New Bedford mulls browning out fire stations weeks after Fall River’s deadly inferno kills 10

City officials in New Bedford are evaluating options to temporarily deactivate certain fire units during shifts—a practice called brown-outs—as a way to manage reduced funding for overtime in the fire department. This consideration arises from City Council decisions that trimmed about $315,000 from the department’s budget, primarily targeting $300,000 in overtime resources, with additional minor …