Several residents came forward in support of hiring additional firefighters during the public comment portion of Monday night’s Town Council meeting. But by the end of the evening, it was still undecided whether or how to fund the money needed…
Professional Firefighters of Londonderry Local 3160 President Lieutenant Bo Butler and Firefighter/Paramedic Bruce Hallowell explained in a recent interview at the Hallowell home the need for requested funding of $205,000 for replacement costs for the department. “My job is life…
The Fire Department budget discussion with the Town Council became heated when fire union president Bo Butler said he would hold the Council responsible if negative effects resulted from Council inaction on the department’s budget request of $205,000 to fund…
Every time the Londonderry Fire budget comes up and the need for four additional firefighters is aired, the Town Council responds with a warning that residents would never support that financially all at once. Members say they have to find…
Budget Committee Chairman Chris Melcher found little positive from the results of a cost benefit analysis into hiring four additional firefighters. Fire Chief Darren O’Brien told the Town Council at its budget workshop Monday night that it would do no…
The house at 381 Mammoth Road had thick white smoke billowing from the doors and windows, while youths ages 14 to 18 were entering the structure, all of them members of the Hudson Firefighter Explorer Post, training to be future…
The Budget Committee met with Acting Fire Chief Darren O’Brien to discuss the issue of overtime, and heard that the department had been underfunded for some time. O’Brien told the committee at its Thursday, April 25 meeting that the base…
Acting Fire Chief Darren O’Brien said that since he took command of the department on March 1, he and staff have been “tearing the budget apart to see where we are at and the overall budget is at 70.33 percent…
