Telecommunicator Joe Thomas
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- Published on Sunday, 29 January 2012 01:23
- Written by Gary MacNamara
Providing public safety service, whether POLICE, FIRE, or EMS, requires trained telecommunicators often operating in the background, to answer emergency calls, and dispatch resources. Once dispatched, the resources require constant communication back to headquarters to effectively handle most incidents.
This past week, the Town of Fairfield lost one of those individuals who for over twenty years dedicated his work to providing those emergency services . Telecommunicator Joe Thomas passed away last week. For over twenty years he was there for the community and our emergency service personnel to answer all our calls for help.
While the other members of our emergency dispatch center continue to respond to all our calls for help, they do so while missing a friend and a colleague.
We all owe a big thank you to Telecommunicator Joe Thomas for his years of service to the town of Fairfield.
Thanks Joe. You will be missed!
Chief Gary MacNamara
Winter is here!
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 January 2012 19:34
- Written by Gary MacNamara
Although the weather over the last several weeks might have made you doubt it, todays light brush with snow and freezing temperatures should remind all of us we are actually in winter.
It is a perfect time to remember to check your vehicle to ensure it is prepared for winter driving. Snow tires, windshield fluid, charged battery and other items to help you brave the winter driving should be in your vehicle. In addition remember the bad weather requires extra time for starting and stopping, and often means longer commutes. Allow for extra time to get to and from your destination.
As a reminder a New Public Act requires operators of motor vehicles to remove accumulated snow and ice from their motor vehicle so as not to pose a threat to others. Failure to do so may result in an infraction. Please clean you vehicle of all obstructions to ensure you can see and flying snow and ice does not hurt others.
It may have been a long time coming, but winter is here, or at least today it showed signs of it.
Chief Gary MacNamara
Welcome!
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- Published on Wednesday, 11 January 2012 13:49
- Written by Gary MacNamara
The Fairfield Police Department has a new presence on the web. Over the last several months Sgt. Suzanne Lussier has been working on updating our web site. This new site takes a lot of the information from our prior website and combines it with many new features. Like any website, this is a work in progress. Our web presence will continue to grow.
I want to thank Sgt. Lussier for her efforts and work on this project.
Thanks
Chief Gary MacNamara