Freeport’s Fire Rescue Chief, Paul Conley, celebrates his retirement on September 26 in the bay of the Freeport Public Safety Building.
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Pet CPR class raises funds for Pet Oxygen Mask project
A pet first aid and CPR course in Falmouth last month raised $1,800 for the Maine Pet Oxygen Mask Program. The program’s founder, Bobby Silcott, was the instructor for the course, hosted by the Falmouth Police Department and Falmouth Parks and Community Programs. Silcott, a retired animal control officer, donates oxygen masks to fire and […]
Forum: Successful Fire Prevention Month in Raymond
The Raymond Fire Rescue Department had a full month of activities in October to teach fire safety to children and adults in the community. This year the department provided fire safety training for 260 children at Raymond Elementary School and for another 63 at local day cares and at the Raymond Library. The children at […]
Scarborough Fire Department creates new staffing model
The new staffing model is designed to create safer and more efficient service.
Christmas tree bonfire benefits Hallowell firefighters
Organizers estimate about $200 was raised for the Hallowell Firefighters Association.
Unity officials review Fire Department’s operations following allegations of misused fire trucks
Selectmen say fire chief should not have taken the department’s ladder truck to a neighboring town for a Fourth of July parade or used a tanker truck to fill his swimming pool.
Manchester fire chief pleads guilty to drunken driving, but charge could be dropped in a year under deal
Francis R. Wozniak, 39, has kept his driver’s license despite being charged with operating under the influence in Portland in 2020.
Fire destroys 3-story farmhouse, kills animals in St. Albans, official says
Blaze at 180 Ballard Road on Tuesday kills two animals, possibly chickens.
Accolades for South Portland’s new fire station
South Portland fire department’s newly designed building recognized by Firehouse magazine.
For now, only roses remain at the site of one of Maine’s deadliest fires
Seven years later, the new owners of 20 Noyes St. in Portland, who have sought to be respectful of the tragedy that killed 6 people, are beginning work on a new duplex.