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An Enormous Amount of Gratitude

On Jan. 6, the Town of Essex experienced one of its worst and longest-burning fires in decades. The rapid and well organized response from Essex firefighters, police and Public Works employees, as well as our mutual aid partners, was an amazing example of voluntary collaborative efforts on behalf of the towns.

These highly trained individuals worked together like a well-oiled machine throughout this ordeal even when exhaustion set in. We owe an enormous amount of gratitude to all the volunteer services from in and out of our town that came to our rescue and helped to minimize the impact of this fire.

The Town of Essex can’t thank them all enough!

First Selectman Norman Needleman

Essex