How Well Do You Know 10 N. Trivett Ave.?

10 North Trivett Avenue. You drive by it as we all do traveling up or down Mountain Avenue. You pass the library and before you know it you see Town Hall. You never give 10 North Trivett Avenue a second glance. Ask anybody in town where the fire house is, and they know; the police department, and they know that, too. But where is the building that is home to the ?

Well, it is not a very impressive building. Owned by the First Aid Squad, it's a a small kind of white very tired looking aluminum siding. Double driveway, small front porch.

Up until last week not much to look at from the inside either. Carpeting worn thin buy members, as well as others who have held events in the building including Mended Hearts and S.P.P.A., Business meetings, overnights during snow storms, 24 hour 7 days a week members standing watch.

Just in time for Emergency Medical Services Week, an unknown person or persons unknown were there over last weekend tearing up the floor and putting in new tiles, new carpets, new paint in many of the rooms, installing the newly donated dish washer in the kitchen, and giving the old squad a new look.

Since now you have heard about 10 North Trivett Avenue, the Springfield First Aid Squad building, why don't you drop by this weekend for the Squad's open house on Sunday, May 15  from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

Meet the members who come to your homes when you call 9-1-1, learn about the Squad and its equipment, get your blood pressure and vital signs checked, and enjoy food donated by . 

Families are welcome!  We know children love ambulance tours and will enjoy our moulage painting.

You may be surprised by what you find.