Fairfield News: Code Red Not Just For Emergencies Anymore

If you go to the town of Fairfield's CodeRED Community Notification Enrollment page (http://www.fairfieldct.org/codered) it clearly states" The Town of Fairfield has contracted with Emergency Communications Network (ECN) to license a new and improved high-speed notification system, CodeRED, which replaces Reverse 911 and provides Fairfield officials with the ability to quickly deliver phone messages to targeted areas or to the entire Town in emergency situations".   Yesterday, I received on my personal phone and business phone a "Attention!  Please hold for an important message" and then it proceeded to inform me of repaving on certain streets.  I also received texts on both phones from the EMERGENCY Communications Network from the same network.   With yesterday's messages not being an emergency, I…

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Fairfield News: Hit And Run Turns Into Medical Call

On 04/30/2017 Fairfield Police responded to a hit and run collision that occurred at the intersection of School Rd. and Round Hill Rd. where a juvenile was operating a vehicle and fled the scene after a minor collision with another vehicle. After a phone conversation with the juvenile’s parent, officers went to an address on Gay Bowers Rd. in Fairfield to check on the welfare of the juvenile. While they were on the scene, the Fairfield Dispatch Center reported that there was a juvenile who was “Having chest pains or a heart attack” in the rear yard of the residence. Officers located a male juvenile in the yard with an injury to his chest. The investigation revealed that after the…

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