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Fairfield Awards

  FAIRFIELD BOARD OF SELECTMEN CONDUCTS 10th ANNUAL FAIRFIELDER AND TOWN EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR AWARDS Public Encouraged to Submit Nominations   First Selectman Mike Tetreau announced that the Fairfield Board of Selectmen is conducting its 10thannual Fairfielder of the Year Award and Employee of the Year Award.   Members of the public, including town employees, are encouraged to submit nominations to the First Selectman’s Office by 12 pm on Monday, December 2, 2013.   Nomination forms for each award can be obtained in the First Selectman’s Office, the Main Library, or on the Town’s website - Fairfielder of the Year Form and Town Employee of the Year Form.   An independent committee will review all submitted nomination forms and then recommend three finalists for each…

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Fire Department Puts Training into Practice at Energy Plant Fire

(Bridgeport, CT – Nov. 8, 2013) – Ongoing training was put into action Friday as firefighters responded to a fire at the Bridgeport Energy plant on Atlantic Street in the city’s South End. The fire was not large, but the location inside the plant was difficult for firefighters to access. “The problem was the access to it,” said Assistant Fire Chief Richard Thode. The fire happened inside a 54-inch cool-water pipe that workers were welding with a torch. The pipe was empty and the heat melted the rubber interior lining in the pipe and caused a smoldering fire. At the time, the plant was closed down for planned maintenance so the incident didn’t cause any disruption in operations and will not delay the…

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