Beacon Falls’ biggest party is back to kick off your summer — the 61st annual Beacon Hose Firemen’s Carnival is set for June 26-28, 2025!
You know what’s also back in 2025? Our raffle, except this year it’s even bigger and better with 30 CASH PRIZES worth $19,000, including a $10,000 GRAND PRIZE. Scroll down for more information, including how to buy your ticket.
We bid farewell to 2024 with our annual post featuring Beacon Hose’s top 10 photos of the year!
It was a year filled with lifesaving rescues, skillful stops, near-misses, losses of longtime brothers, expansion of our department, and celebration of our 125th anniversary.
Our members rescued 19 people and a dog from floodwaters in Oxford, quickly extinguished a structure fire on Highland Avenue, responded to several severe accidents on Route 8, paid our respects to “Uncle” Al Beckwith and others, welcomed a third ambulance to our fleet and a third Mulinski into our department, learned pet CPR, and threw Christian Hotchkiss high above the dance floor. Scroll through the photos for more details on each one.
Thanks to all of our members, neighbors, mutual-aid partners and dispatchers, vendors, and friends for a memorable 2024 — here’s to much health, happiness, and prosperity in 2025!
Beacon Hose will host a Pocketbook Bingo event on May 10 to benefit the Beacon Falls Cub Scouts Pack 104. The event will be Saturday, May 10 at 7 p.m.
The event includes six games of bingo with two prizes at stake in each game: one is a designer handbag and the other is a $100 gift card. The bingo winner chooses their prize, and the other prize is awarded in a second-chance drawing.
Tickets are $35 per person, which include a bingo card for each game and a second-chance drawing ticket, and must be purchased in advance. Registration is available by clicking here, or you can call or text 845-527-7528. You can also purchase additional bingo cards at the event. Those who order six or more tickets will get a reserved table and receive an extra bingo card for each game. The event is BYOB and BYOS (snacks).
This event is run by a third-party organization and all proceeds will benefit the local Cub Scouts. Beacon Hose is the charter organization for Pack 104.
Continue reading Pocketbook Bingo May 10 to Benefit Cub ScoutsUPDATE: The event is now sold out. Thanks for your support!
Beacon Hose is set to bring back the springtime edition of one of our most popular events: the Easter Meat-O!
Our Easter Meat-O night will be Saturday, April 12, from 6-9 p.m. at the firehouse. A $10 admission fee buys you a seat, and we’ll have light refreshments. The features of the night are games of chance to win something special for your Easter table. We’ll have meats, seafood, raffle baskets, mystery eggs, and more up for grabs!
We do require a head count if you plan on coming because space is limited. Only those 21 and older are allowed, and the event is BYOB (alcohol is allowed) and BYOS (snacks!). To give us your head count, please complete the form below, message us on social media, call the firehouse (203-729-1470), or email info@beaconhose.com by April 9.
Continue reading Easter Meat-O to Return April 12UPDATE: This position has been filled.
Beacon Hose is now seeking applicants for a full-time firefighter/EMT! This paid position will continue to staff Beacon Hose during weekdays as we’ve done for nearly 20 years.
Interested candidates must submit a letter of interest, a resume, copies of all necessary certifications (including Firefighter 1, EMT, CPR, and a Q or CDL license), and three letters of recommendation to our Chief’s Office by March 21, 2025. They can be sent to the firehouse (35 North Main Street, Beacon Falls) or to cobrennan@beaconfallsct.org.
This is a Monday-Friday daytime position. Candidates must have at least two years of experience as an EMT. A full job posting, complete with duties and requirements as well as preferred qualifications, can be found by clicking here.
Beacon Hose’s daytime captain, Connor Banks, has accepted a new position with another service and will spend his last day as our daytime captain on March 21, although he will remain on our crew as a volunteer. We can’t thank him enough for all the work he’s done not only at Beacon Hose but throughout our community for many years!
Update: Registration is now closed. Stay tuned for more courses to come.
Beacon Hose will host a spring EMT course that runs Thursdays and Sundays — and enrollment is open until March 13!
The course will run from March 16-May 30, 2025. Classes will be held at Beacon Hose’s Station 2 on Railroad Avenue on Sundays from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. and Thursdays from 6-10 p.m.
The course fee is $975, which includes books (with online access), a blood pressure cuff and stethoscope, CPR/AED certification, a number of other mandatory trainings (emergency driving, sex trafficking, mental health), and a uniform shirt.
This class is open to any Connecticut resident 16 and older, not just those from Beacon Falls. While membership at Beacon Hose is not required, the course could lead to an opportunity to join our department, too! Becoming an EMT not only gives you lifesaving skills to help others, but it can also lead to rewarding career opportunities. The deadline to register is March 13.
If you’re interested in signing up or learning more about the course, click here to fill out the application or send an email to Connor Banks at cbanks@beaconfallsct.org.
Continue reading Register for Beacon Hose Spring EMT Course: Deadline March 13
