The Volunteer Firefighter Equipment and Training program is working to provide more than 200 departments with the equipment and training they need to properly respond to calls for help.

The grant, worth more than $12,000, will be used to purchase personal protective equipment for local firefighters.

Press release via Representative Jones, Representative Haggerty, Senator Lewis and Reading Fire Chief Greg Burns READING, MA ...

Lawmakers will convene for a work session Tuesday afternoon to discuss a resolution addressing the presence of cancer-causing chemicals in firefighting gear.

Firefighters spoke Saturday with legislators preparing to engage in negotiations with Gov. Kathy Hochul ahead of the April 1 ...