Published October 13. 2022 07:36AM
by JIM MARSH Special to The Press
Emmaus police, fire and ambulance first responders were the heroes recognized Oct. 6 at the 21st annual Community Heroes Day at the Emmaus Public Library.
Children were able to sit in the driver’s seat of fire, police and ambulance emergency vehicles, talk to first responders and take home some neat handouts, like fire helmets and police badge stickers.
While the annual event, held every year since the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on America, serves to recognize and honor first responders who put themselves in jeopardy every day to protect their community, the event also serves to put a friendly face with the uniformed fire, police and ambulance personnel who might be intimidating to youngsters caught up in a community emergency response.
Sue Monroe, youth services librarian at the Emmaus Public Library, said patrons at the library ask every fall when the heroes day will be scheduled.
“It’s one of our favorite and important nights of the year,” Monroe said. “It’s the night when we get to meet, thank and learn from the local first responders who keep us and out communities safe.”
The 21st annual Community Heroes Day is held Oct. 6 at the Emmaus Public Library. PRESS PHOTO BY JIM MARSH
PRESS PHOTOS BY JIM MARSH John Price, the Emmaus director of Emergency Service, assists Harper Gable, of Allentown, as she sits in the driver's seat of an Emmaus fire engine at the Community Heroes Day celebration at the Emmaus Public Library Oct. 6.
Emmaus Police Department Sgt. Jeremy Schilling, of South Whitehall, gives a sticker to Skylar Samsel, of Emmaus, at the Community Heroes Day Oct. 6 at Emmaus Public Library.
Joseph Zientara, and his dad Michael, of Upper Milford Township, look at equipment in the Emmaus Fire Department fire police vehicle at Community Heroes Day at the Emmaus Library Oct. 6.
Emmaus Fire Chief John Price tells visitors at the Oct. 6 Community Heroes Day at the Emmaus Public Library, of the importance of having a smoke detector in every bedroom of a home.
April Schiel, a pre-hospital registered nurse with the Emmaus Ambulance Corps, shows Emmaus youngsters, from left, Harper Gable, Luna Rodriguez and Erin Rodriquez around an Emmaus Ambulance Corps ambulance interior at Community Heroes Day Oct. 6 at the Emmaus Public Library.
