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From Mayor Finch: Candidates will take test on Saturday, December 10 The City of Bridgeport Civil Service Commission today announced that the entry-level firefighter exam application deadline and test date have been extended.
Entries Categorized as 'Firefighters'
City Extends Firefighter Exam
October 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Civil Service, Firefighters, News and Events
Tags: Bill Finch·David Dunn
Walsh And Baker: What’s Going On With Police And Fire Chief Contracts?
October 11th, 2011 · 29 Comments · City Council, Cops, Firefighters
From City Council members Bob Walsh and Andre Baker: Two Bridgeport City Council members today accused the Finch Administration of playing games with public safety as the two employment contracts for the Top Cop and Fire Chief were once again pulled from the agenda for today’s Contracts Committee meeting.
Tags: Andre Baker·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Brian Rooney·Joe Gaudett·Rich Paoletto
Firefighters Exam
October 2nd, 2011 · 5 Comments · Firefighters, News and Events
From Mayor Finch: Entry-Level Firefighter Test Applications Now Available. Candidates must be CPAT-certified; orientations sessions to be held Mayor Bill Finch announced today that the City of Bridgeport is now accepting applications for the entry-level firefighter exam to be given on November 19, 2011. Applications will be accepted until November 4, 2011.
Tags: Bill Finch·Brian Rooney
Is The FD At Fault?
June 29th, 2011 · 15 Comments · Firefighters, News and Events
A report by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is faulting the city’s Fire Department following the death of two firefighters last summer? Maybe OIB readers Ron Mackey and Andy Fardy, retired firefighters, can weigh in on this. Is the report fair? From Dan Tepfer, CT Post.
Tags: Andy Fardy·CT Post·Dan Tepfer
Firefighter Exam Extended
June 22nd, 2011 · 11 Comments · Civil Service, Firefighters, News and Events
From Mayor Bill Finch: City Extends CPAT Registration for Firefighter Candidates; Written Exam to be held November 19 Mayor Bill Finch and Fire Chief Brian Rooney and the Civil Service Commission announced today that the City of Bridgeport has extended the Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT) registration for firefighter recruits to July 29, 2011. Additionally, [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Brian Rooney
Blaze In Black Rock
March 19th, 2011 · 17 Comments · Firefighters, News and Events
From the CT Post: Several Fairfield Avenue businesses and apartments were damaged Saturday after a fire tore through a building in the city’s Black Rock section. Tenants and business owners were able to escape the fire resulting in no injuries. More than three hours after the blaze was first reported at 11:16 a.m., there was [...]
Tags: CT Post
Mayor Announces FD Savings
March 10th, 2011 · 10 Comments · City Budget, Firefighters, News and Events
From Mayor Finch: City Firefighters Ratify Contract $1.3 million in savings for current year’s budget Bridgeport Firefighters Union Local 834 has ratified the tentative agreement between its membership and the City, which will result in $1.3 million in savings for the current year’s budget. The current year’s savings will result from two years of zero-percent [...]
Tags: Bill Finch