‘We sacrificed this young man’: N.H. town leadership changes after chief resigns Former Londonderry Fire Chief Bo Butler chose to give up his job in October 2024 instead of reducing firefighter staffing to save money By Katelyn Sahagian The Derry News January 03, 2025 LONDONDERRY, N.H. — The town has two temporary leaders after the...Read More
NBC Connecticut Melissa Cooney January 2, 2025 Now to an update on the continued conversation about firefighter staffing in Southington tonight. The Board of Fire Commissioners decided to maintain current levels as opposed to reducing them. Both residents and town leaders had plenty to say at tonight’s meeting. The topic of low fire staffing in...Read More
WFSB 3 Amanda Callahan 12-31-2004 The Southington Fire Union and some town leaders are raising concerns about potential staffing cuts to the town’s fire department. A meeting set to take place this week to discuss potentially closing down one of those firehouses in town. Town officials and the Board of Fire Commissioners are expected to...Read More
WTNH News 8 Investigative reporter, Jeff Derderian A town councilman in Southington says an emergency meeting should be called to deal with what he’s calling a crisis. It has to do with firefighter staffing and follows a harrowing blaze just yesterday. This is where the fire broke out in the middle of the night, early...Read More
NBC Connecticut News Amanda Pitts Firefighters in Southington continue to sound the alarm about staffing issues in their department. NBC Connecticut’s Amanda Pitts spoke to firefighters and a town councilman. Union members tell me this fire company behind me, Company 3, here in Southington, is at risk of closing. And while it’s all still being...Read More
All, Our mission since starting FFCC & TSL in the 90s has always been focused on Firefighter survival. The incident in Delray Beach raised a lot of attention for obvious reasons. No question that those Firefighters (and passengers) were very, very fortunate considering the potential. At minimum, it also reminded you/me/us and all Firefighters of...Read More
