PEABODY, MA – Members of the Goshen Fire Department traveled to Peabody MA to pay their respects to firefighter Jim Rice along with thousands of other firefighters from across the country. Firefighter Rice, an 11 year veteran of the Peabody Fire Department, was overcome by toxic fumes while battling a 3-alarm blaze at a multi-unit […]
WORCESTER, MA – Thousands of firefighters from across the country were in Worcester on Thursday to mourn the death of firefighter Jon Davies (age 43). Davies was killed after becoming trapped when a burning three-story house he and his partner Brian Carrol entered collapsed. Both firefighters had already been in the building at 44 […]
Used by Permission: Daily Hampshire Gazette by Fran Ryan – Gazette Contributing Writer GOSHEN, MA – On Sunday morning, a Massachusetts Firefighting Academy training session went from practice drill to a real-life scenario when the Chesterfield and Goshen firefighters attending were called to the scene of a rollover on Route 143. The firefighters were in […]