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Valuing Life at a Moment’s Notice…. Thoughts on Community Safety by Chief of Department Bruce Lockwood Town of Canton Volunteer Fire and EMS Department OCTOBER is NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION MONTH Avoid Distracted Cooking by Serving Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge signed a proclamation to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire, which burned from October 8-10, 1871. This… Read More »

ATTENTION ALL DRIVERS: Help Canton’s Volunteer Firefighters, EMTS, Fire Police & Cadets Avoid Line of Duty Deaths  Dispatches:  July 12, 1987…. Canton’s volunteer fire, EMS and Fire Police crews were conducting a training drill that involved a ‘staged’ car accident on Rte. 44. Without warning a driver, impatient with the line of cars stopped in front of… Read More »

  Published 1 hour ago • Updated 16 mins ago Some businesses in Canton are being evacuated after a transformer fire with live wires down in the road on Saturday. Police said the transformer fire and live wires are down on Albany Turnpike. Businesses in the area are being evacuated out of an abundance of caution, officers… Read More »

WFSB Staff Posted 2 hrs ago (WFSB) – Travelers passing through the town of Canton are asked to avoid the area of 140 Albany Turnpike (Rt. 44). Officials say that Rt. 44 is closed in both directions from Lovely Street to Doud Avenue near the Avon town line due to an active transformer fire. Detours are… Read More »

Prevent Before You Preheat: Grilling Safety Tips to Protect the Youngest BBQ Enthusiasts  Dispatch:  It was a warm summer evening in Canton, with the quintessential smell of BBQ wafting through the air. A curious little girl stood up on her tip toes, put both hands on the sides of the grill, and leaned over it to see… Read More »

Summer/2020: Your Guide to a Safer DIY River Ride: Pre-Planning Your Voyage Down the Farmington River is More Critical Than Ever Dispatch: Friday, June 12, 2020, 9:23pm…. The 911 call came in about an individual who had been tubing down the Farmington River and was now missing. Canton’s Volunteer Fire and EMS Department’s firefighters and EMTs arrived on the… Read More »

Valuing Life at a Moment’s Notice…. Thoughts on Community Safety by Chief of Department Bruce Lockwood Town of Canton Volunteer Fire and EMS Department  May is the Time to Celebrate Canton’s Volunteer EMTs PROUD: A Chance to Salute the Service & Sacrifice of Canton’s Volunteer EMTs, Firefighters & Fire Police  Dispatches.… April/May, 2020: During the past 30… Read More »

Town of Canton Volunteer Fire and EMS Department invites you to join us in a celebration and acknowledgment of the critical role Canton’s Volunteer Firefighters, EMTs and Fire Police play in response to the safety and protection of our residents, businesses and visitors.  In these especially perilous times, of the COVID 19 pandemic, when the slogan, ‘We’re… Read More »

By Alan M. Petrillo Canton (CT) Fire and EMS protects a 25-square-mile town that has no hydrants on its north half. Most of its southern half is covered by hydrants. When the department decided to replace a 1991 pumper-tanker, it wanted to get a rig with a water tank larger than the 1,500 gallons it currently… Read More »