ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY
Seven years ago today on June 21, 2006 - Train Derailment at Putney Paper Converting Plant on Dummerston/Putney town line. Keene Hazmat and Vermont Hazmat teams to the scene. Dispatchers on duty were Phil Tirrell, Tom Redin and Matt Yeatman.
RENOVATIONS ARE UNDER WAY
Renovations are under way at the Fire Mutual Aid Headquarters at 32 Vernon St in Keene. (The old Keene Central Station). Pictures are what will be the Radio Repair Shop which will occupy the old bay 4 and 5. (West end of the building) Photos by Deputy Sangermano, Fire Mutual Aid.
LIVE BURN TRAINING IN LYNDEBOROUGH
All photos provided by Lyndeborough FD.
SAVE THE DATE - SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 2013
Save Saturday September 21, 2013 on your calendar for a seminar in Keene NH on a very important topic that is here to stay involving the Fire and EMS Service. Social Media is here to stay. Learn the rights and wrongs at this seminar hosted by SWNH District Fire Mutual Aid and NH Local Government Center. All Fire and EMS Personnel are welcome to attend. There is no cost for this seminar and lunch will be provided. Stay tuned for more information on this seminar and how to register.Read all about the Speaker and Seminar by clicking on this link
BURN MOVIE COMING TO BELLOWS FALLS
BENEFIT MOTORCYCLE RIDE FOR CANCER
DRUG LAB AWARENESS CLASS
PLEASE REMEMBER TODAY
Please remember the 9 Boston Firefighters who died in the line of duty in the worst firefighting tragedy in the history of the Boston Fire Department 41 years ago today on June 17, 1972. The building was largely empty the afternoon of Saturday June 17, 1972, save for a few people performing renovations. One of the workers discovered that a fire had begun in an enclosed space between the third and fourth floors, and at 2:35pm rang Box 1571. A working fire was called in at 2:44, and subsequent alarms were rung at 2:46, 3:02, and 3:06. A total of 16 engine companies, five ladder companies, two aerial towers, and a heavy rescue company responded.
The fire was brought largely under control by 4:30pm. Several crews, including Boston Fire Department Ladder 13 and Engines 22 and 32, remained on scene performing overhaul and cleanup. At 5:28pm, abruptly and without warning, all five floors of a 40-by-45 foot section at the southeast corner of the building collapsed, burying a ladder truck and 17 firefighters beneath a two-story pile of debris.
Occurring one day prior to the Father's Day holiday, eight firemen were injured, and nine lost their lives in the worst firefighting disaster in Boston history (in terms of loss of firefighters). The men who were killed were: Fire Fighter Thomas W. Beckwith Fire Fighter Joseph F. Boucher Lieutenant Thomas J. Carroll Fire Fighter Charles E. Dolan Lieutenant John E. Hanbury, Jr. Fire Fighter John E. Jameson Fire Fighter Richard B. Magee Fire Fighter Paul J. Murphy Fire Fighter Joseph P. Saniuk