2019 was the second busiest year on record for the CVFD. Firefighters responded to 761 calls for service. There were 246 fire calls and 515 medical first responder calls. The previous record for incidents was in 2018, when the department responded to 783 calls. … [Read more...]
The Colington Volunteer Fire Department has a great need for firefighters as well as folks to help out in non-emergency roles. Did you know that your fire department relies on volunteers? Even though we now have a small force of career firefighters on duty, we are always … [Read more...]
CVFD members logged over 3,800 hours of training in 2018. While there are state required minimum training hours for a firefighter to remain on a department roster, our members went above and beyond throughout the year. Training was conducted on firefighting, rescue, medical … [Read more...]
2018 turned out to be the busiest year on record for the CVFD. Firefighters responded to 783 calls for service. There were 234 fire calls and 549 medical first responder calls. The previous record for incidents was in 2017, when the department responded to 724 … [Read more...]
CVFD is looking for folks to help with our weekly BINGO games. Can you help? Need an excuse to get out of the house? Want to help raise money for your local volunteer fire department? Enjoy meeting new people? Colington Volunteer Fire Department is looking for folks to … [Read more...]
An early morning Carbon Monoxide (CO) detector alerted a Colington family to dangerous amounts of CO in their home on November 2nd. The alarm was caused by a faulty LP Gas fueled water heater. Shortly after 2 a.m. firefighters were called to the 100 block of Soundshore Drive … [Read more...]
The CVFD has it's first new fire truck since 1995! The truck, built by the Sutphen Corporation in Hillard, Ohio is a SL75 aerial. The type of truck is known as a “Quint” which features the capabilities of a traditional Ladder Truck as well as a Pumper, and can easily handle many … [Read more...]
