Canteen 19

A few photos from training this week with Holden and Eddington Fire. So great to spend some time visiting with our friends in the “North Battalion” for training night!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Mark your calendars! Respiratory Protection Week is back, September 3-6. We will share new products and helpful tips that support NIOSH’s strategic direction for respiratory protection. Join the conversation! https://bit.ly/4dxucf6

If you are responding to Debby, you may be exposed to a great deal of heat stress. Extreme heat can result in occupational illness or injury. Heat can also increase the risk of injuries in workers as it may result in sweaty palms, fogged-up safety glasses, and dizziness. Find tips to staying safe in the heat: https://bit.ly/3fst693

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What a great time tonight at National Night out in Skowhegan!! Kristian was representing Canteen 19, Skowhegan FD and the Maine Highlanders of Unified Special Hockey of Maine tonight!! It was so much fun visiting with all of our public safety friends and community members from all around the area. Thank you to everyone that stopped by to say hello!!🥰🥰🥰

We had a fantastic time with these guys at training last night!! These guys work so hard and they do such an amazing job of always working to be prepared for the next call. They also have a ton of fun doing what they do best!! Always fun to help out with training!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Lace up your running shoes and join us for the Royal (multi) Mile Hill Run on Sunday, September 22 during the NH Highland Games & Festival. This challenging 5k course features 800 ft. of elevation gain on a combination of dirt trails, service roads, and ski trails. All participants will receive a race shirt and Adult Sunday Highland Games ticket. Limited spots available – register today! https://nhscot.org/things-to-do/competition-info-registration/the-royal-multi-mile-hill-run/

BPOC Train-the-Trainer 08/19/2024 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm – Click for Application Packet. This course is designed to provide the Fire Instructor with the skills necessary…

Tonight was a long night for our guys at Skowhegan Fire and all of the mutual aide departments that responded to assist. The crews did a fantastic job of containing the fire to the building of original despite the close proximity of neighboring structures and the volume of fire when the initial crews arrived on scene.

Thank you to Al’s Pizza in Skowhegan for bringing dinner to the scene for all of the crews that dropped everything to respond from work or home.

Photos were taken after the fire was contained and crews were cycling through rehab and rotating shifts searching for hotspots to ensure the fire was fully extinguished. Great job to everyone that responded!! Teamwork makes the dream work!!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Big shoutout to Al’s Pizza in Skowhegan for donating pizzas to our Skowhegan and mutual aid Fire Departments and Reddington Fairview EMS crews on the scene of tonight’s fire in Skowhegan!! You guys ROCK!!!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Canteen 19 catching up with some of our Waldo County friends at the Unity Touch a truck sponsored by Bangor Savings Bank🥰🥰🥰

So much fun today visiting with all of our friends at the Hallowell Days parade!!! Thank you Chief Owens for the invitation, this is one of our favorite events of the year!! 💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙

Congratulations to Rocky Gravel of Winslow, retired Winslow FD, for winning the Try Leatherworks custom helmet shield in our Canteen 19 Fantastic 4th fundraiser raffle!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

So sad… if your child or a child of a loved one has been newly diagnosed with autism, please learn about the risks and dangers of elopement along with the hazards of water bodies. Angel Sense is one of many fantastic tools available along with window and door alarms and or locks. It is also really important to teach your child to swim as early as possible…it could literally save their life. Most autism elopers seek out water bodies and are often found there. Know your area, know your water bodies and nearby pools, and get to know your local first responders. It literally takes a village in some cases to raise our kids and the more people that get to know them, the more people can work together to look out for them. Newly diagnosed families are the most at risk because every child is different, our kids don’t come with a handbook, and they don’t teach parents anything about autism or other intellectual challenges and the dangers and risks that go along with that diagnosis.

Family, friends, and first responders are mourning the tragic death of a 4-year-old girl who drowned yesterday in her neighbor's pool.

Another Maine Police Department supporting the Blue Envelope program. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have questions or need an envelope.

The Lewiston Police Department has partnered with the Down Syndrome Advocacy Project (DSAP) and their Blue Envelope Program. The program is designed to help build a relationship between law enforcement and drivers with special needs during an interaction. The envelope has information for the driver about what they can expect during a traffic stop, and can be presented to the officer to indicate that accommodations could be helpful during the interaction. There is no need to register, and all components of this program are voluntary and self-implemented.

If you would like to pick up a Blue Envelope for yourself or someone you know, they are located at the Lewiston Police Department lobby.

For more information or locations to get a Blue Envelope, check out https://dsapmaine.org/

Congratulations to Chief Owens of Hallowell Fire Department for winning the Ego Power combination donated by Lowes Augusta!! Thank you so much for your support to Canteen 19!!!

Thank you so much to Ryan Johnston and Maineiac Fire Training for the generous donation to Canteen 19 from this year’s advanced search class fundraiser benefit for our organization!! Thank you to Mike LaPlante and Farmingdale FD for hosting this year’s training for regional first responders. We are so grateful for your generosity and support!!

Happy 4th of July to everyone!!! We had a great time seeing so many friends, fans, and familiar faces at the Bangor parade today!! Hope everyone has an awesome day and weekend!!💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙

Someone got a surprise package today!!! How awesome is this??? We had a great visit to Boston a couple weeks ago and met some new friends from the Berkelee Police Department on our walk around the city. They sent some pretty cool patches to add to our collection!! We were so excited to find an Autism Awareness patch amongst them!! Thank you so much Berklee PD!!!!💙💙💙

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We had an amazing weekend with a couple of our Unified Special Hockey of Maine athletes in Massachusetts this past weekend visiting and playing hockey with their local first responders hockey teams from Woburn Police and Fire!! What an awesome day!! Check out the cool Autism Awareness patches they gave Kristian to add to his collection!💙💙

What’s a trip to Boston without a visit to the Fire Station??? Great time visiting with the guys from the Red Sox Station. 💙 Thank you to the guys for the awesome visit and hospitality!!

On this day in 1777, the nation adopted the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States. Happy Flag Day 🇺🇸 🐾

Training night with Holden and Eddington FD…our guys had an amazing night watching and learning about Engine Company operations. Thank you so much for including us and for the great time at tonight’s training!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻