Announcements

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!