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  • Imagine you call 911 to report a fire in your home. The 1st unit on to arrive on scene is a Meriden Fire Department pickup truck, SUV or ambulance. No hoses, no water, no specialized equipment just an EMS (medical) bag!! Under the plans to be discussed at the Finance meeting on the 14th this could be a reality. Call your city councilors or write an editorial to the paper! Tell them this plan severly jeopardizes public safety! Save ENGINE 3!!

  • HERE IS SOME PUBLIC COMMENT

  • Joy Lewin – What is wrong with these people? All they care about is saving money, not lives. This is beyond ridiculous. They don’t listen to the people who live, work & pay taxes in this town. Someday they will need emergency services and when something bad happens to them, it’ll be too late! I am definitely writing a letter

    Gail Hinkley Totzke – We need to remember this come election time. A already wrote a letter to the editor, Save Engine House 3…

    Christopher Jones – Who do we sue when our house burns down because only one engine is available?

  • The rear “Hose Bed” on Engine 3 is set up for rapid deployment of hose to attack a fire. The PRIMARY job of an Engine Company at a fire is to protect life and extinguish the fire. The on board tank (500 gallons) will last only 4 to 5 minutes and must be rapidly supplied by the second arriving Engine. With an SUV or Ambulance at Station #3 unable to provide any fire suppression capability other City Engine Companies will be left waiting for water! This will put the lives of the firefighters and the public we serve in danger! Save Engine 3!!

  • THE SAFETY OF OUR FIRE FIGHTERS AND THEIR ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY PERFORM THEIR DUTIES IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE….. I ALSO OPPOSED THE CLOSING OF ENGINE 3… Says Councilor Brian Daniels!

  • We find this very interesting. In 2011 Councilor Brian Daniels was interviewed by an endorsement committee. When interviewed and filling out a endorsement survey here were his answers. VERY INTERESTING!!

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  • DO NOT LET MERIDEN CITY COUNCIL JEOPARDIZE PUBLIC SAFETY…

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  • MERIDEN FIRE FIGHTERS NEED THE PUBLICS HELP…. ACT NOW BECAUSE THE LIFE THEY SAVE COULD BE YOURS!

  • Latest Fire/Ops 101 Live Burn with Local Politicians

    Some Local Politicians from Meriden get an education you don’t get everyday. What it is like to be on the front lines of Fire Suppression. Something tells me this is a informative lesson they will never forget.

  • REMEMBER THE FIRE WON’T WAIT…. BUT YOU WILL!!

  • The Meriden Firefighters are asking everyone to email and call your City Councilors and tell them you want Engine 3 to stay open. Meriden needs Engine 3 to save lives!

  • Click here to view Public Talking Points!

    This is a page created to help you reiterate points to the City Council when you call or email.

  • Brian Daniels
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    203.314.8068
    203.237.7192
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    Dan Brunet
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    203.237-2812
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    Larue Graham
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    203.237.3723
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    Mike Rohde –
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    Trevor Thorpe
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    203.915.3013
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    Walt Shamock
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    203.237.6575
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    Cathy Battista
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    203.213.0312
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    Matthew Dominello
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    203.634.0198
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    Miguel Castro
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    203.886.9183

  • Meriden Fire Fighters Local 1148 would like to thank the following City Councilors for standing strong by the Firefighters in support of keeping Engine 3 open!

  • Bob Williams Jr
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    Kevin Scarpati
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    Steven Iovanna
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    Tony Tomassetti
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  • About the Meriden Fire Department

    The Meriden Fire Department proudly protects approx. 59,000 people living in an area of 25 square miles. We operate out of 5 career stations. The Department consists of 98 firefighters of which 21 are on duty at all times, operating 5 engines, 1 Truck company, led by an Assistant Chief on each shift. Each company is led either by a Captain or a Lieutenant. We operate the Fire Marshall’s office, the Public Safety Dispatch Office, and the department Training Division. In addition to our suppression functions we provide technical rescue for the City and a First Responder Program that is second to none. Many of the buildings in town are of the multiple occupancy type, and other hazards in the city include, a large retail shopping mall, many light commercial and some old mill industrial buildings, an Amtrak rail line, Route 15, Interstate 91 and 691. Meriden is surrounded by mountains, which due to their ledges are responsible for many mountain rescues each year.