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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 December 14, 1949, mayor-elect John Hynes announced that Kelleher would serve as his fire commissioner. [12] During his tenure as fire commissioner, Kelleher recalled fire badges held by citizens, planned a major fire prevention drive, ordered a study of the department’s gas masks following the deaths of two firemen from gas inhalation, and suspended 15 firemen who had been convicted of ...
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In 2016, a federal report found the Boston Fire Department’s lack of training to fight wind-driven fires, inadequate staffing, and failure to adequately assess risk played a role in the blaze.
Wells was born in Boston on October 15, 1861. [1] [2] He attended Hopkinson's School and graduated from Harvard College in 1884. [3] In 1886 he joined E. Williams & Co., a Boston shipping firm involved in trade in South America and Dutch Guiana. In 1890 he founded the United States Fire Signal Company, a private automatic fire alarm service.
Fire department vehicles outside a fire station in Middleborough, Massachusetts, United States. A fire department (North American English) or fire brigade (Commonwealth English), also known as a fire company, fire authority, fire district, fire and rescue, or fire service in some areas, is an organization that provides fire prevention and fire suppression services as well as other rescue services.
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Boston EMS is a public safety agency responding to 911 calls alone or with the Boston Police and/or Boston Fire Departments dependent upon the nature of an incident. The agency employs over 400 emergency medical technicians (EMT) and paramedics. [1] Boston EMS is a bureau of the City of Boston Public Health Commission. Boston EMS hires ...