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Danburys new fire chiefs experience dates back to when he was 8 years old FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 Fire Chief Richard Thode speaks about securing a $467,000 federal grant to improve port security at fire headquarters in Bridgeport, Conn. on Tuesday, August 25, 2020. Thode will become the new fire chief in Danbury.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of5 Fire Chief Richard Thode of the Bridgeport Fire Department at the scene of a fire in an unoccupied home on Hanover St...

Danbury is considering a new fire department headquarters and other upgrades. Here’s why. FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedInRedditPinterest 5 1of5From left, Firefighters Scott Yaglowski, Jason Culbreth and Adam Horosky lower and fold an American flag that flew of the Danbury Fire Department at the New Street headquarters, Tuesday, July 25, 2017.Photo: Carol Kaliff / Hearst Connecticut Media 2of5The 95 foot aerial platform ladder truck that was delivered to the Danbury Fire Department in January ...

Danbury Hires Interim Fire Chief to Lead DFD Written by Taylor OBrien The City of Danbury is pleased to announce the hiring of Kevin Ford as Interim Fire Chief for the City of Danbury. Chief Ford will begin a six-month term with the Danbury Fire Department on Tuesday, January 26. Chief Ford comes to Danbury from the City of Yonkers where he has served for 26 years and rose through the ranks of that department, eventually retiring as Chief of Operations in 2020. Chief Ford carries a B...

Danbury Fire Department Acting Chief Retires After 36 Years After more then three decades of serving the Danbury community, Danburys acting Fire Chief Mark Omasta has called it quits. According to a press release from the Fire Department, Mark began his 36 year firefighting career in 1984 with Citizens Hose Company 6 in Wilton. After a year, he returned to Danbury and from then on he has worked as a firefighter, an EMT and as an aircraft rescue firefighter. Danbury Fire Department Facebook Imag...

Skip to main content Danburys new mayor, Joe Cavo, ready to roll his sleeves up to address COVID, other issues FacebookTwitterEmail 1of4 Joe Cavo, left, superintendent of apparatus for the Danbury Fire Department and Jim Beers, an apparatus mechanic, work on a fire truck in the parking lot of the Fire Departments New Street headquarters. The garage bays are not always big enough to work in. Photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2011.Carol Kaliff / STShow MoreShow Less 2of4 Joseph Cavo (R), Danbury Cit...