Bearingstar Supports Avon Volunteer Fire Department
The Avon Volunteer Fire Department (AVFD) has partnered with the Farmington Fire Department to construct a state of the art Live Fire Training Facility in Farmington. Having a local training facility with realistic settings will make it easier for volunteers to conveniently train frequently enough to assure proficiency. The local facility will also make it easier for volunteers to train with colleagues within their own fire companies as well as with those in mutual aid communities.
The goal of the AVFD is to raise $500,000 to construct and maintain the facility. One of their recent fundraisers was the first annual Avon Volunteer Fire Department Golf Tournament held last month at the Farmington Woods Golf Club in Avon, CT. The Bearingstar Insurance Charitable Fund, in partnership with employee David Bauer, was a proud “Assistant Chief Sponsor” with a donation of $1,500 to the AVFD.
Bauer, an insurance consultant at Bearingstar’s Avon office, said “It is extremely important to support the AVFD. As a resident of Avon, I appreciate the training that our volunteer firefighters go through as they need to train to the same level as career firefighters. Having a local training facility will make it easier for them to train and will be a big benefit to the Town of Avon.”
Bearingstar founded the Bearingstar Insurance Charitable Fund (BICF), a division of the Arbella Insurance Charitable Foundation, in 2012. The mission of the BICF is to engage in activities and to support not-for-profit organizations that have a significant positive impact on the people and communities Bearingstar serves.
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