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 […]
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 – 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 […]
Extreme Temperatures Makes Work Brutal for Firefighters
ASHFIELD, MA – The Goshen Fire Department along with multiple fire companies in Hampshire and Franklin counties were called in to provide mutual aid to Ashfield today to help them battle a structure fire. The picture above was taken shortly after Goshen firefighters arrived at 298 Briar Hill Road. The fire appeared to have started in […]
ASHFIELD, MA – Goshen firefighters were asked to respond with our ‘jaws’ under mutual aid to the town of Ashfield for a motor vehicle rollover with entrapment on Route 112. Overnight winds blew snow from Tuesday’s storm back onto already cleared roadways only to leave them slippery and snow-covered in time for the morning commute. […]
Do you know the hazards you might face when dealing with an incident on a farm? Farms, as part of our rural landscapes, can appear to be a working experience that is non-threatening and peaceful. Used by permission of the Massachusetts Call Volunteer Firefighters Association by Frederick G, Clark Deputy Chief, Goshen Fire Dept., Goshen […]
Source: The Recorder (Greenfield, MA) By PATRICK O’CONNOR The Recorder ASHFIELD, MA – A lightning bolt sparked a fire Thursday night that destroyed a home that was in a local family for three generations. The house had no insurance. So after three generations, it’s a lost cause, Tracy Putnam-Culver, the wife of the owner, said […]
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) ASHFIELD, MA – A family sugar house on Bug Hill Road was destroyed by fire last night. Fire Chief Douglas M. Field said no one was injured in the blaze. A home only three feet away was in jeopardy, but firefighters were able to keep it from burning, he said. The […]
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) ASHFIELD, MA – Firefighters from six towns snuffed a smoky blaze that damaged this Main Street house in Ashfield yesterday. Trucks from Ashfield, Goshen, Buckland, Hawley, Conway and Turners Falls responded to the 2 p.m. blaze in the unoccupied home and the state fire marshal was called into investigate.
Source: Union-News (Springfield, MA) ASHFIELD, MA – Several brush fires kept firefighters busy across the county yesterday, with the largest blackening about 10 acres in Ashfield. It took about 60 firemen from Ashfield, Buckland, Plainfield, Goshen, and the state Forestry Department about four hours to douse the brush fire on Beldingville Road, said Ashfield Fire […]