Mayor Joe Ganim on Monday appointed Lance Edwards Acting Fire Chief following the resignation of Richard Thode who accepted a position in Danbury after decades of
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Fire Chief Thode Leaving Park City For The Hat City
Statement from Fire Chief Richard Thode who is leaving city service for Danbury. “It’s with mixed emotions I end my almost 34 years in Bridgeport.
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Fire Department Partners With Heralded Filmmaker To Promote Vaccination Information To Residents
News release: The New Haven-based nonprofit URU The Right to Be, Inc. is expanding its novel coronavirus-fighting activities to Bridgeport where it will be partnering
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Firefighters Trained To Administer Vaccinations
News release from Mayor’s office: City of Bridgeport officials announce that thirty-eight Bridgeport Fire Department (BFD) members were trained to administer COVID-19 vaccines during four
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Fire Chief Thode Announces Fire Marshal Appointment And Department Promotions
From Fire Chief Richard Thode: Chief Thode announces that the Bridgeport Board of Fire Commissioners unanimously approved Alberto Hernandez as appointed Fire Marshal; in addition fourteen officers will
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Watch: Night Before Murder, Police And Fire Responded To Smoke Alarm Call At Keystone Club–Father Of Victim Is Denied Public Report Details
From Steve Krauchick, Doing It Local: DoingItLocal.com learned that the Keystone Club on Barnum Avenue was visited by the Bridgeport Police and Fire Department the
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Ganim, Chief Thode Welcome New Fire Recruits
Mayor Joe Ganim and Fire Chief Richard Thode on Wednesday attended the swearing in of new fire recruits at Harding High School. See video. Recruit
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City Awarded $433K Federal Grant For Port Security, Rescue Equipment
News release from Mayor’s Office: Mayor Ganim, Bridgeport Federal delegation members, EOC Director Scott Appleby, Bridgeport Fire Chief Thode, and Police Department members joined to
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