New Britain Fire Department

Surrounded by community leaders with police, fire and EMS, New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart announced an initiative Thursday to attract job candidates to the city’s public safety departments. Specifically, the city is recruiting people of color who live in the city. New Britain will hold a job fair of sorts at 10 a.m., February 15. Candidates are invited to the…

New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart says, when it comes to diversity within its public safety departments, the city is definitely lacking but is making a concerted effort to change that.

New Britain officials responded to two fires at the same time this afternoon. Mayor Erin Stewart says this is a rare occurrence for New Britain. Bristol, Hartford and West Hartford fire departments were called in after a fire at a home on Washington Street. Other crews were also seen at a home on Clinton Street. It’s unclear if anyone...

Crews are investigating after a fire at an apartment complex in New Britain left about a dozen families with nowhere to stay. “We saw smoke and a large fireball coming out of the apartment above us,” David Neilander of New Britain said. As flames shot out of the middle-floor apartment on Stanley Street, families rushed for the exit. Neilander and…

A fire at an apartment complex on Stanley Street in New Britain left families rushing for escape. No

A house fire is under investigation in New Britain on Saturday. Police said a call about a fire at a home on Rhodes Street came in around 7:30 a.m. Smoke could be seen coming out of what appears to be the second level of the home. A portion of Rhodes Street was closed while the fire department finished extinguishing the…

The New Britain Fire Department is on scene of a 3-alarm fire Sunday morning. The crews were dispatched to blaze on Vine Street just before 4 a.m. According to police, there was no one in the structure when the fire started. There is no additional information available at this time. NBC Connecticut will bring you updates when it becomes available.

Nine-year-old Coryn Perry said she knew what to do from paying attention to a lesson from firefighters that visited her school.

A fire that killed two brothers in New Britain in February was caused by food that was burning on the stove, fire officials said Friday.

New Britain firefighters say a 9-year-old girl’s quick thinking saved lives when her home went up in flames this weekend.

Police have identified the two young men who died in a house fire in New Britain Sunday.

Two young men, including a New Britain High School student, have died after a house fire in New Britain Sunday night that also injured a firefighter.

Two people have died and multiple firefighters were injured in a fire at a home on Elam Street in New Britain on Sunday night.

The cause of a fire at an oil treatment plant on Whiting Street in New Britain that sent two firefighters to the hospital on Monday afternoon is under investigation.

Intense flames forced residents out of their homes and damaged three buildings on Arch Street in New Britain Sunday.