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 […]
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. […]
CHESTERFIELD, MA – At 18:38 hours, Goshen and Williamsburg firefighters were called mutual aid to the town of Chesterfield to assist with a brush fire at the intersection of Rt. 143 and Curtis Road. Eight Goshen volunteers responded with Car 1 and Brush 1. Upon arrival, units discovered a 0.5 acre fire spreading in a […]
GOSHEN, MA – As the Goshen Fire Department (GFD) begins it’s 67th year, we find ourselves with 20 members on our active roster. Of those 20 individuals, there are 13 men and 7 women who volunteer their time to the department – a ratio of 65% to 35%. The average age of those members is […]
Sunday Republican (Springfield, MA) Author: JACQUELINE WALSH The volunteers available for a call are drastically reduced for those hours when most are working out of town. A blaze breaks out in a hilltown at the time of day that every volunteer fire department chief dreads. Midnight? At 5 a.m.? At 3 p.m. on a weekend? Actually, […]