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19-479: The NHFD provides advanced life support and basic life support emergency medical services to the city with three paramedic-staffed Emergency Units. EMS transport services are contracted by the city to American Medical Response which provides response to medical emergencies with Basic Life Support (EMT) and Advanced Life Support (EMT-Paramedic) ambulances. As of 2016 the NHFD has received an ISO Class 1 rating, making New Haven

38-419: A fireboat along with several special units. Each engine company and truck company is staffed by an officer and 3 firefighters/EMTs. Rescue 1 is staffed by an officer and 4 firefighters/EMTs. SOC 1 (Special Operations Command 1) is staffed by an officer and 1 firefighter/EMT. Each Emergency (EMS) unit is staffed by 1 firefighter/paramedic and 1 Firefighter/EMT. The haz-mat unit and rehab units are crossed staffed by

57-759: A leader of the Sarsfield Guards , an Irish Catholic militia organization that later became a part of the Connecticut National Guard. Following the Civil War, Mullen became a police lieutenant in New Haven . For 13 years, he was fire commissioner in the New Haven Fire Department and was president of the board for several years. He also served as an Alderman for the City of New Haven. He became

76-448: A successful businessman following his apprenticeship painting ornamental signs he became a commercial traveler. He formed a partnership with G.W.M. Reed and assumed full control of the company in 1884. He ran this company until his death. James Mullen died July 6, 1891. He is buried in New Haven's St. Bernard's Cemetery. Lawrence Stephen McMahon Lawrence Stephen McMahon (December 26, 1835 – August 21, 1893)

95-661: The 28th Massachusetts regiment during the Civil War from 1863 to 1865. Returning from the war, he served as pastor in Bridgewater and then in New Bedford , where he erected St. Lawrence's Church and a hospital under the care of the Sisters of Mercy . He was also named the first vicar general of the Diocese of Providence , Rhode Island, in 1872. On May 16, 1879, McMahon was appointed

114-506: The Red Knights . He served as their Supreme Knight from 1875 to their disbanding in 1880. He was also a Knight of St. Patrick and an amateur actor in local theatrical productions. Mullen enlisted in the 9th Connecticut Infantry Regiment on September 11, 1861 and served as a sergeant in the Civil War . He took part in digging Grant's Canal . He became ill, however, and was discharged on December 27, 1862. He later became

133-508: The Union Army and in several fraternal orders , he has been described as "veteran of fraternity." Mullen was born in New Haven, Connecticut , U.S. on August 30, 1843, and attended the public schools there. He married Anne Elizabeth Pigott, the sister of Congressman James P. Pigott . They had one son. His nephew, William P. Cronan , served as the 19th Naval Governor of Guam . Mullen

152-772: The public schools of Boston , he entered the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester at age 15, and remained there until the college was destroyed by fire in 1852. He then studied rhetoric at the Collège de Montréal , Quebec, and philosophy at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland. Bishop John Bernard Fitzpatrick of Boston had arranged for McMahon to study at the Pontificio Collegio Urbano de Propaganda Fide , but given

171-484: The Order . At a later convention, he was appointed to a committee to draft a resolution honoring Fr. McGivney. In 1886, Mullen was re-elected Supreme Knight, but declined the appointment on May 17, 1886. He did, however, accept the newly created position of Director General of Ceremonies, a position he held until his death in 1891. In 1874, Mullen suggested the creation of a social organization that came to be known as

190-500: The Order. As Supreme Knight, he installed the officers of other councils, including Silver City Council No. 2 on May 16, 1883, in Meriden, Connecticut . On the train ride to Meriden, Mullen assigned Daniel Colwell the responsibility of devising the installation ceremony. As Supreme Knight, Mullen supported the expansion of the Order outside of Connecticut, a contentious issue at the time. Colwell and Mullen joined McGivney in presenting

209-502: The ceremonials of the Order to Bishop Lawrence McMahon of the Diocese of Hartford to ensure they were acceptable for a Catholic organization. Enthusiasm for the degree work led to calls to create a fourth degree , and Mullen supported creating a fifth. With two councils established, Mullen presided over the Supreme Convention on June 15, 1883. At this convention he was appointed to a committee of one to design an emblem for

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228-562: The fifth Bishop of Hartford , Connecticut, by Pope Leo XIII . He received his episcopal consecration on August 10 from Archbishop John Joseph Williams , with Bishops John Loughlin and Patrick Thomas O'Reilly serving as co-consecrators , at Hartford . He soon liquidated the diocese's $ 60,000 debt, and continued to execute the building plans of his predecessors for the Cathedral of St. Joseph , which he dedicated in May 1892. His brother would use

247-570: The officer and firefighter/EMT from SOC 1. Each Battalion Chiefs unit is staffed by a battalion chief. The Deputy Chief serves as the city wide tour commander. Truck 1 operates a Tower Ladder Truck. Truck 4 and Truck 2 operate Tillers. Truck 3 operates a Regular Aerial Ladder Truck. As of December 2019 this is a listing of all stations and apparatus in front line service operated by the New Haven Fire Department. In 2009 eighteen city firefighters, seventeen of whom were white and one of whom

266-781: The political unrest in Italy at that time, McMahon changed plans and went to the College of Aix in France where he studied theology for three years. He then went to the French Seminary of Santa Clara in Rome while attending lectures at the Apollinaire ,. He was ordained to the priesthood on March 24, 1860. McMahon was first assigned as a curate at Holy Cross Cathedral in Boston, and served as chaplain to

285-501: The test's disproportionate exclusion of certain racial groups from promotion under the controversial " disparate impact " theory of liability. James T. Mullen James Terrance Mullen (August 30, 1843 – July 6, 1891) was the first Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus from March 29, 1882 to May 17, 1886. He also served in the New Haven, Connecticut police and Fire Departments, and as an alderman. With his service in

304-659: The third department in Connecticut (the other two being Hartford, CT and Milford, CT) with an ISO Class 1 rating and 1 of 60+/- departments in the country. James T. Mullen was fire commissioner for 13 years. The New Haven Fire Department currently operates out of 10 fire stations, strategically located throughout the city. The Department is organized into 2 battalions: East Battalion and West Battalion. The NHFD operates with 10 engine companies, 4 truck companies, 1 heavy rescue company, 1 mobile command unit, 1 haz-mat unit, 1 fireground rehabilitation unit, 3 paramedic emergency units, and

323-469: Was Hispanic , brought suit against the department under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 after they had passed the test for promotions to management positions and the city declined to promote them. New Haven officials invalidated the test results because none of the black firefighters scored high enough to be considered for the positions. City officials stated that they feared a lawsuit over

342-653: Was a Canadian-born prelate of the Catholic Church . He served as Bishop of Hartford from 1879 until his death in 1893. Lawrence McMahon was born in Saint John, New Brunswick to Owen and Sarah McMahon, and in 1839 came with his parents to the United States , where they settled in Charlestown, Boston , Massachusetts. His younger brother John later became pastor of St. Mary's, Charlestown Receiving his early education at

361-453: Was one of the original members of the Knights of Columbus . He joined on February 2, 1882. When Father Michael McGivney first conceived of creating the Order, he proposed the name the Sons of Columbus. Mullen instead suggested using Knights instead of Sons to better exemplify the ritualistic nature of the nascent organization. Mullen credited McGivney's "indomitable will" for the success of

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