Eleven Bridgeport Firefighters Graduate From Connecticut Fire Academy
#Bridgeport, CT -- Dec. 6, 2013 – Eleven new firefighters joined the city departmentFriday after completing 14 weeks of training at the Connecticut Fire Academy. A total of 54 firefighters from 19 career and volunteer departments completed the training and graduated Friday at a ceremony in the Parsons Government Center in Milford. “This is a job of unusual dangers with extraordinary rewards,” said Bridgeport Fire Chief Brian Rooney. “Our profession is like none other. It calls for life and death decisions, running into burning buildings looking for those who were left behind. Know this: You now are a part of a new family like none other. You will live together, eat together, laugh together and support each other during the difficult times most…
