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Fairhaven Full-Time Fire & Rescue Personnel

There are four groups of career firefighters. Each group consists of one lieutenant and five firefighters. Each group works two 24-hour days. All career firefighters are trained to a minimum of Firefighter I/II level. In addition, all new hires must be certified at the EMT-Paramedic level upon hire or obtain their paramedic certification within two years after completing the fire academy. All firefighters must attend the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy Recruit Class. Career firefighters are responsible for fire suppression, rescue operations, EMS, fire alarm, fire prevention, fire education, code enforcement, operations of all apparatus, station maintenance, apparatus and equipment maintenance, training, and all other related duties.

Our call firefighters are also trained to Firefighter I/II levels. Their responsibilities include fire suppression and rescue operations. Call firefighters do not work on shifts. They are called when needed via a pager system or other software systems. Many of our career firefighters started as call firefighters.

Administration:

Todd Correia Fire Chief	Joy Nichols Deputy Chief	Kristine Austin Executive Assistant	Acting Captain Paul Correia Training/EMS Division

Shift 1:

• Lt. Joshua Benoit– Paramedic*
• FF Nathan Rebello – Paramedic*
• FF Timothy DesRoches
• FF Erik Horsley - Paramedic
• FF Spencer Espinola - Paramedic
• FF Timothy Reilly - EMT 

Shift 2:

• Lt Chauncey Burr - Paramedic
• FF Maggie Rocha - Paramedic
• FF Jordan Cabral - Paramedic
• FF Scott Rittenhouse– Paramedic
• FF Diondre Gomes - Paramedic
• FF Brad Johnson - EMT
• FF Ryan Langlois - EMT

Shift 3:

• Lt. Brian Riggs - Paramedic
• FF Shawn Grajales -  Paramedic
• FF Shawn Oliveira - Paramedic
• FF Jonathan Cox - Paramedic
• FF Ian Thatcher - EMT
• FF Chad Fitzgerald - Paramedic
• FF William Oliver - EMT

Shift 4:

• A/Lt Tyler Correia - Paramedic
• FF Kevin Gonsalves Paramedic
• FF Troy DeCouto - Paramedic
• FF Shawn Harrington - Paramedic
• FF Jesse Lacerda - Paramedic
• FF Ryan Amado - Paramedic
• FF Kyle Tevault - EMT

Call Firefighters:

• Lt. G. Bourne Knowles – Paramedic
• FF Thomas Thatcher – EMT
• FF Nicholas Oliveira – EMT
• FF James Souza – EMT
• FF Adam Katz
• FF Nicholas Gautreau – EMT
• FF David Wilson
• FF Ian Thatcher – EMT
• FF Todd Cox, Assistant Harbormaster
• FF Shain Ramos – Paramedic
• FF James Joseph
• FF Heather Lopes - EMT
• FF Matthew Foster 
• FF Jake Gallagher

Firefighter Fatality Statistics – 2018

(reference: USFA)

Fire departments (2018)

There were an estimated 29,705 fire departments (all career: 10%; mostly career: 8%; mostly volunteer: 18%; all volunteer: 64%).

Firefighters (2018)

There were an estimated 1,115,000 firefighters (career: 370,000; volunteer: 745,000).

On-duty firefighter deaths in 2019

• 34 Volunteer
• 25 Career
• 3 Wildland

Causes of FF Deaths in 2019:

• 62 Firefighters died while on duty.
• 37 Firefighters died from activities related to an emergency incident.
• 33 Firefighters died from heart attacks.
• 18 Firefighters died from activities at a fire scene.
• 12 Firefighters died from activities at a non-fire scene.
• 8 Firefighters died while responding to or returning from emergency incidents.
• 5 Firefighters died while participating in training activities.