EASTERN SUMMER CONFERENCE
August 20 - 21, 2005

FFLA EASTERN SUMMER CONFERENCE

 

 


......at the West Greenwich Fire Department HQ.
West Greenwich, Rhode Island


The Eastern conference is being hosted at the West Greenwich Fire department HQ. station at 830 Nooseneck Hill Rd. ( rte 3 ) in West Greenwich, RI. Saturday's meeting will start at 9am.

Saturday nights dinner will be a "You grill it" Steak fry with all the fixings ( except drinks ) included! At this time we are working with the Fire Dept. on the price, but it should be under $15. I'm told that the steaks are each over a pound. This Steak fry is open to the public and is a fund raiser for the all volunteer West
Greenwich Fire Dept.

The days agenda is still being worked out for speakers but, we will be putting the Nooseneck hill tower on the tower register with a presentation of it's certificate and plaque. We will also make a formal presentation of the FFLA's tower grant monies to the Dept's fire chief. Besides the tower that the Fire Dept. owns there are 3 other towers within 30 minutes drive of the HQ. station.

See this link to map out your Rhode Island Tower visits!

Agenda

Saturday, August 20

9:00AM - Introductions

9:30 - 11:00AM - Speakers
>The featured speaker is the West Greenwich Fire Chief, who will give a talk on the history of the station's backyard tower - Nooseneck Hill Tower.

11:00AM - Nooseneck Tower Activity
>Presentation of the NHLR Certificate for the Nooseneck Hill Tower to the West Greenwich Fire chief.
>AN FFLA grant check will be presented for the ongoing restoration of the tower.
>Tower Tour of Nooseneck Tower

12:00PM - Lunch

1:00PM - 3:00PM - General Meeting
>General Chapter Business
>Status from around the chapters
>Open Discussion

3PM - 5PM - Local Tower Tours
>Pine Hill, Exeter
>Shannock Hill, Richmond
>Escoheag, Kent
>Wickaboxet Tower Site, West Greenwich

5:00PM - 7:00PM - Steak Fry Supper!

7:00PM - Break Out Discussion Groups

Sunday, August 21

9:00AM - Tower Tours (Meet at the West Greenwich Fire Station)

>Tunk Hill, Scituate
>Chopmist Hill, Scituate
>Water Tower Lookout at the University of Connecticut at Storrs, Connecticut

Directions

West Greenwich Fire department HQ. station
830 Nooseneck Hill Rd. ( rte 3 )
West Greenwich, RI.

Mapquest for this location

Lodging

Hotels in the area

The highlighted towns on the below hotel listings are inside of 20 minutes drive, the rest are less than 40 minutes. The two closest and least expensive motels are the Classic Motor Lodge (1-401-397-6280) five minutes away, and the Sun Valley Motel (1-401-539-0730) about ten minutes away.

Hotel Listing - Page 1
Hotel Listing - Page 2

Campgrounds all within a half hour drive of the conference site.

STATE owned
Arcadia management area CG.
Exeter / Millville, RI

PRIVATE owned
1) Oak Embers CG. Exeter / Escoheag, RI.

2) Peepers pond CG. Exeter / Liberty, RI.

3) Whispering pines CG. Hopkinton / Moscow, RI.

4) Wawaloam CG. South Kingstown / West Kinston, RI.

The first name after the CG name is the town it's in and the second one is the local village name.

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