Mayor William Lantigua will re-open the Historic Engine 6 Firehouse tomorrow February 7th at 8:30am.  The Mayor will announce the opening of Engine 6 which was made possible due to a Federal SAFER Grant that the City of Lawrence received last year.   Under the SAFER Grant, the City of Lawrence was able to both hire and rehire a total of 38 firefighters.   The rehires were ready for immediate assignment.  The additional firefighters went through rigorous training and as of today are now ready for service and tomorrow, as a result, so will Engine 6. 

Unfortunately, Engine 6 was closed under the Sullivan Administration on August 16, 2009.  Mayor Lantigua and the Lawrence Fire Department have been cooperatively working together to increase staffing levels and to open Engine Houses to provide more fire protection city-wide. 

Tomorrow’s opening marks a true commitment to rebuild our fire protection in the heart of our neighborhoods.  “The people of Prospect Hill have waited long enough for the doors of Engine 6 to open, and I will continue to work with Chief Bergeron to find solutions rather than conflict as we work towards opening the remaining fire houses that were closed some time ago,” stated Mayor William Lantigua. “We have been able to reach progress within our Fire Department by working together as an administration with union leadership, and that of Chief Bergeron,” further stated Mayor Lantigua. 

As part of tomorrow’s ceremony, Mayor Lantigua will officially swear in Jack Bergeron as permanent Fire Chief for the Lawrence Fire Department.  Also being sworn in tomorrow will be Daniel Kennedy to the position of Deputy Fire Chief and David Fleming to the position of Captain.  Last week Mayor Lantigua also promoted James Flynn to the position of Provisional Captain, Michael Delaney to the position of Provisional Lieutenant, Kirk Scanlon to the position of Provisional Lieutenant, Orlando Rosado to the position of Provisional Lieutenant and Patrick Driscoll to the position of Provisional Lieutenant. 

All are welcome to attend this brief ceremony at 8:30am tomorrow at Engine 6 located at 480 Howard Street in the Prospect Hill area of Lawrence. 

For additional information, please contact the office of Mayor William Lantigua at (978) 620-3013.