289 Years of Service – Chief’s Celebrate Retirement Once a month regardless of season, members of the Goshen, Chesterfield, and Williamsburg fire departments get together to drill. Last nights ‘drill’ included hot dogs, hamburgers, kettle corn, cake, and kickball. The real reason we got together was to celebrate the retirement of Goshen’s Deputy Chief Kim […]
DEPUTY CHIEF’S RETIREMENT Goshen, MA – Deputy Chief Kim Dresser has officially retired from the Goshen Fire Department after 54 years of service. Kim started on the department in 1969 at the age of 16. During his tenure, Kim has been a certified EMT for both the Goshen Ambulance and then Highland Ambulance. Deputy Chief […]
PROMOTION – GOSHEN’S NEW ASSISTANT CHIEF On Tuesday Goshen Fire celebrated our new Assistant Chief Jon Schwaiger. At the ceremony Jon had his badge pinned by his lovely wife Britani with family present. Jon has diligently served Goshen Fire for 15 years as a firefighter, officer and paramedic. He currently serves Highland Ambulance and Northampton […]
SUMMER FUN – GOSHEN, MA As volunteers it is important for us to take time to relax from training and calls. Our summer party is a time for us to hang out and include our families. Often our families bear the brunt of our service through missed holidays, birthday parties, etc. This year we had […]
SUNDERLAND, MA – Last Sunday, FF Jones, FF Lafond, and FF Rock completed Hampshire County Fire Defense’s Basic Six program.Over 6 weekends these firefighters learned the basics of firefighting operations. Topics included: PPE (personal protective equipment), SCBA (self contained breathing apparatus) use, ICS (incident command system), search and rescue, ladders, and hose lines. Sunday’s course […]
COLRAIN, MA – Nine area firefighters have committed the last 6 weeks to RIT, Rapid Intervention Team, training. RIT training prepares firefighters to save firefighters that are in distress. Under the guidance of Capt. Kassell and Colrain’s RIT program, the firefighters have drilled in life saving skills and scenarios that can occur on a fireground. […]
GOSHEN, MA – At the monthly meeting of the Goshen Firefighters Association, the first order of business was the announcement of two promotions. In her prepared remarks Chief Sue noted that the department had not promoted more than one firefighter to an officer position since she was appointed Chief of the department 14 years ago. “With […]
STOW, MA – When Sue Labrie was appointed fire chief in Goshen in 2006, she became the first woman fire chief in Massachusetts. This past spring when her brother Michael Gorski was appointed chief of the Hampden Fire Department, they became the first brother and sister fire chiefs serving concurrently in the state and we […]
LISA SNOWDEN-MCCRAY Firehouse.Com News Fire chiefs Susan Labrie and Michael Gorski have more in common than just their home state of Massachusetts. The two are brother and sister. Labrie heads up volunteer fire crews in Goshen, Mass., while Gorski is at the helm of his volunteer Hampden, Mass. department. Labrie made a name for herself […]
New Goshen Fire Chief Susan Labrie at the fire station with her children, Hannah, 5, Alyssa, 11, and Sarah, 13. (Photo by Jerrey Roberts)