Fire swept through a three-family home in Lawrence on Saturday afternoon, severely damaging it and leaving several people unable to return home for the night, fire officials said. According to Lawrence Acting Fire Chief Brian Murphy, the fire broke out at 5:30 p.m. on the third floor of the home at 34 Salem St. Firefighters [...]
New Hampshire fire victim identified
Dec. 2, 2010 Leave a Comment
The victim in the fatal Thanksgiving fire in Peterborough, N.H. has been identified as Patricia C. Rennie, 47, said New Hampshire State Fire Marshal J. William Degnan, Peterborough Fire Chief Joseph Lenox, and Peterborough Police Chief Scott Guinard in a statement Thursday. The positive identification was made by New Hampshire Chief State Medical Examiner Dr. [...]
4-alarm fire strikes multiple buildings in Worcester
Nov. 18, 2010 Leave a Comment
A large, 4-alarm fire badly burned two multifamily homes in Worcester and spread to a third before crews could contain it. The fire broke out at around 12:45 p.m. Firefighters were ordered to evacuate the original fire building at 5 Forbes St. around 1 p.m. after threat of a possible collapse and have re-entered and [...]
Connecticut firefighter dies after shift
Oct. 27, 2010 Leave a Comment
NEW HAVEN — A Waterbury, Conn. firefighter has died after suffering a massive heart attack hours after his shift ended Tuesday. Lieutenant Bruce Bachinsky, of Waterbury’s Engine 8, fell ill a few hours after coming home from his shift. In the fire service, his passing is considered a death in the line of duty. Bachinsky [...]
Boston Fire Dept. equipped with new rescue dive boat
Oct. 23, 2010 Leave a Comment
Response time faster thanks to “unparalleled” speed and maneuverability
Fire truck stolen from Vermont firehouse found in Albany
Oct. 22, 2010 1 Comment
The East Dover, Vt. Fire Rescue Department fire truck that was reported stolen from the firehouse on Tuesday was found abandoned in a parking lot in the New York capital of Albany, according to officials. The medium-duty 2005 Ford designated East Dover Rescue 4 was discovered missing after firefighters returned from helping a neighboring town [...]
Fire truck stolen from Vermont firehouse
Oct. 21, 2010 Leave a Comment
Firefighters in the small southern Vermont community of East Dover returned from battling an early morning blaze on Tuesday to find one of their fire tucks had been stolen. A medium duty rescue truck designated East Dover Rescue 4 was parked at the firehouse. The firefighters took other apparatus to nearby Williamsville at 3 a.m. [...]
Fire truck gets stuck in a trench
Oct. 12, 2010 Leave a Comment
SAN DIEGO — A San Diego Fire-Rescue Department ladder truck got stuck in a roadway trench while returning from a medical call Monday night, according to FireFighterCloseCalls.com. KFMB-TV reported the truck, designated Engine 10, drove over a steel plate covering an open trench near the 6300 block of Alvarado Road near Alvarado Hospital at about [...]
Pet oxygen masks donated to Boston Fire Department
Sept. 29, 2010 Leave a Comment
Organization hopes to equip every town in the state
Is that a fire department vehicle you’re screwing around with? Whoops.
July 2, 2009 Leave a Comment
Police in Lowell got thrown for a loop Wednesday night after their neighbors to the north, the Pelham, N.H. police department, called to report a 1984 Chevy Impala with Lowell Fire Department markings and a Massachusetts fire license plate was being driven erratically around an auto shop’s lot. Lowell Police reacted, putting out a “be [...]
