FALL RIVER — Residents who were evacuated from Gabriel House assisted living facility after the deadly July 13 fire did not paint a pretty picture of the building. The city on July 16 and 17 released ...

The assisted living facility that caught fire Sunday had working sprinklers and posted evacuation maps, according to an August 2024 fire inspection report. Ten people died as a result of the blaze.

Fire Prevention Week is October 6-12 this year. The 4K teacher in my rural community will invite a volunteer firefighter into her classroom as she does each year so the kids get to see someone they ...

Fall River is increasing fire department staffing by $1.5 million in the wake of the Gabriel House fire. Mayor Paul Coogan and Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon are urging long-term care facilities to conduct ...

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — An inspector from South Metro Fire Rescue noted it didn’t seem as if a Centennial assisted living home conducted evacuation drills as required by fire code a month before the ...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) — Fall River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon says the city’s antiquated system has caused a delay in releasing the inspection reports for the assisted living facility where nine ...

October 5 - 11 is Fire Prevention Week! Read the new edition of Shop Talk (pdf) to learn more about lithium ion battery safety. At William & Mary, fire safety is practiced to reduce the destruction ...

A hard truth in 2023: Unless you are located in California, Texas or the Southeast, your fire department probably isn’t growing. Your workload might be getting larger, but your human and physical ...

Irwin’s fire department wants borough officials to consider giving their stamp of approval to developing a fire safety inspection program. It’s an initiative that will improve safety in town and give ...

From some of our earliest memories in elementary school as little kids, we all recall participating in fire drills on a periodic basis. Of course, the purpose of those fire drills was to train ...