HARTFORD - State Sen. Joseph Crisco, Jr., D-Woodbridge, met earlier this week for about an hour with more than a dozen fire chiefs and volunteer firefighters to update them on the status of financing and building several regional fire training schools across Connecticut, including one in Beacon Falls.
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| State Sen. Joseph J. Crisco |
State bonding for some new fire training schools – including one to be built in the Pinesbridge Commerce Park in Beacon Falls - was approved in principle in 2012, but the funds have not been released by the State Bond Commission.
That school would serve firefighters from Beacon Falls, Ansonia, Seymour, Shelton, Derby, Orange, Woodbridge, Oxford, and Bethany.
Crisco said he is committed to pursuing state bonding for the Beacon Falls fire training school.
“These volunteer firefighters are saving local communities millions of dollars by not having communities build, staff and maintain their own professional, full-time fire departments,” Crisco said.
“Five of the seven towns that I represent have all-volunteer departments. These delays in bonding for a new training facility for them have gone on too long.”
State Rep. Linda Gentile, D-Ansonia, agrees. “Our volunteers put their lives on the line each and every time they respond to an incident, and any money we can get to train them is a wise investment in their safety and in public safety,” she said.
This is a press release from Crisco's office.
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