Indian River Attends Carillon Woods Meet & Greet Community Event

On Wednesday, September 29th, the Indian River Volunteer Fire Company was invited to participate with a Meet & Greet Community Initiative for the Carillon Woods community to come together in an effort to build relationships.

Community Meet & Greets are intended to be method for introductions of neighbor or building a sense of belonging and building a sense of community which could include safety demonstrations, seminars, youth events, visits from emergency personnel, exhibits and much, much more.

During the Carillon Woods’ Meet & Greet, the Indian River Volunteer Fire Company collaborated with its Fire Prevention Cohort and provided various discussions for fire prevention and fire safety, Facts of Life as well as a fire prevention items with educational and informational hand-outs for topics which included but not limited to:

• Apparatus Display & Discussion

• Fire Safety Topics

• Fire Prevention Topics

• Smoke Detector Awareness

• Wildfire Risk Reduction & Safety Tips

• Light the Night Event

Approximately 200 persons attended the event which included great discussion and dialogue regarding the above referenced topics as well as firefighter recruitment and retention possibilities.

Indian River hereby expresses its appreciation to Carillon Woods’ for hosting such an event.

Identified herewith some photographs of the evening activities.