Announcements

Sincere congratulations to our eight new recruits who were officially sworn in as members of the West Haven Fire Department. These recruits have commenced their 14 weeks of training at the Connecticut Fire Academy. They were hired under the Safer Grant provided through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grants (SAFER) was created to provide funding directly to fire departments and volunteer firefighter interest organizations to help them increase or maintain the number of trained, “front line” firefighters available in their communities. The West Haven Fire Department is one of only two departments in Connecticut to receive this grant in 2023. Aggressively pursuing grants such as this is one of many ways the West Haven Fire Department brings the citizens of West Haven the best possible service. We wish these recruits the best and look forward to having them on staff and working with them in the near future. We congratulate them once more on their noble choice of joining the West Haven Fire Department.

Congratulations to Firefighter Frank Paine on his assignment of the prestigious department badge number one. Badge number one is assigned to the most tenured firefighter in the department. Firefighter Paine was hired on September 3, 1996, and 27 years later remains an integral member of our department. He takes over for Joseph Bruneau who was recently promoted to Lieutenant. Lieutenant Bruneau held badge number one from December 28, 2022, to May 23, 2023.

The West Haven Fire Department would like to congratulate Lieutenant John Perry on his promotion to the rank of Captain. Captain Perry was hired by our department on October 1, 1999. He was promoted to Lieutenant on April 15, 2020 and currently served as president of the West Haven Professional Firefighters Local 1198. Congratulations John and thank you for all you’ve done and continue to do for both our department and our city!