A study found that alert systems using an immediately loud sound increased firefighter heart rates by a median of seven beats a minute, compared with five beats a minute under a system that phased in ...

Jordan Saas' study highlights how firefighting is more than a job—it's a core part of identity—and examines the impact of ...

Fire department leaders point to research linking gradually increasing alert volume to smaller heart-rate increases.

Chief Corrine Piccardi remembers a sign outside Cabin John Park Volunteer Department on River Road back in 1999. “I was working in Potomac,” she said. The sign said: “Volunteer Here.” Twenty years ...

Recent cyber network interruptions in Meriden and New Britain have experts sounding alarms about the increased cyber risks to municipal governments and organizations across the state.  The Connecticut ...