This year’s photos will 

           also be posted on our web site. You can down load the photos or print copies.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact the Baltic Fire Department at 822-6580, please leave a message is the tape machine picks up. You can also contact Reg Patchell at 917-5064 for any  questions,

problems or ideas concerning our event.

                                   We look forward to seeing everyone, once again.  Happy Trick or Treating at the Fire House!!

  

 

       The 2011 Safe Halloween Program was a hit in town with attendance of over 1250 people filling the fire house. The members of the Baltic Fire Engine Company # 1 wish to say THANK YOU to EVERYONE who made a contribution of money and or candy which in turn allowed this program to continue.
         We would like to express our sincere thanks to a few businesses that made the event such a hit. AMGRAPH INC and it's owner Ken Fontaine is and always has been the TOP Business in town  who have made a large contribution each & every year making sure that we would be able to hold our event. Along with AMGRAPH we would also like to say THANK YOU to the owners of SHARKIES PIZZA on High Street who has made a donation of six bikes for the children in town since the first Safe Halloween Program in Baltic. New Britain Candy Company also makes a contribution and allows the dept to purchase candy through their store. Frito Lay of Dayville Ct.   has once again made the donation of all of the chips for the children and the Malerba Farm, owned & operated by Vinnie Malerba has always donated at no cost, all of the pumpkins that we have used in all of our events.  
         The Baltic Engine Company # 1 would like to remind everyone in town that we will once again host our Project Safe Halloween Program at the Baltic Fire House on October 31, 2010. With the present economy we are anticipating a year when the donations may not meet the demand. We are asking all Sprague, (Baltic, Versailles & Hanover ,) residents, businesses to please try to make a donation for our yearly event. WE would be happy to stop by your home or place of business to pick up any candy that is individually wrapped, still in the original bag (s), cartons, etc. This year we could use all of the help possible to help to insure that this event will be able to run without any problems. If you are making a donation by check, please write in the lower left corner (memo area) either Halloween Event or Project Safe Halloween so that the money will be credited for the Halloween party. We hope to see everyone there from our town.  PLEASE remember that ALL children who attend our event MUST have a parent with them while taking part in the costume parade and also while on the fire department's property.  At the 20009 event we had over 850 people attend, this was a few hundred more then we had expected and we apologies to anyone who felt that they had to wait in line too long.  We would also like to remind everyone that this entire program is only possible through the donations that are mailed in for this event. If you would like to make a donation please include on the check in the lower left corner (memo area) that this is for the Halloween event.  If you are making a donation that will need to be picked up please feel free to contact the fire house at 822-6580 or E-Mail Reg Patchell at: reginaldpatchell@sbcglobal.net .