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State Fire Marshal Highlights Summer Fire Safety
As Massachusetts approaches Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of summer, State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine is ...
Fire that closed 2 Mass. schools tied to code violations, officials say
A fire that caused two Massachusetts schools to closed has been tied to multiple code violations, according to Adams Fire ...
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Deputy state fire marshal among 27 graduates from Mass. firefighting academy
Deputy State Fire Marshal Maribel Fournierwas among the 27 firefighters who graduated this week from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s Call/Volunteer Recruit Firefighter Training Program ...
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Fire Officials Warn Against Laptop Fire Social Media “Challenge”
The trend, which appears to have started on TikTok, promotes inserting a paper clip, pencil lead, or other conductive object into a laptop computer’s charging port or other port. This can cause a ...
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Massachusetts firefighters continue to battle stubborn brush fires across state
State Fire Marshal Jon Davine said about 45% of Massachusetts homes are in or near wooded areas at risk for brush and wildland fires. Many of those fires have started with activity around the ...
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Here’s what Mass. officials are saying about whether rain has helped douse wildfires
Some much-needed rain quenched drought-stricken Massachusetts late this week ... all of them start with unsafe cooking,” said State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine. “Don’t let a fire ruin ...