TWO NEW FIREFIGHTERS – WEST AND EDGoshen Fire congratulates two newly trained firefighters.Ed and West have completed the Basic Six Academy with Hampshire county and thereby took the first big step towards making their community safer.The local academy takes approximately 2 months to complete and consists of a lot of weekends. It’s a big impact […]
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. […]
From left to right: Emily Godden, Dillon Neveu, Nate Godden, Keith Wright (kneeling), Cam Lacey, Connor Lacey (in green helmet), Jillian Lacey, Monica Neveu, Bob Labrie, Sue Labrie, Francis Dunham, West Williams, River Williams, Hannah Labrie and Michaela Rock.
GOSHEN, MA – As part of our monthly Tuesday night drills, Goshen firefighters set up a pumping operation using the dry hydrant at Lower Highland Lake dam on East Street. The dry hydrant, which was installed by construction crews when the dam was rebuilt a few years ago, is a back up to the gravity […]
CHESTERFIELD, MA – During our monthly tri-town drill, firefighters from Chesterfield, Goshen and Williamsburg had a sobering conversation about what we do when it’s one of us that needs help. The day after the drill, FirefighterCloseCalls.com sent out an e-mail that read in part “As you know, half of all Firefighter deaths each year are cardiac-related […]
GOSHEN, MA – After putting out a car fire earlier in the day, Goshen firefighters were joined by their counterparts from Chesterfield and Williamsburg at the D.A.R. State Forest on Tuesday night to cool off in the frozen waters of Upper Highland lake. This aerial view of the training drill show life safety ropes stretching out […]
GOSHEN, MA – As part of our recent purchase of 14 Dräger Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) units, each Goshen firefighter was required to go through a fit test with their SCBA masks. The main goal of the test is to check for proper sizing of the face piece. During the face-fit test, firefighters must perform […]
WILLIAMSBURG, MA – We are trained to help others. What happens when we have to help ourselves? During June’s tri-town drill, members of the Chesterfield, Goshen and Williamsburg fire departments assembled at the Helen James School to refresh our RIT (Rapid Intervention Team) skills. The primary reason to set up a rapid intervention team is […]
Pictured from l to r – FF Steve Estelle (GFD), Chief Sue Labrie (GFD), Chief Jason Connell (WFD), FF Bill Connell (GFD), Jr FF Hannah Labrie (GFD), Jr FF Dillon Neveu (GFD) WILLIAMSBURG, MA – Five members of the Goshen Fire Department ran as a team Sunday in the Williamsburg Police and Fire 5K. Team […]