Saturday Feb 11, 2017
5:30 PM - 10:00 PM EST
Saturday, February 11, 2017, 5:30 p.m.
EMA 9 Maplewood Lane Ticonderoga, NY 12883
$15.00
For tickets call (518) 585-9133 OR (518) 597-3398,OR e-mail ChilsonVFD@gmail.com
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Chilson Volunteer Fire Department holds its annual dinner dance this year on Saturday, February 11th at 5:30 P.M. at the E.M.A. at 9 Maplewood Lane in Ticonderoga. This year’s theme is a special salute to the military service members and veterans of our community. Active-duty military personnel of all branches who live in the Chilson-Ticonderoga area are invited to attend free of charge. Along with dinner, music and dancing, the evening will feature raffles with lots of valuable prizes. The dinner buffet will include salad, chicken and beef entrees, side dishes, and desserts. Proceeds of this year’s dinner dance will go to help Chilson Volunteer Fire Department outfit our firefighters with upgraded protective safety gear they need to fight interior fires. First, we have three new trained firefighters joining the department. We need to provide them with new, fitted head-to-toe “bunker” gear, from boots to helmets. Each new set of gear costs about $2,200! Second, we need to replace five obsolete Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus masks with new SCBA masks that have thermal imaging built in – they allow firefighters to “see” active flames through what would otherwise be blinding smoke. These new masks are proven lifesavers for both firefighters and fire victims – but they cost up to $1,900 each. Needless to say, although we save money in many areas of operation by ingenuity and making do, life-safety equipment is no place to cut corners. Chilson Volunteer Fire Department is a 501(c)(3) corporation; donations are tax deductible as allowed by law. Tickets for the dinner dance are only $15.00, and they will sell out quickly this year, so all are urged to call (518) 585-9133, (518) 597-3398, or e-mail ChilsonVFD@gmail.com to buy tickets or for more information.