As our Juniors near the end of their EMT program, it's important to go over all the safety considerations with one of our more common calls; car accidents! A HUGE thank you to Middletown Deputy Chief Ehman for being such a great narrator and explaining everything to the students. A huge thank you to the MFD crews and also to Nelcon Towing for the vehicle donation. Awesome day! With the horrible tragedy in Baltimore unfolding, we decided to move our emergency operation center to alert status to monitor any way we can help. Students did an amazing job modifying their EOC command structure to meet the challenge and bring freshmen who have not been trained yet up to speed. Impressive work. Today the Prince Tech freshman visited our shop at Vinal, and we were happy to show them around! We gave them a shop tour, and both classes were introduced to all the instructors before a student meet and greet. Lots of laughs and meeting new friends. We ended the meet with a little student torture (because that’s what we enjoy most as teachers) with a sardine eating challenge! So funny. See you again soon Prince! Since we ran out of time, apocalypse goggles had to be made… of course. FUN DAY! First warm day of the year… sometimes you just have to have some fun with your peers and bond. Fun time and lots of laughs. Also… has any of the parents been in one of these things since elementary school?? Was pretty fun actually ha! We had a ton of fun with a surprise Police vs Fire vs CJPS Hot Ones Wing Challenge! Trying to always keep everyone on their toes not knowing what to expect in shop, this certainly “spiced” things up a bit! Shockingly, all the contestants made it through all the hot sauces although Mr. C was clearly the weakest link in the hot sauce chain. Fun time!!! Fun day getting up to one of our favorite places, the Connecticut Fire Academy. Good friend of the shop and CFA instructor Mr. Zygmunt gave the students a fun tour of the facility, a peek into the world of firefighting, and a cool introduction to the current class of recruits. Fun day! Lots of laughs and general mayhem. As part of our push for emergency management preparedness, our annual military experience camping trip, and trade knowledge, we finally have received our disaster shelters! These incredible "tents" are hurricane rated and used in almost every Federal agency in the US Government. Students will now be able to set them up, use them for remote classrooms, and camp in them year after year. We set one up today in the cafeteria just to see it.
Lifestar helicopter visited Vinal CJPS today! The students had a lesson on proper landing zone setup and then watched it put to the test! The Lifestar crew was amazing and spent an hour answering all the student questions and showing them their equipment. Our friends at Middletown Fire were amazing as always helping support our shop, set up the landing zone, and talk with the students. THANK YOU LIFESTAR AND MIDDLETOWN FIRE!!! |
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