Fire Chief Richard Thode wants more female firefighters on the department. Next month the city will learn if an ongoing recruitment and training campaign will
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Category: Firefighters
Look Out! Ganim Wields Sledgehammer
City government can be a frustrating drip, drip, drip. That pol wants this; this pol wants that; city employees yammering about something else; pain-in-the-ass opponents
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Physical Test Scholarships Available For City Firefighter Applicants
News release from Mayor Joe Ganim: Mayor Joe Ganim and Bridgeport Fire Chief Richard Thode are announcing today that $175 scholarships are available to cover
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Ganim To Announce Details Of New Congress Street Bridge
Ramping up election-year media hits, Mayor Joe Ganim on Friday will be joined by Congressman Jim Himes and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal to formally announce
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City Launches Firefighter Recruitment Campaign Focused On Women
In recent years a dearth of female firefighters has been a major focus in the OIB comments section by retired firefighters Donald Day and Ron
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2019 Campaign Preview–Ganim’s New Year’s Treatise
Grab a cup of joe (or beverage of your choice) and take a gander at Mayor Joe Ganim’s observations about the state of the city
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Andy Fardy, Retired City Arson Investigator, Passes Away, Services On Sunday
Update: includes services. Growly, passionate, outspoken, irascible, craggy-faced; firefighter, husband, father, grandfather. Andy Fardy was all those things. The retired city arson investigator and charter
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Pat Fardy Yearns For “Thoughts And Prayers” For Husband Andy, Retired Firefighter
Pat Fardy, wife of OIB charter reader Andy Fardy, is “asking for thoughts and prayers for Andy at St. V’s hospital. He cannot take any
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