Halloween- What do you do?

Hey everybody- just wondering what, if anything, you all do as a dept for Halloween. We take out our apparatus and ride around and hand out candy to trick-or-treaters, while at the same time keeping an eye out for suspicious activity. Its the whole "the more eyes watching the better" idea. Anyway, what do you all do?

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Permalink Reply by Paul Montpetit on October 30, 2009 at 3:53pm

We have this really weird thing we do....1st...everyone dresses up like firefighters then.....Are you ready for this....? We find a structure on fire and run inside with these heavy hoses and try and put the fire out.....!!!!! Now, how weird is that ...? LOL

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Permalink Reply by Capt./Chaplain Mike Petrosky on October 30, 2009 at 4:14pm

We hand out candy at our station and give the kids and folks tours of the trucks and naturally hand out fire prevention materials ( that is the #1 job! ). Some of our stations take the engine out to the neighborhoods and hand out but our sta. has the comfort of the trunk-or-treat being right next door.

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Permalink Reply by Art "ChiefReason" Goodrich on October 30, 2009 at 7:03pm

Weather permitting, we have a little Halloween parade and then we have games and treats back at the fire station for the kiddies.
Been doing it for over 20 years now.
Art

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Permalink Reply by Art "ChiefReason" Goodrich on October 30, 2009 at 7:04pm

Not as weird as if you didn't!

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Permalink Reply by Paul Montpetit on October 30, 2009 at 7:21pm

Man Art.....you must be really tired...a parade for 20 years....Holy cow....!!! (sorry has been one of those weeks).....LOL

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Permalink Reply by Rod J on October 30, 2009 at 8:11pm

As our town is located on a state highway where no one seems to no how to slow down,we position our trucks at planned locations to bring attention to those crazy motorist that are out.We also pass out treats at the station.

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Permalink Reply by jeff nunziato on October 30, 2009 at 9:12pm

we have a haunted house on the 30-31 it does pretty good last year we had about 6000 people go in

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Permalink Reply by Joey "BigShow" De Piano on October 30, 2009 at 11:31pm

We rather do that..lol but actually for the last 70 years we have the 3rd largest Halloween parade

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Permalink Reply by Paul Montpetit on October 31, 2009 at 12:02am

treat for the kids or firefighters...? The "crazy motorists....are those the ones driving the trucks or passing cars...?? LOL........Paul

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Permalink Reply by Reg Mathis on October 31, 2009 at 1:07am

From 16:45 until 22:00 our department will be providing traffic control(vehicular AND pedestrian) at the City's Halloween Block Party. We block off the streets and the kids go around town and TorT at the businesses in about a 9 block area.

I, personaly, will be stationed at the intersection of 3rd Ave and Old Federal Rd. Assigned as Driver/Engineer of Engine #2131. I will be wearing my best class B uniform and handing out goodies to all the little chi'runs who come to town!

I'm thinking about waiting until the sun goes down, then ditching my shirt, pulling on my bunker pants and setting a boombox on the front deck. Strapping on my helmet and dancing like a Chippendale boy!!!!

On second thought, that may be more traumatic than scarey...

TCSSpooky!

Reg