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Easton, MD - Friends of the Easton Volunteer Fire Department’s (EVFD) celebrated the Groundbreaking for the A. James Clark Emergency Services Training Campus on Monday, December 16, 2024. The Groundbreaking was held at 9005 Mistletoe Drive in Easton, MD followed by a Reception at Station 60 Firehall at 315 Leonard Rieck Drive in Easton, MD.
The A. James Clark Emergency Services Training Campus, located at 9095 Mistletoe Drive, is a state-of-the-art training campus that will serve the town of Easton, fire departments, emergency service personnel, law enforcement, and paramedics in Talbot County. There currently is no combined first responder training facility in Talbot County or on the Mid-Shore. The new training campus will serve both the town of Easton and the six local volunteer fire departments in Talbot County. Talbot County has over 600 first responders who can train and respond together because of this new training campus.
Program speakers include Brett Whitehead and Ed Forte, Co-Chairmen of the EVFD Emergency Services Training Campus campaign; Daryl Caldwell, Captain, EVFD; Courtney Clark Pastrick, A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation Board Chair; Joe Gamble, Talbot County Sheriff; Alan Lowrey, Easton Chief of Police; Easton Mayor Megan Cook; Brian LeCates, Director of Talbot County Emergency Services; and Senator Johnny Mautz.
Project Specifics
- 3,500-square-foot concrete public safety building for first responder training
- 3,600-square-foot educational and training building named for sponsor Preston Automotive Group
- 1,500-square-foot concrete pad for car fire, extrication/stabilization, and traffic safety training
- Fire department training – firefighting skills, rescue, and motor-vehicle fire/extraction
- Law enforcement training – hostage rescue, physical training/testing, traffic training, Homeland Security, and K-9
- Emergency Medical Services training – classroom facilities
