Easton
EMS is celebrating its 75th anniversary with a fireworks fundraiser next month,
one of several efforts to raise money to build a new facility for the Easton
Volunteer Fire Department.
Jonathan
Arnold gave News 12 a tour of the facility that has been in use by the EMS
since 1988. Before that, EMS was in the back of the building working out of a
tent for 40 years.
The
basement of the facility is asbestos-laden. Arnold says the Boy Scouts built
the foundation of the building in 1926. The upper part of the building was used
as a dance hall.
Arnold
says the building’s condition has made it hard to attract new volunteers.
“It’s
a challenge, for sure,” he says, just to keep track of records and return calls
and emails.
The
EMS is fundraising and hoping to get money from the town – Arnold says about $2 million
to $3 million would be needed to build a new facility.
The
fireworks display will be held near the Samuel Staples Elementary School on
Sept. 18.