This was the second year that the Suffield Police Department invited the Fire Department, the Volunteer Ambulance Association and the Public Works Department to roll out samples of their equipment and invite the public to join in this nationally observed event. With the addition of the Connecticut National Guard, visiting K-9 units, the Rotary free food booth, two bounce houses, and some other special features, plus that commercial helicopter offering rides again, it was a great evening and a great success in bringing everybody together.
Photo by Lester Smith
Maddy Agrafolo tests the strength of the water jet as Jack Doyle, 5, helps SFD Lieutenant Dan Godin hold the nozzle. They were spraying into a big reservoir tank set up next to the tanker fire engine.
Photo by Lester Smith
A search and attack dog grabs onto the well-padded wrist of a visiting trainer. Officers from the North American Police Work Dog Association fenced off a large area and demonstrated their activities.
Photo by Lester Smith
Sarah Michaelman, 10, helps her mother, Jen, demonstrate a guerney next to one of the SVAA’s ambulances, as her sister Katie, 8, watches. The girls were garbed for their practice at Integrity Martial Arts in Scitico.
Photo by Lester Smith
Kylie Lemine, 2, glows with a doll-like smile as she steps out of a bounce house doorway.
Photo by Lester Smith
Ariana Nikolis, 9, paints BE KIND on a blank signboard. SPD Officer Justin Fuller’s friend, Tara Konieczny, had discovered Operation Kindness, so she prepared 250 signboards and brought them, along with brushes and paint, for anyone to paint the words and take them home to spread the good advice.