All the News That's Fit to Post about Chelsea, Michigan
By Elizabeth Richardson and Lisa Allmendinger Several Chelsea Area Fire Authority firefighters spent Wednesday afternoon unloading box after box of new air packs, air bottles and air masks. The breathing apparatus — 16 air packs, 32 bottles and 14 masks … Read more
Jon Ichesco was unanimously selected, 4-0, as the interim Chelsea Area Fire Authority (CAFA) chief at a special meeting held Thursday night, Sept. 1. Board Member Craig Maier was out of town. Ichesco has been in the fire service since … Read more
After more than 10 years as the current chief of Chelsea Area Fire Authority (CAFA), Jim Payeur submitted a 3-page retirement letter to the CAFA board on Tuesday morning, May 17. His last day will be Nov. 30. In a … Read more
Both Scott Basar and Bill Regnier became firefighters with the Chelsea Area Fire Authority (CAFA) in 2008. In February 2016, after oral and written boards as well as several interviews, Basar added the official title of Fire Captain and two … Read more
By Sean Dalton, WeLoveDexter content and community manager Retired Dexter Area Fire Department Chief Loren Yates received a robust sendoff on July 11 at American Legion Post No. 557 in Dexter, at which dozens of his friends and now former … Read more
Link to Washtenaw County pipeline map A public informational meeting about the May 4 Consumers Energy gas pipeline rupture (see story) was attended by over 30 concerned residents at the Lyndon Township Hall on Tuesday, June 23. Following the pipeline … Read more
The Chelsea Area Fire Authority (CAFA) Board unanimously approved a new policy with the Dexter Area Fire Department (DAFD) on Tuesday, June 16 that formalizes an agreement to deploy manpower and apparatus from the closest fire stations to an emergency … Read more
The Chelsea Area Fire Authority (CAFA) Board met on Tuesday, Feb.10 in front of an audience of about a dozen people. Due to inactivity by contractor Dexter Builders on the interior of the new substation in Lima Township, CAFA Board … Read more
