NAUGATUCK — For Ethan Gagnon, firefighting is a way to give back. Gagnon, a 21-year-old Franklin resident, was in a car accident when he was younger, and it was members…

NAUGATUCK — The Naugatuck Fire Department is bracing for unprecedented change over the next couple of months. There will be a search for a new fire chief, new leadership on…

NAUGATUCK — Naugatuck firefighters say they work hard to build and maintain close working relationships with their brethren because their lives are sometimes literally in each other’s hands. It is…

NAUGATUCK — Borough firefighters will be able to breathe a little easier now that new air packs are on the way. The Naugatuck Fire Department has received a $97,920 grant…

NAUGATUCK — The Board of Fire Commissioners has moved the second in charge at the fire department up as it searches for a permanent fire chief. The board appointed Deputy…

NAUGATUCK — Fire Chief Ken Hanks has fond memories of his grandfather bringing him and his brother to the Naugatuck Fire Department headquarters downtown when they were children. Hanks grew…

NAUGATUCK — They will tell you, to a person, that being a career firefighter is not for everyone. Firefighters work nights and weekends. They leave their families on holidays to…

NAUGATUCK — A change in retirement plans is being pointed to as the catalyst for an exodus of firefighters from the Naugatuck Fire Department. The trend was a topic of…

NAUGATUCK — Five cats were killed in a house fire on Diamond Street Tuesday. Firefighters responded to a fire at 19 Diamond St. at 11 a.m. All the people inside…

NAUGATUCK — Firefighters responded to a small fire at 38 Cherry St. at 1 a.m. Saturday. Fire Chief Ken Hanks said a battery charger for a power tool overheated and…