Community Safety Day Brings Out Hundreds in East Division!

11 June 2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us for East Division’s Community Safety Day, where hundreds of residents came together to learn, explore, and connect with local emergency services.

Families and community members had the chance to tour specialized vehicles and displays from DRPS units, including Forensic Identification, our new light armoured vehicle, and a wide variety of fire trucks and emergency service vehicles. A fan-favourite was the Touch-A-Truck zone, which featured everything from a 50-ton crane to a pink cement truck raising awareness for breast cancer.

 

We were thrilled to meet so many of you and share what we do to help keep our communities safe. Thank you for stopping by, asking questions, and showing your support.

A special thank you to our DRPS specialty units and volunteers whose dedication made this event such a success. We’re also incredibly grateful to our Community Safety partners for their collaboration:

  • Clarington Fire Services

  • Municipality of Clarington

  • Region of Durham Paramedic Services

We also appreciate all attendees who brought non-perishable food donations — your generosity makes a real difference.

Thank You to Our Sponsors:

  • Ontario Power Generation (OPG)

  • Boston Pizza – for generously providing food for our volunteers

  • Vissers Sod Farm

Shoutout to Our Community Partners:

  • Clarington Parks & Rec, Libraries & Museums

  • Clarington Youth Centres

  • Region of Durham Older Adult Safety

  • Brain Injury Association of Durham

  • Clarington Active Transportation & Safe Roads Advisory Council

  • Community Development Council Durham

  • Brimacombe

  • Alzheimer's Society of Durham

Touch-A-Truck Highlights Included:

  • Alpine Towing & Storage – Donated vehicle for fire extrication demo

  • CCT Auto Trans – 80’ car carrier

  • J. Noble Crane – 50-ton crane

  • Canadian Tank Museum – Military tank

  • Rock Crawler – Courtesy of Wanda Knight & BRX Mortgages

  • Mosport Karting – Go-kart display

  • Durham Paramedic Services – Ambulance

  • OVERT – Search & Rescue Ambulance

  • Canadian Red Cross – Emergency Preparedness Trailer

  • Miller Maintenance – 401 Crash Truck

  • Municipality of Clarington – Olympia Zamboni & maintenance trucks

  • St. Marys Cement – Pink cement truck

  • Elexicon – Bucket truck

  • Clarington Fire – Fire truck and extrication demo

We’re already looking forward to the next one — stay tuned for details on upcoming Community Safety Days across other divisions!

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