Corporate President Tom Cosinuke grew up in Pennsylvania and graduated from Westtown School and Gettysburg College. Tom has been lucky to live in Vermont for the past 35 years. He is married to a seventh-generation native Vermonter Annie Kelton but is nevertheless still a flatlander. Tom joined Charlotte Volunteer Fire and Rescue Services (CVFRS) three years ago.
Charlotte Volunteer Fire and Rescue Services invites you to its Public Safety Day from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m….
The Charlotte Volunteer Fire and Rescue Services presented its quarterly report to the Selectboard at the board’s Sept. 25 meeting. CVFRS presented the unaudited 2017 end of year numbers and the potential impact for the fiscal year 2019 budget.
On the afternoon of Aug. 31, 2017, a Swiftwater Rescue component of the Vermont Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 1 was deployed to Texas to assist with Hurricane Harvey.
Did you know that September is Nation Preparedness Month? With all the news lately the recent hurricane disaster in Texas and the south seems far away, but the video footage of total strangers and neighbors helping others in need is heartwarming and encouraging. Many of us will contribute to the response effort down south in some way, but there are some things we can do right here that might be very helpful should even a small extreme weather event hit our town.
In July, Charlotte was designated a HEARTSafe Community through a program designed to promote survival from sudden out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Two fire chiefs, Shelburne Chief Jerry Ouimet and Charlotte Chief Dick St. George,
oversee extrication drills conducted last week. The new “Jaws of Life” tools are battery powered instead of hydraulically powered. The big advantage is portability. No generator is needed with the new tools, and no hydraulic hoses need to be hauled to run them.
Editor’s note: The historic Breakenridge-Root house located at 4206 Greenbush Road caught fire on June 18. Charlotte Fire and…
Sunday, June 4 04:44. Medical call Greenbush Road, Charlotte. 911 caller reported a medical emergency. Charlotte Rescue was dispatched….
It was a conflagration like no other for the Metropoulos-Moulton family last weekend. Even though this blaze was planned,…
Mother and daughter Anne LaBombard Jones and Elizabeth Jones escaped a house fire unharmed after their four month old…
Update May 20, 2017 Edward Woodruff was cited to appear in Chittenden Superior Court Criminal Division, by Trooper James…
Celeste Brasseur, 35, of Charlotte, suffered significant lacerations to her face after a projectile ice shard smashed her windshield,…
Public Safety Log as submitted from the Shelburne Police Department
Bright and early Saturday morning Rebekah Lucia, 9, and Nevaeh Dykema, 10, grabbed hand towels at the Charlotte Volunteer…
Ice wreaked havoc across Chittenden County last night including downed power lines in Shelburne and a 13-vehicle pileup on…
Saturday, Dec. 10 14:48. Medical assist Armory Lane, Vergennes. Charlotte Rescue assisted Vergennes Rescue at a medical call. The…
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