Every year, the Hamtramck Firefighters contribute to support 'Hippo's Kids.' On December 10th, we brought Santa to the annual Christmas Party on the department's aerial tower truck and helped entertain the kids.

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Once again, the Hamtramck Firefighters got to work at the Hamtramck Community Center and brought the coveted trophy back home to the Firehouse. Led by coach Greg McBryar from the sidelines and by this years MVP Bill Diamond on the court, the team soared to 13-1 lead at the end of the first quarter. When the final buzzer rang, the Firefighters won the game and the trophy, 61-28.

Bill Diamond led both teams in scoring with 14 points, Dave Cornwell led the cops with 7 - including two three pointers.

Most importantly, all funds raised at the game were donated to the Hamtramck Goodfellows, which again does their best to provide every needy family with a Holiday meal.

We'd like to thank Recreation Directer Jennifer Tiedt for allowing the use of the Community Center along with her staff (Asim Grgic, MJ Reeves and Nermina Memic) for assisting in the event, Metro Bakery and all those for showing up to support the Hamtramck Fire and Police and Hamtramck Goodfellows.

See you next year!!

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Our (almost) annual Bowling event took place October 22! Once again, we had lots of fun at Astro Lanes.

We would again like to thank everyone that bowled this year, with special thanks to our very generous sponsors:

Polish Village
Jurkiewicz & Wilk
A. Fernandez-Lawrentz Construction
Hamtramck Recreation Dept.
Certified Investigations International
A&C Supermarket
Main Street Restaurant
Holbrook Cafe
Mostek Paint & Glass
Mark & Janice Sylvester
Apollo Fire Equipment

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Our (almost) annual Bowling event is scheduled for October 22! Once again, we'll be at Astro Lanes (map). $25 per person includes 3 games, shows, pizza, pop, mystery, strike ball, red pin.

Wear a costume and you could win a prize for best costume!

Tickets are now available -- contact your favorite Hamtramck Fireman or call the firehouse at 313-876-7778.

Lane and team sponsorships available!

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The Hamtramck Firefighters helped mark Fire Safety Month by treating two elementary school students to a ride on the Engine 1 with the Fire Chief Szafarczyk and Senior Engineer Oleksiak - Firefighter's Dropchuk and Dodd were also on hand to assist. The girls were chosen based on their coloring skills on a contest sponsored by the Hamtramck McDonalds.

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The Hamtramck Fire House will be open for an Open House to promote Fire Safety Week on October 3, 2004. Stop by the station on Caniff & Mackay that afternoon for an informative tour and other safety related events!

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Welcome to HamtramckFirefighters.com, version 4! Our new site still works best in Microsoft Internet Explorer (avoid that AOL browser!) and with a resolution of 1024x768. We'll still be tweaking the look and feel as necessary and adding a new intro page... if you see any problems, please let me know by sending me an e-mail at dropchuk@hamtramckfirefighters.com.

This new look to the site marks the fourth version of the site since it's inception in 2000. Last year, the site won an honorable mention in the IAFF Media Awards.

Remember if you ever get "lost" surfing the site, you can always get back to this main index page by clicking the logo/image at the very top of the site!

The annual Hamtramck Festival takes place this Labor Day weekend (September 3-6), and again the Hamtramck Firefighters will be there in full force with chili, beer, mugs and t-shirts.

Our booth will again be at Jos. Campau and Holmes, a block north and a block west of the Hamtramck Firehouse!

This year, we're issuing a 'Call to Party' - stop by our booth and join in the fun!

Thanks to all for showing up! Hope you had as much fun as we did!! Check out the pics here!

The Hamtramck Firefighters would like to thank Janice, Ken and Harley for contributing a photo to the Department's wall.

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Thanks to all the firefighters' that participated in this years event - another fine showing honoring the brotherhood of firefighters across Michigan. This year the march included firefighters from Detroit, Eastpointe, Port Huron, Frenchtown, Brownstown, Sterling Heights, Dearborn Heights, Royal Oak and was led by an honor guard featuring Ann Arbor and Hamtramck Firefighters.

We'd like to thank St. Florian Church for once again having us as well at Polish Sea League for helping with beverages and Little Ceasar's Pizza for helping with the pizza. See everyone next year!

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