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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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Mar 14, 2017 Stephen Krauchick

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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Rollover crash into a brook in Fairifled

Apr 24, 2013 Stephen Krauchick

Video Report--Eyewitness account and hero rescue! I also show you how they got the car out of the brook at the end of the video! #FAIRFIELD, CT-- On Wednesday afternoon at 3:52pm the Fairfield Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call from a local resident of a car rolled over and into the water with occupants still inside at the intersection of Osborne Hill Road and Glen Arden Drive. Fairfield Fire Department Engine 2, Ladders 1 and 2, and Car 3 responded and arrived on scene at 3:54pm to report a vehicle overturned in the brook with occupants inside the car. A nearby neighbor extricated the driver. After securing the scene and assessing both patients Fire Department personnel extricated the…

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Fairfield Police Contract Going Before RTM

Mar 11, 2013 Stephen Krauchick

Editorial- The RTM will decide the Fairfield Police Department's Police Contract on March 18th. The police union has been operating without a contract for over two years. That includes two hurricanes and one blizzard of service without complaint. Two weeks ago 5 officers were sent into a wooded area where a man with a gun a during a standoff. The officers did not hesitate to move in when ordered even after a shot already rang out. Why is Fairfield making them wait for a decent contract? Fairfield has a history of being anti-union, dragging on negotiations with the firefighters union and even the nurses union. If you live in the town of Fairfield, please contact your RTM officials listed below…

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FAIRFIELD FIRE COMMISSION PROMOTES TWO NEW LIEUTENANTS

Mar 3, 2013 Stephen Krauchick

FAIRFIELD, CT, February 28, 2013: The Fairfield Fire Commission announced the promotions of Lieutenants Scott Trembley of Ansonia and Brian McHugh of Fairfield effective Friday, March 1st at a special meeting last Monday night in the John Sullivan Independence Hall. The promotions were made from a list promulgated by the Fire Commission earlier in the month as the result of written and oral examinations which took place in January at which two Assistant Chiefs and five Lieutenants were promoted. Many family members were in attendance for Monday’s meeting at which both new officers were asked to stand for applause when their name was announced; a more formal ceremony will be held in early March at a Fire Headquarters on Reef…

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Editorial–Is Fairfield Anti-Union?

Feb 15, 2013 Stephen Krauchick

Editorial–As Fairfield’s Random Act of Kindness program declared by First Selectman Tetreau winds down, I hope our act of kindness is to give the Fairfield Police a half way decent contract. The police in Fairfield have served in TWO hurricanes a blizzard, and were one of the first on scene in Newtown to give support without a contract. I have to ask why is Fairfield anti union? They strung the firefighters out on their contract for a long time, heck even the nurses union. Fairfield has a proven track record of being anti-union, from the First Selectman Tetreau to a lot of members on the RTM. Forget a pay raise, did you know that the Fairfield Police haven’t had a…

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Fire At Congregation Beth El Fairfield

Feb 14, 2013 Stephen Krauchick

On February 14, 2013 at 1:48 PM the Fairfield Fire Department was dispatched to a report of a fire in a room at Congregation Beth El on Fairfield Woods Road. In addition to the initial 911 caller, a police officer on patrol in the area also reported seeing heavy smoke coming from the roof of the building. Initial arriving fire personnel found a natural gas fed HVAC unit on fire on the roof of the building which created a moderate smoke condition inside the building. All students were evacuated from the school and were kept in a safe location along with teachers in accordance with the schools emergency plan prior to the Fire Department’s arrival. Due to the time of…

Fairfield News: Cambridge Health & Rehabilitation Center Conducts Fire Drill

Rollover crash into a brook in Fairifled

Fairfield Police Contract Going Before RTM

FAIRFIELD FIRE COMMISSION PROMOTES TWO NEW LIEUTENANTS

Editorial–Is Fairfield Anti-Union?

Fire At Congregation Beth El Fairfield

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