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Gloucester Fire Department Responds after Umbrella Injures 13-Year-Old Boy at Good Harbor Beach

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Department
Eric Smith, Fire Chief
8 School St.
Gloucester, MA 01930

For Immediate Release

Friday, Aug. 9, 2019

Contact: Kelsey Bode
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Gloucester Police and Fire Respond after Umbrella Injures 13-Year-Old Boy at Good Harbor Beach

GLOUCESTER –Fire Chief Eric Smith reports that the Gloucester Fire Department responded to Good Harbor Beach today after a 13-year-old boy was injured by an umbrella.

At approximately 1:40 p.m., firefighters responded to Good Harbor Beach for a report of a person injured by an umbrella. Upon arrival, first responders learned that a 13-year-old Florida boy had sustained serious, but not life-threatening injuries after he was struck by an umbrella that had gone airborne.

Gloucester EMTs carried the boy off of the beach, and he was transported by ambulance to Beverly Hospital.

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Stoneham Fire Department Extinguishes House Fire on Oak Street

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Stoneham Fire Department
Chief Matthew Grafton
25 Central Street
Stoneham, MA 02180-2044

For Immediate Release

Thursday, March 27, 2019

Contact: Jessica Sacco
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Stoneham Fire Department Extinguishes House Fire on Oak Street

STONEHAM — Chief Matthew Grafton reports that the Stoneham Fire Department extinguished a residential house fire late last night.

On Wednesday, March 27, just before 11 p.m., the Stoneham Fire Department received several 911 calls reporting a house fire at 9 Oak St.

Upon arrival, Engine 2 and 3 and Ladder 1 found heavy fire showing on the front porch of the two-story wood frame house. The Winchester Fire Department also responded to the scene to assist, while the Reading and Wakefield Fire Departments provided station coverage.

The homeowners, who were awake at the time the fire started, evacuated prior to firefighters’ arrival. No injuries were reported.

The fire, which originated in the vicinity of the porch, extended to the first floor and into the walls leading up to the second floor. Crews made an aggressive attack, first extinguishing the bulk of the fire from the outside. Firefighters then extended a line inside the house to contain the fire from extending further while simultaneously doing a search of the house to ensure everyone had evacuated.

The house sustained heavy fire, heat, smoke and water damage, and was deemed uninhabitable.

Crews cleared the scene at 1:50 a.m. Chief Grafton would like to thank Stoneham Police, DPW, Action Ambulance and Stoneham Fire Auxiliary, which were also on scene to assist.

“Group 2 did a great job putting out this fire and preventing further extension into the second floor,” Chief Grafton said. “This house had working smoke detectors, which is so important, because had the homeowners not been awake when the fire started, the detectors would have alerted them.”

The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Stoneham Fire Department.

Additional pictures of the fire can be found here.

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Gloucester Firefighters to Participate in Fight for Air Climb

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Gloucester Fire Department
Eric Smith, Fire Chief
8 School St.
Gloucester, MA 01930

For Immediate Release

Friday, Feb. 8, 2019

Contact: John Guilfoil
Phone: 617-993-0003
Email: [email protected]

Gloucester Firefighters to Participate in Fight for Air Climb

GLOUCESTER — Chief Eric Smith is pleased to announce that members of the Gloucester Fire Department will participate in the annual Fight for Air Climb this March to raise funds for the American Lung Association (ALA).

WHEN:

March 30, at 8 a.m.

WHERE: 

One Boston Place, 201 Washington St., Boston

WHAT:

The Fight for Air Climb is a signature fundraiser event of the ALA, and climbs are held annually in skyscrapers across the United States. Participants climb their way up hundreds of stairs with the goal of raising money to support the ALA’s lung health research, patient education, and public policy efforts.

It is the eighth year members of the Gloucester Fire Department have come together to take part in the Boston Fight for Air Climb. This March, nine current members of the department and one retired member will join hundreds of local firefighters as they climb a looming Boston skyscraper with 41 floors and 789 stairs. The Gloucester Fire Department Team has a goal to raise $2,000 for the ALA this year.

The Gloucester Fire Department Fight for Air Team includes Lt. Chad Mota, Firefighter Jak Letien, Firefighter Nick Aiello, Firefighter Charlie Scola, Retired Assistant Chief Tom Aiello, Captain Jim Burke, Firefighter Tom Aldrich, EMS Coordinator Jon Sanger, Firefighter Jon Dyer, and Firefighter Jim Hannon.

“The fundraiser is near and dear to us because so many firefighters suffer from lung cancer, and lung disease from occupational exposure,” Lt. Chad Mota said.

Mota said in addition to the team’s goal of raising $2,000 for the climb, they also hope to be one of the top three firefighter teams with a combined climbing time. According to Mota, the group has been training for months in advance of the coming climb.

“The climb is tough,” he said. “The air is dry in the stairwell, and by the end of the climb your legs feel like rubber.”

According to the American Lung Association’s website, in 2018, there were 44 Fight for Air Climbs held across the United States, raising more than $7.4 million.

To donate to the Fight for Air Climb on behalf of the Gloucester Fire Department’s team, visit action.lung.org/site/TR/Climb/ALANE_Northeast?team_id=146412&pg=team&fr_id=17825.

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*Media Advisory* Attleboro Firefighters Who Delivered Baby Girl to Meet Family at Fire Station Thursday

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Attleboro Fire Department
Chief Scott T. Lachance
100 Union St.,
Attleboro, MA 02703

For Immediate Release

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Contact: Benjamin Paulin
Phone: 781-428-3299
Email: [email protected]

*Media Advisory*

Attleboro Firefighters Who Delivered Baby Girl to Meet Family at Fire Station Thursday

ATTLEBORO — Chief Scott T. Lachance is pleased to announce that two Attleboro firefighters, who delivered a baby girl in the back of an ambulance last week, will be meeting the newborn and her parents for the first time since her birth on Thursday.

The firefighters will be presented with certificates to recognize them for their efforts.

WHEN

Thursday, March 29, at noon

WHERE

Attleboro Fire Station, 100 Union St., Attleboro

WHO

  • Attleboro firefighters Ryan Bielawa and Cameron Eames
  • Attleboro parents Korissa Burch, Jesse Hester and their newborn daughter Addilynn Hester

WHAT

On Thursday, Attleboro firefighters Ryan Bielawa and Cameron Eames will meet the baby girl they delivered in the back of an ambulance on the way to the hospital last week.

Parents Korissa Burch and Jesse Hester will bring their newborn daughter Addilynn Hester to the fire station to meet with the firefighters for the first time since the baby was born.

“I’m thankful that they helped deliver our beautiful healthy child and I can’t wait to say thank you to them in person,” Burch said. “In the ambulance they told us Addilynn’s gender, which we didn’t know before she was born. So it was a really special moment.”

At approximately 3:45 a.m. on Wednesday, March 21, the Attleboro Fire Department responded to a home on Peck Street, where Burch was in labor.

Burch was placed into an ambulance with the help of the firefighters. While on the way to the hospital, Bielawa delivered the baby while Eames drove the ambulance.

They were taken to Sturdy Memorial Hospital and were cared for until their release on Saturday. Both are doing well and are healthy.

Addilynn Raye Hester was born weighing 7 pounds, 9 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long. She is Burch’s fourth child.

For both Bielawa and Eames, this was their first time delivering a baby.

“It will be an exciting day at the fire station tomorrow,” Chief Lachance said. “In our line of work there are many calls that we go on that don’t have positive or pleasant results. This one had a happy ending and brought a new life into the world. I am happy to hear that both mother and child are healthy and I’m looking forward to meeting them tomorrow.”

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