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Seeing and hearing the aftermath of a crash with fatalities was powerful. Even though it was “fake” the simulation was realistic enough that some students grew emotional. Continue Reading →
The Greenwich Fire Department held a ceremony on Monday at the Central Fire Station to swear in six new firefighters and promote two current firefighters to lieutenant. Continue Reading →
One lieutenant and three virtually sworn-in firefighters were installed in their respective positions on Friday during an in-person ceremony at the Greenwich Fire Department’s headquarters on Bruce Place. Continue Reading →
On Monday, at Greenwich Fire Department’s Training Center on North Street, five probationary firefighters worked toward their bailout certification, a milestone in their training process. Continue Reading →
CT’s Acting Consumer Counsel Richard Sobolewski called for an investigation into Aquarion over the catastrophic residential flooding that occurred at 5 Anderson Road on Monday morning. Continue Reading →
The RTC will treat Greenwich Police, Fire, tree workers and others to lunch. Continue Reading →
About 200 of Greenwich Hospital’s staff emerged into the sunlight at noon to be honored by a massive caravan of first responders including Greenwich Police, Greenwich Fire Dept, GEMS and Red Cross. The health care workers are on the front line, working heroically to treat patients suffering from COVID-19. Continue Reading →
Greenwich Fire Dept Tweeted that a house on Lower Cross Rd is fully involved, all occupants are out, house is starting to collapse. Continue Reading →
A fire broke out before midnight on Monday at 522 East Putnam Ave. Continue Reading →
Submitted by Lucia Jansen
On May 13, 2019, the RTM approved the BET’s proposed $444 million general FY19-20 fund budget. Included in the budget is $75,000 for an independent town-wide fire study that was added by the BET after a unanimous vote. During the BET budget hearings with the fire department, it showed that there were serious gaps in town-wide fire incident and response time data. Lacking sufficient data, of course, makes it difficult to determine effective and required fire department staffing levels. Additionally, the Office of First Selectman and Fire Department’s report to the RTM and BET revealed that town benchmarking data using national standard criteria for response times, including call processing, turnout, and travel times, was either non-existent, non-compliant (e.g., far beyond recommended standards), or excluded data from our important volunteer fire stations located in the area in which the shortfall in service is claimed. Continue Reading →