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The Ellington Volunteer Fire Department Carnival is being held at Brookside Park September 8 - 10th

Please click HERE  for the Coupon that was advertised in the Newspaper

June 17 and 18, 2011.

On June 17 and 18, 2011, Ellington Fire Dept again held their one day digital 
photography class.  The class was and is a one day class however, the class is
held on a Friday and repeated again on a Saturday.

When using digit photography for legal purposes, such as fire, medical or investigative
photography, the legal requirements fall into five areas.  The areas are CAPTURE; DOWNLOAD THE 
IMAGE; CORRECTING THE IMAGE FOR DENSITY AND COLOR; SAVING THE IMAGE and IMAGE OUTPUT.

This basic class covered the legal requirements of image CAPTURE.  The other areas were mentioned
but not covered in depth.  The other four areas could not be covered in a one day class.  CAPTURE covered
the digital camera and lens, depth of field, the camera formats, light and color temperature, close-up
photography and problems with 1 to 1 and the digital image and a full lecture on the strobe and painting with
light.  There was also a workshop on close-up photography.

With digital photography, you must be able to show that you are trained to the level that you are working with.
This class trained all the basic of a digital camera and how to show that the image is an accurate representation
of the original image.

Eight (8) training hours were authorized by Police Officers Training Council and also the
State Fire Marshal's Office.  Certificates of completion were given at the end of the class.

The next training class will be given in either October or November, 2011.

Those attending were from the following departments:

Baltic Fire Dept; Bethel Fire Marshal Office; Broad Brook Fire Dept; Cromwell Fire Dept.
Ellington Volunteer Fire Dept; Franklyn Fire Dept; Manchester Fire Dept; Rocky Hill Fire Dept; 
Simsbury Fire Dept; South Windsor Fire Dept; Vernon Fire Dept; Watertown Fire Dept;
West Stafford Fire Dept; Wilcott Fire Marshal Office and Yantic Fire Engine Co 1.

If anyone is interested in or wished to better understand the legal aspects of digital photography,
contact Ellington Fire Dept Photographer Fred Bird.

Fred Bird can be reached at 860-871-0357 or e-mail at birdphoto@sbcglobal.net.

Even as Kloter Farms works to recuperate after the fire on June 29th they have taken the time to put up large "Thank You" to the Departments and Responders that helped control and extinguish the fire. 

The Ellington Volunteer Fire Department would like to thank Crystal Lake, Somers, Tolland, Vernon, TN as well as the other Departments covering vacant stations for their assistance during the incident.

Photos of the incident are located in the gallery and also located at Squadfirephotos and by Capt. Chas. Konarski of the Vernon Fire Department 

Videos of the fire are also located on the Kloter Farms website here

At about 7am June 29th the EVFD responded to 216 West Road, Kloter Farms for a structure fire. Crews from Ellington and surrounding mutual aid communities provided manpower and apparatus to help extinguish the blaze.  Due to the instability of the structure crews were pulled out of the building and an exterior operations were initiated.  Aerial apparatus from Ellington and Vernon were used during the operation. (Photo provided by Capt. Chas Konarski)

On Saturday night March 5th members of the Ellington Volunteer Fire Department and distinguished guests gathered together to celebrate the accomplishments of the department for 2010.  Chief Varney led the award ceremonies.   215 years of volunteer service was recognized during the evening.

The members of the Truck 143 Committee were recognized for their hard work and diligence.

FF Robert Levandoski was awarded and individual citation for the leadership and work that he has done to acquire and place Truck 143 in service.

Congratulations to Firefighter of the year 2010 Regan Toomy. 

A complete listing of the awards can be found Here

We would like to thank US Senator Blumenthal and CT 57th District Representative Chris Davis and 35th District Senator Guglielmo for their thanks and encouraging words to the Department.

Thank you to the Banquet Committee for putting together a wonderful evening 

Thank you to the Ellington Country Club for letting us utilize their facility for the Banquet