The Woodbury Fire Department’s carnival was off to a roaring success with happy customers at the Labor Day weekend event. “We are also so happy about the new raffle prize of a community basket,” said Fire Chief Janet B. Morgan. “Our target was a thousand dollars in value,” she added, “and donations ended up worth $2,500 ranging from gift certificates to bottles of rare wine.” Firefighters pitched in to prepare, cook, and serve food while rides and fun events attracted happy crowds to the Hollow Park event evenings Thursday Aug 28th through Saturday Aug 30th.
Pictured in photo 1 are Fire Lt. Bill Hickey with daughter Imogen, 19, grilling hamburgers and hotdogs. When away from Woodbury-area fire and rescue call-outs, Hickey is a fulltime firefighter in West Haven. In her fourth year of helping dad her dad at the annual event, Imogen, age 19, is about to start EMT training.
In photo 2 from left, Fire Capt. Steve Cunningham, an IT security consultant, prepares pulled pork with the assistance of Firefighter recruit Roger Sicard, a command master sergeant in the Connecticut Army National Guard.
In photo three from left and taking a break are Firefighters Andy Heavens, an automobile salesman; Steve Anctil, a builder; and Roger Sicard, the senior NCO in the state’s National Guard.
In case of an emergency call, however, all active firefighters arrived with full gear and ready to react.
