Connecticut Fire Academy

The latest class of recruits are graduating from the Connecticut Fire Academy, a week after mourning the loss of New Haven Firefighter Ricardo Torres Jr.

It wasn’t but just one week ago Thursday that Recruit Class 67 from the Connecticut Fire Academy witnessed firsthand the realities of the job they’ve been training for the past 16 weeks. “To look down each city block to see a sea of blue was just surreal,” recruit Ryan Tiroccchi said. Tiroccchi, one of the recruits who attended fallen New…

Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont has directed flags to be lowered in honor of firefighters who died in the line of duty.

The Connecticut Fire Academy’s Introduction to the Fire Service is no ordinary youth summer program. Thirty-two teenagers from around Connecticut have been at the academy this week, learning critical firefighting elements.

In the past month or so, there have been eight deadly fires in Connecticut, killing a total of 11 people.

New London firefighters were hauled up by a complex rope system as part of a high angle rope rescue training Friday to make sure they’re prepared for whatever emergency comes their way.

Connecticut officials are set to honor 342 firefighters from across the state who were killed in the line of duty since the mid-1800s.