CUMMINGTON, MA – MUTUAL AID, HOUSE FIREYesterday morning, 5:45 am, Goshen firefighters responded to the town of Cummington, 9 Thayer Corner Rd, for a fully involved structure fire. Chief responded in Car 1 and four firefighters followed in Engine 7 and Rescue 1.Upon arrival we setup a secondary water supply and attack line to support […]
Smoke Detectors Alert Couple to House Fire
PLAINFIELD, MA – Goshen firefighters were called mutual aid to 71 Gloyd Street in the town of Plainfield at 0319 hours today for a report of a fully-involved structure fire. Engine 7 and Car 1 responded with 8 firefighters. One firefighter remained in quarters in the event additional apparatus was needed. The couple living in […]
WILLIAMSBURG, MA – Firefighters from Goshen and Chesterfield were called mutual aid to 103 Main Street in Williamsburg at 1828 hours Thursday night to assist Williamsburg and Northampton fire departments for a reported structure fire. First arriving units encountered heavy smoke throughout the two-story wooden structure. A crew from Northampton Fire set up a water […]
GOSHEN, MA – Goshen firefighters were called to 62 West Shore drive near the center of town today at 0837 hours for a report of a fire in the smokestack of the chimney. The homeowner reported that they had a fire in their wood stove the previous night. When they woke up, they smelled smoke […]
GOSHEN, MA – Firefighters from Goshen, Chesterfield and Williamsburg along with a crew from Highland Ambulance were called to 10 White Road in Goshen at 1731 hours yesterday for a reported structure fire. Goshen firefighter Jake Lulek along with Chesterfield Asst. Chief Drew Morse were in the area when the initial call came in. They […]
ASHFIELD, MA – Goshen firefighters were called to respond mutual aid to the Town of Ashfield with an engine for a reported structure fire at 19:50 hours. The fire was reported by neighbors because the owners were not home at the time of the blaze. When firefighters arrived, the attached barn had already collapsed. Flames […]
GOSHEN, MA – Cynthia Simison, assistant to the publisher and managing editor of The Republican newspaper, writes a beautiful article which captures the thoughts and fears of the Judd family from the perspective of Phil Judd’s mother and father Linda and Fran Judd. Phil and Jess Judd lost their home to a fire last weekend but […]
GOSHEN, MA – The article in the Daily Hampshire Gazette (by Fran Ryan) provides a detailed view into the lives of the Phil and Jess Judd family from the time they escaped the flames that consumed their home last weekend to the overwhelming support they received from the community in the subsequent days. At the […]
The Editorial Board of the Daily Hampshire Gazette began their article with the following thought: “The phrase “smoke alarms save lives” has been repeated so often that it’s easy to file in the “tell-us-something-we-don’t-know” category and move on.” Fortunately for Phil and Jess Judd, they chose to not move on. Their decision to install a […]
GOSHEN, MA – Goshen firefighters returned to 164 Berkshire Trail West early Saturday afternoon to check on the property and extinguish a few hot spots that continued to smolder. An access hole was cut into the “C” side of the house to gain access to one particular spot that was covered in debris. That allowed […]