The Killingworth Ambulance Association renews its “Stop the Bleed” classes this spring, with three scheduled within the next two months.

The first will be held Tuesday, March 26, at the Emergency Operations Center, next to the Killingworth Town Hall, and is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. The course will include participants from CPR groups and the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).

A second instruction is scheduled for Tuesday, April, 16, at 7 p.m. at the KAA building on Route 81, while a third will occur on Saturday, May 11, at the same address. That will begin at 9 a.m.

All classes are open to the public.

“Stop the Bleed” is a nationwide awareness campaign and call to action that was launched in 2015 by the White House and Department of Homeland Security. It is designed to empower bystanders with the training to deal with traumatic events and emergency bleeding situations before emergency help arrives.

Killingworth two years ago became the first town in Connecticut to have its citizens certified in the program when 19 persons completed a one-hour course. Since then, the KAA has offered “Stop the Bleed” instruction to several hundred local citizens.

For more information, please contact the KAA at (860) 663-2450.

The Killingworth ambulance earlier this week was involved in a minor motor vehicle accident. Fortunately, there were no serious injuries, but the ambulance is temporarily out of service.

In the meantime, the Killingworth Ambulance Association (KAA) will operate a vehicle it acquired on loan Thursday from the Clinton Ambulance Service.

“Many thanks to Clinton Ambulance,” said KAA president Dan O’Sullivan.

Shortly after Killingworth’s ambulance was incapacitated, Valley Shore — the area dispatch service — was immediately notified, and all ambulance calls were then covered through the Valley Shore mutual aid association that Killingworth has with neighboring towns.

Killingworth has been continuously covered with respect to ambulance services.

“We would like to thank those surrounding ambulance services that have been taking care of our citizens in the interim,” said O’Sullivan.