No emails from:

Officer Frank Pasquarello (PIO, Public Information Officer for the Cambridge Police).

So I called and left a message.
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No emails from:

Deputy Chief James Burns (PIO for Cambridge Fire).

So I called and found out that for on-air interviews I need to speak with John Gelinas, Chief of Operations.

He was in. I called, but he did not pick up. I left a message.
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However, I did receive a voicemail from Lou DiBerardinis, MIT Environmental Health Office.
He said that Cambridge Fire contacted him about my inquiry. And that he wanted to know what the project was all about, since they have not been contacted. His last sentence was: "so I can let the fire department know whether it was ok to talk to you guys".

Let me get this straight: MIT is telling the Fire Department whether the Fire Department can talk to us?

What's that all about?

I have spoken with David O'Connor, Emergency Management Director for Cambridge. He needs to get an "ok" from the City Manager Bob Healy to do an on-air interview. But on the phone he seemed amenable to the idea. He will get back to me in 1-2 business days.

Ini Tomeu, Public Information Officer, passed me along to Susan Feinberg who gave me police and fire public information officers' contacts:

Officer Frank Pasquarello (police) and Deputy Chief James Burns.

I have emailed both of them, and have yet to hear back.

So possibly one interview with the city's pov.