From Public Safety spokesman Bill Kaempffer: Mayor Bill Finch and City Council honored three firefighters Monday in City Council Chambers for their heroic rescue of
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Take Down Abandoned Buildings
Retired city arson investigator Andy Fardy has some advice for the city attending recently to fires at vacant buildings: take them down. From Fardy: 0
Read moreMassive East Side Fire
Video courtesy of Steve Krauchick, Doing It Local. From Bill Kaempffer, public safety spokesman: Firefighters battled a major structure fire Sunday evening on Bershire Avenue.
Read moreFirefighters Rescue Two From Black Rock House Fire
From Doing It Local Firefighters rescued two people trapped in a house fire at 214 Bennett Street in Black Rock. When firefighters arrived they were
Read moreA Special Ride To School
From Bill Kaempffer, public safety spokesman: First-grader Liza Powell got a special ride to school this morning – in a Bridgeport Fire Department Fire Engine.
Read moreFirefighter Accuses City Of Forcing Unpaid Leave Due To Pregnancy
From the Associated Press: A Connecticut firefighter says in a federal civil rights lawsuit that she was unfairly disciplined by a city fire department and
Read moreInventory Of Chemicals In Buildings A Must To Assist Firefighters
From Brian Lockhart, CT Post: Like many of her neighbors along Seaview Avenue, Gladys Fernandez said she had no idea potentially explosive chemicals were stored
Read moreFardy To Would-be Mayors: Get Off Your Butts, Address Public Safety
Retired city firefighter Andy Fardy writes if the potential candidates for mayor (crickets) won’t weigh in about public safety, he will. From Fardy: It’s time
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