TAUNTON — Two older adults have succumbed to injuries following a house fire on Linden Street, said Acting Taunton Fire Chief Keith Hartung, Taunton Police Chief Edward J. Walsh, State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine, and Bristol County District Attorney Thomas …
STOW — State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine and Massachusetts Firefighting Academy Director Jeffrey P. Winn announced the graduation of 25 recruits from the Call/Volunteer Recruit Firefighter Training Program this evening. The graduates received certificates …
FALL RIVER — State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine and Massachusetts Firefighting Academy Director Jeffrey P. Winn announced the graduation of 25 recruits from the Call/Volunteer Recruit Firefighter Training Program this evening. The graduates received …
STOW — With the end of daylight savings time coming on Nov. 5, Massachusetts fire officials issued a seasonal reminder to check your smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms and change the batteries when you change your clocks. “Working smoke and CO alarms …
STOW — State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine has issued a permanent revocation of a Boston man’s license to shoot fireworks for improperly storing dozens of boxes and trash bags full of pyrotechnics in two vehicles last year. Evidence introduced at the Oct. 11 …
SPRINGFIELD — Investigators from the Springfield Police Detective Bureau, the Hampden District Attorney’s Office, State Fire Marshal’s Office, and the Springfield Arson & Bomb Squad are asking all residents who live in the area of Grover Street to …
STOW — State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine today announced that the Department of Fire Services will begin tracking fires involving lithium-ion batteries, which are increasing in frequency nationwide and have killed more than a dozen people in New York City …
STOW — The Department of Fire Services’ annual Burn Awareness Video Contest is underway, and schools with communications courses that focus on media design and production are encouraged to take part. State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine said the annual contest …
GROTON — A fire in a vacant commercial building this weekend is being investigated as suspicious, and Groton Fire Chief Steele McCurdy, Groton Police Chief Michael Luth, and State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine are asking for the public’s help. The fire was …
STOW — Massachusetts has joined the nation in observing Fire Prevention Week from Oct. 8-14, and this year’s theme focuses on the Commonwealth’s leading cause of fires and fire injuries: unsafe cooking. In a proclamation declaring Fire Prevention Week, …
STOW — Massachusetts State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine said today that the Department of Fire Services has added mammograms to the complement of free, early-detection cancer screenings available to Massachusetts firefighters. “Firefighters are at greater …
Stow — The September 2023 All Hands Herald is online! The latest edition of the news magazine for the Massachusetts fire service covers a new program that brings high school students to the MFA for brief trainings to promote fire service careers. The AHH …
SOUTHBRIDGE — A Maynard firefighter was named the 2023 Fire & Life Safety Educator of the year at the 28th annual Massachusetts Fire & Life Safety Education Conference, State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine announced today. Captain Parr was one of five …
STOW — Massachusetts State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine announced today that the Department of Fire Services will hold its annual Public Fire & Life Safety Education Conference in Southbridge on Sept. 20 and 21, bringing fire educators, prevention …
ATHOL — The Sept. 7 fire that claimed a woman’s life in Athol this week started with a stove and does not appear suspicious, said Athol Fire Chief Joseph Guarnera, Athol Police Chief Craig Lundgren, State Fire Marshal Jon Davine, and Northwestern District …
ATHOL — A three-alarm fire in a single-family home has claimed one person’s life, said Athol Fire Chief Joseph Guarnera, Athol Police Chief Craig Lundgren, State Fire Marshal Jon Davine, and Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. “On …
BRIDGEWATER — State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine and Massachusetts Firefighting Academy Director Jeffrey P. Winn announced the graduation of 22 firefighters from the 50-day Career Recruit Firefighting Training Program. “Massachusetts firefighters are on the …
WESTFIELD — Two men have been charged with breaking into a railway freight car, burning its contents, and destroying nearby property, said Westfield Police Chief Lawrence P. Valliere, Westfield Fire Chief Patrick M. Egloff, and State Fire Marshal Jon M. …
SPRINGFIELD — State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine and Massachusetts Firefighting Academy Director Jeffrey P. Winn announced the graduation of 29 firefighters from the 50-day Career Recruit Firefighting Training Program. “Massachusetts firefighters are on the …
STOW — The Department of Fire Services will hold its annual Public Fire & Life Safety Education Conference in Southbridge next month, bringing fire educators, prevention officers, teachers, care specialists, and others together to share knowledge, …
