New Concord fire chief aims to maintain ‘community trust’
Sean Brown, newly appointed Fire Chief of Concord Fire Department. City of Concord
Published: 2/26/2021 4:22:37 PM
Concord Fire Department Deputy Chief Sean Brown comes from a long line of police officers, but he always wanted to be a firefighter.
“It’s cliché, or funny maybe, but since I was a little boy, since I can remember, it’s all I’ve ever wanted to do,” Brown said.
This week he was named Concord’s new fire chief. The city announced Thursday that Brown was chosen to be the next head of Concord’s Fire Department, effective next week. He will be taking the reins from interim Fire Chief Guy Newbery, who will be returning to retirement.
Published: 2/25/2021 4:20:09 PM
Captain Mick Costello, the training officer for the Concord Fire Department, couldn’t sleep Wednesday night.
Concord’s Engine 5 Captain, Chris Dolloff, needed time to process what had happened that afternoon – a fellow rescuer had spotted a small hand emerge from under a blanket as smoke and fire enveloped the house – before he really felt the impact.
The two Concord firefighters were part of a life-saving, conveyor-belt like rescue operation in Webster. Three people – a woman and two children – were passed through two upstairs windows, moving from Lt. Ben Smith of the Webster Fire Department, to Dolloff, to Costello, who, three times, climbed down the ladder and passed off the victim to a waiting medical team.