Firefighters Association Fun Day (photo gallery)

Kiddie train: A ride on a train pulled by a tractor was one of the attractions at the Chilton County Firefighters Association's Fun Day held Saturday at the Central Alabama Horse Club arena. (Photos by Jessie Carter)

Kiddie train: A ride on a train pulled by a tractor was one of the attractions at the Chilton County Firefighters Association’s Fun Day held Saturday at the Central Alabama Horse Club arena. (Photos by Jessie Carter)

The Chilton County Firefighters Association hosted the sixth annual Fun Day Saturday.

The event was held at the Central Alabama Horse Club arena in Clanton off Highway 145 at Interstate 65 Exit 212.

The event was free to all Chilton County residents.

Attractions included appearances by Smokey Bear and Sparky the Fire Dog, Charles Daniel from ABC 33/40, free games with prizes, inflatables, a dunking booth, cake walk, fire hose games, a fire safety trailer, fire trucks and tankers, ladder trucks, ambulances and rescue trucks, free T-shirts, free hot dogs, drinks, chips and cookies and a Gospel music singing.

Kids had the opportunity to see different types of firefighter gear and equipment that is used within the county to help keep residents safe.

Fun Day was supported by: Lee Helms Associates, Clanton Laundry and Cleaning, Verbena Pocket Express, Jones Feed & Seed, Macon Sanitation, Pate’s Plumbing and Sewer Service, Roadside Diesel and Tire, Hickory Chip, Robinson Wrecker, Central Alabama Electric Cooperative, City Barber Shop, Enterprise Grocery, Sew Charming, C&C Trophy, Main Street Café, VFIS/SE Insurance, Napa Auto Parts Clanton, Probate Judge Bobby Martin, Carmeuse Lime & Stone, Doc’s Outdoor Furniture, TruVision – Denise Farmer, Big Daddy D’s Tees, Petty Line Construction Company Inc., Papa John’s Pizza Clanton, The UPS Store Clanton, Lake Mitchell Construction Inc., Kromer Automotive, Merchants, Bud’s Best Cookies, Fred Headley’s Food Marts, Care Ambulance and RPS Ambulance.

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