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Convention Parade Results

Memorial Banner

The ACVESA Memorial Banner shown here is available to all Adams County Fire Departments for use at a viewing, funeral, or memorial service for any member of the ACVESA. If you are interested in using the banner, please contact Steph Welper or Wayne Reid.
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2010 Convention Details!

Burn Building Details

We are asking that each member of the ACVESA donates $50.00 to this one time cause to help ACVESA provide state of the art training for many years to come to all of our County Volunteer Firefighters. We must complete the membership gifting before we will roll out the formal capital campaign that will ask for each family and business to donate to this campaign. We must have the full membership backing on this project to move forward and show our members' commitment to this project.
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Make-A-Wish Truck Convoy

Several departments participated in the annual Make-A-Wish Truck convoy.
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Calendar

Upcoming Events:
1. Chief's Meeting
  Thursday, Oct 7, 7:30pm
2. General Membership Meeting
  Thursday, Nov 4, 7:30pm
3. Chief's Meeting
  Thursday, Dec 2, 7:30pm

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Responder Safety

What Does Training Do For You?

February 4, 2010

I recently had one of those "back step meetings" with several other firefighters and the discussion led to the topic of training and what we should be doing for monthly training. As many of you know, I have a very passionate approach when it comes to training. I just sat and listened to see where the conversation led. I heard several different views, everything from "we need to be doing more of the fun stuff," to "we did that enough in essentials class," and my favorite "I do that at work, no need to do it here". After pondering this for several evenings I came to several conclusions worth noting.

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