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A fire department brown-out is "the removal of a fire company from service during a particular shift, officials said.
The firefighters greeted each other with handshakes and back slaps. But they soon shifted to mournful recollections of what each had experienced in the worst fire they had ever fought.
Weymouth is the only South Shore fire department that meets staffing for engines as recommended by the National Fire ...
Fire engines or ladder trucks should be staffed with four members, the NFPA says. In Massachusetts, the average is about two ...
Neal Beck sat in his room at Fall River HealthCare on July 24. He was displaced by the Gabriel House fire. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff First responders rescued dozens across the property.
FALL RIVER, Mass. — Smoking materials or an oxygen machine issue may have sparked the deadly fire at Gabriel House Assisted Living Facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, investigators announced ...
A fire at Gabriel House assisted living in Fall River, Massachusetts, resulted in multiple deaths and injuries. City is responding and investigating.
This story was updated to add more information. FALL RIVER – State Fire Marshal Jon Davine said one of two factors caused the deadly fire at Gabriel House assisted living facility on July 13.
FALL RIVER — Gov. Maura Healey visited Fall River on July 22 to announce her administration will be fast-tracking funding to support local fire services, just over one week after a deadly blaze ...
In the day after the deadliest fire in Massachusetts since 1984, investigation continues and questions on fire department staffing discussed.
In the aftermath of the fire in Fall River which has now taken 10 lives of elderly residents of the Gabriel House of care, local fire and elder care facility officials talked about the challenges t… ...
Fall River to get $1.2 million from state Coogan met with Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey at Fall River City Hall late Tuesday morning to discuss the city's response to the fire in the last week.