by Goshen Firefighters Steve Estelle and Bob Labrie ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when in their own beds, Goshen volunteer firefighters were resting their heads. The ambulances and engines were parked in the station, and everyone was hoping for a quiet night before vacation. The air bottles were full and the tools were clean. Even […]
GOSHEN, MA – With our sights set on the Christmas Eve forecast that’s calling for rain and temperatures in the 50’s, I think most Goshenites were caught by off guard by this morning’s snowfall. At 1118 hours today, Goshen Firefighters, Goshen Police and Highland Ambulance personnel were called to the intersection of South Main and […]
GOSHEN, MA – At the request of Highland Ambulance, Goshen Firefighters were called to establish a landing zone at 1201 hours yesterday for a 1 year old child from Ashfield that had suffered a critical injury from a fall in that town. According to pre-established protocol, the landing zone was set up in the ball […]
GOSHEN, MA – At 0958 hours this morning Goshen firefighters, working with a crew from Highland Ambulance and DAR State Forest Superintendent Bob Kabat and Asst. Superintendent Janice Martin, responded to a call for a hiker on the Black Bear trail at the DAR. Amy Huxley of Williamsburg and her friend Susan Barrett of Chesterfield […]
GOSHEN, MA – Goshen firefighters responded to 3B Wildwood Lane at 0811 hours yesterday morning for a report of smoke in the building. Chesterfield Fire staged at the Spruce Corner restaurant while firefighters investigated the source of the smoke. The homeowner reported hearing a crackling noise coming from the stove pipe and seeing enough smoke […]
WILLIAMSBURG, MA – Members of the Chesterfield, Williamsburg and Goshen Fire Departments took time off from our normal monthly drill to spend time with family and friends in the hall of the Williamsburg Congregational Church on Tuesday night. Santa Claus had stopped by earlier in the day to provide gifts for all the children to […]
WORCESTER, MA – “No More.” Those were the words spoken by Worcester Fire Chief Mike McNamee fifteen years ago today when he stood between 15 of his men and the burning Worcester Cold Storage building on Franklin Street. Chief McNamee knew that sending any more men into what had now become a furnace would ultimately […]