Town Council Enhances Firefighter Pension Plan- Cheshire’s Volunteer Fire Department is “bucking a trend,” as Deputy Fire Chief Dan Ford puts it.There are other municipalities in Connecticut, faced with dwindling numbers of volunteers, who must incur the considerable costs of hiring full-time staff.
Cheshire police chief warns about potential staffing crisis
Cheshire police chief warns about potential staffing crisis
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Cheshire Police Chief Neil Dryfe speaks after a community meeting and check presentation at Elim Park Retirement Community in Cheshire, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
May 06, 2021 01:44PM By Mariah Melendez, Cheshire Herald staff
CHESHIRE â Police Chief Neil Dryfe recently warned the Town Council about a potential staffing crisis that has arisen in his department.Â
âIt takes a long time between posting a job and actually hiring someone, and then getting them on the force,â explained Dryfe. âIf they are hired, they have about 10 weeks worth of paperwork and tests they have to complete, and they need to do six months at the Police Academy and then 12 weeks of field training. The officers that we hired last year in September wonât be done with their field training u
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Cheshire fire chief named town employee of the year
Cheshire fire chief named town employee of the year
Fire Chief Jack Casner. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
February 01, 2021 10:32AM By Mariah Melendez, Cheshire Herald staff
CHESHIRE â Fire Chief Jack Casner has been named as the 2020 Connie Wallace Employee of the Year.
Casner, who has served 16 years as fire chief, was honored earlier this month at a Town Council meeting. In announcing the award, Council Chair Rob Oris outlined Casnerâs long history with the town.
âChief Casner has served 16 years as chief of the Cheshire Fire Department, and many more years as a volunteer firefighter, and he reflects Cheshire in the highest standards,â Oris said. âChief Casner also serves as the Town of Cheshire Emergency Manager, and has been working around the clock during the pandemic to service the needs of the community.â
Hot plate sets off fire at Cheshire prison
Hot plate sets off fire at Cheshire prison
The State of Connecticut John R. Manson Youth Institution in Cheshire, Thursday, March 3, 2016. | Dave Zajac / Record-Journal
December 23, 2020 01:00PM By Nick Sambides Jr., Record-Journal staff
The fire at Manson Youth Institution was reported by about 7:30 p.m. and didn t extend beyond one room of a dormitory housing pod. The hot plate was left unattended by an inmate who left his room to go to a recreation session, Fire Chief Jack Casner said.
When the fire alarm sounded at the prison, the majority of the inmates were immediately put in lockdown as a precaution. Firefighters left the prison about 25 minutes after arriving, Casner said.