Today, Sunday, November 11th is Daylight Savings!

The Change Your Clock Change Your Battery® program urges Americans to change the batteries in smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors when changing clock for Daylight Savings each Spring and Fall.
 

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program continues to focus efforts on senior citizens and families with children. Senior citizens and children are at twice the risk of dying in a home fire. Sadly, approximately 1,000 children under the age of 10 die each year in house fires-and average of nearly three per day.

Please join the Crown Point Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary for an afternoon of food, fun, and craziness at our annual “Crazy Bunco”!

This event will be hosted at the Crown Point fire station, 126 N East St, on Sunday, November 6th, 2011 beginning at 12:00 noon.

Your ticket will include homemade lunch and desserts prepared by auxiliary members. Lunch will be available beginning at 12:00, with games starting promptly at 1:00.

Top winners will be awarded prizes! Raffle and door prizes will also be available. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased prior to the event from an auxiliary member, or at the station from 8am to 4pm. You may also purchase your tickets at the door the day of the event.

For further information contact the fire station at 219.662.3248. Hope to see you there for this crazy dice game and we appreciate your support.

Reminder: This day is also daylight savings!! We fall back one hour the night before, so please adjust your clocks and yourself!!

Reflective address signs as you can see here are extremely helpful to the Fire, EMS, and Law Enforcement Personnel.  There are so many different types of numbers out there, as well as different media to put them on.  We see addresses on mailboxes rocks, landscape features, sides of the houses, different sides of the mailboxes, ect. Since there is no required standard, in most places, safety personnel need to be extremely alert and in many cases it requires a significant difference in response time. 

 

Signs are $15... interested? Contact Firefighter Bodamer @ 219.662.3248!

The cost of the Secure Indiana license plate includes vehicle registration fees and taxes, a group fee of $25, and an administrative fee of $15.

Revenue from Secure Indiana license plate sales funds the Indiana Homeland Security Foundation. The Foundation, one of the first of its kind in the nation, offers financial support for critical public safety needs across Indiana.

Learn more about vehicle registration fees and taxes

Dive Team
Sun Jan 24  7:30a-11a  Pool Obstacle Course
Sat Feb 20  TBA  Joint Drill / Ice Dive / Polar Bear Standby
Thr Mar 18  6p-9p  Open Water Dive
Thr Apr 15  6p-9p  Open Water Dive @ Lake Dale
Sat May 15  6p-9p  Joint Dive @ Hobart
Thr Jun 17  6p-9p  Open Water Dive
Thr Jul 15  6p-9p  Open Water Dive
Sat Aug 14  9a-12p  Joint Dive @ Cedar Lake
Thr Sep 16  6p-9p  Open Water Dive
Thr Oct 21  6p-9p  Open Water Dive @ St John
Sat Nov 20  9a-12p  Joint Dive @ Four Seasons

Technical Rescue Team
Sat Jan 9  9a-1p  SAR Drill
Sat Feb 6  9a-1p  Rope Rescue Drill
Sat Mar 6  9a-1p  Structural Collapse Dril
Sat Apr 3  9a-5p Structural Collapse Refresher
Sat May 1  9a-1p  Trench Drill
Sat Jun 12  9a-5p  Trench Collapse Refresher
Sat Jul 10  9a-1p  Structural Collapse Drill
Sat Aug 7  9a-1p  Confined Space Drill
Sat Sep 11  9a-1p  Trench Drill
Sat Oct 2  9a-5p  Heavy Lifting & Moving Drill
Sat Nov 6  9a-1p  SAR Drill

How Project Lifesaver Works:
The program relies on proven technology and a specially trained search & rescue team. Lifesaver clients wear a wristband that emits a silent tracking signal. When caregivers call 9-1-1 and report a loved one missing, a search & rescue team responds to the area and starts searching with state-of-the-art tracking equipment. Using this technology, search times have been reduced from hours and days to within minutes. In over 1,800 searches nationwide, there have been no reported serious injuries or deaths, and recoveries average less than 30 minutes.

Project Lifesaver in Crown Point:
Started in 2008 following the tragic death of an Alzheimer's patient who walked away from a care facility. Currently, all Crown Point Firefighters are trained as Electronic Search Specialists.

How Much Does Project Lifesaver Cost?
Thanks to a grant from St. Anthony Medical Center, the $300 transmitters are provided at no cost, and only $10 monthly maintenance fee.

How To Enroll In Project Lifesaver:
To enroll a loved one, or if you have a question about Project Lifesaver:

• Call the Crown Point Firehouse @ 662.3248
• Email: chief@cpfire.com
  
• Visit the St. Clare's Clinic at the St. Anthony Medical Center Campus
• Visit www.projectlifesaver.org

The City of Crown Point is pleased to announce the launch of the Blackboard Connect service, our new city-to-resident notification system. With this service, city leaders can send personalized voice messages to residents and businesses within minutes with specific information about time-sensitive or common-interest issues such as emergencies and local community matters. The Blackboard Connect service will be used to supplement our current communication plans and augment public safety/first responder services.

Please accept our invitation to participate in this great service. We know that your personal information is important, and rest assured that we will not share it with anyone. If you have NOT already received a test phone call from us, or you would like to provide additional contact information, click the Blackboard Connect image to sign up.