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Committee hears support, questions on mayor’s nomination of Daniel Coughlin for New Haven fire chief
Summary
At a March 12 committee hearing, the mayor’s nominee for New Haven fire chief, Daniel Coughlin, outlined priorities including firefighter mental‑health training and recruitment. Colleagues and the emergency management director urged the committee to confirm him; the panel moved the appointment forward to the full board.
The Automatic Affairs Committee of the Board of Auditors met March 12, 2026, to consider the mayor’s nomination of Daniel Coughlin as chief of the New Haven Fire Department and to hear public testimony on the appointment.
Daniel Coughlin, named in the agenda as the mayor’s nominee for fire chief, told the committee he has a long career in the department and emphasized priorities for firefighter safety, including in‑house mental‑health training, a peer‑support team and stepped‑up community outreach and recruitment. Committee members pressed him on…
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