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The Boston Fire Department was established as the first paid fire department in the United States, and is the largest municipal fire department in New England serving approximately 685,000 people living in the 48.4-square-mile (125 km 2) area of the city proper. Additionally, it actively participates in MetroFire, the fire services mutual aid ...
On February 26, 1990 a group of 40 Call/Volunteer Firefighters representing 14 Southeastern Massachusetts fire departments met in Carver to discuss the concept of starting a Statewide Call/Volunteer Firefighters' Association. This meeting was organized by the Carver Firefighters Association and Carver Fire Chief, Dana E. Harriman.
The Worcester Fire Department (WFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Worcester, Massachusetts. [4] The department serves an area of 39 square miles (100 km 2 ) with a population of 183,000 residents.
Auburn is one of 214 municipal fire departments in Massachusetts that will share $1,138,565 for fire safety education programs. Mass. municipal fire departments share $1M in state grants to ...
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS [a]) was a British railway company.It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act 1921, [1] which required the grouping of over 120 separate railways into four.
Feb. 7—QUINCY — Determining how much to pay for fire protection services was the subject of a lengthy discussion at the regular Quincy City Council meeting Tuesday. The city's contract with ...
Moon Island is an island in Quincy Bay, in the middle of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, United States. It is the location of the Boston Fire Department Training Academy, and Boston Police Department shooting range. All of the land on the island is owned by the City of Boston but the island is under the jurisdiction of Quincy, Massachusetts. [1]
January 7, 1834 – There was another fire in the stables at the Phoenix Hotel. [27] Dedham station burned down in 1837, destroying a great deal of rolling stock in the process, and necessitating a temporary return to horses instead of steam engines. [28] A second fire at Dedham station occurred in 1849, leaving only the walls standing. [29]