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Fairfield News: Cambridge Health & Rehabilitation Center Conducts Fire Drill

#Fairfield CT--On Wednesday, October 18th the Cambridge Health and Rehabilitation Center, located at 2428 Easton Turnpike in Fairfield conducted a fire drill along with the Fairfield Fire Department. Deputy Chief Kyran Dunn told me that the federal government mandated that health care faculties need to improve their emergency management activities. Many facilities have been calling the fire department to find out how they can improve their planning. Dunn said the drills not only benefit the facilities but also the fire department's operations. The fire department had to contingents, one for the facility and one for them. Dunn said the drills are manpower intensive whereas they physically stretch hose lines, find the locations and all the other "nuts and bolts" they…

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March 14, 2017 - On an early Tuesday morning at 1:16 AM the Fairfield Fire Department responded to a nine vehicle accident on Interstate 95 in the area of Exit 19 Northbound involving three tractor trailers.  Engine 4, under the command of LT James Shiller and Rescue 1 arrived on scene to find a vehicle with its driver trapped under the box trailer. Assistant Chief Erik Kalapir upon arrival at the scene, assumed Incident Command and special called Engines 1, 2 and Ladder 2 for additional equipment and manpower providing a total of seventeen firefighters for this labor intensive extrication operation. The operation required the closure of northbound traffic for over an hour, so emergency crew could safely operate. Manpower…

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