NEWBURYPORT — Acting Chief Stephen Bradbury III reports that the Newburyport Fire Department and its mutual aid partners remain on scene of a hazardous materials incident at an industrial park. Upon arrival crews saw heavy fire and smoke coming from the building and equipment that had blown through the roof in an adjacent parking lot. […]
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Two Newburyport Firefighters Graduate from Massachusetts Firefighting Academy
Chief Steve Bradbury is pleased to announce that the Newburyport Fire Department is welcoming two new members to the department following their graduation from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s Call/Volunteer Firefighter Recruit Training Program. Firefighters Jake Barlow and Timothy Powers graduated from the academy’s Call/Volunteer Firefighting Recruit Program Class #120 on Wednesday, March 1. During […]
Newburyport Fire Department Receives State Grant for Student Awareness of Fire Education and Senior SAFE Programs
NEWBURYPORT– Acting Chief Stephen Bradbury III is pleased to announce that the Newburyport Fire Department was awarded $4,381 for the Fiscal Year 2023 Student Awareness of Fire Education (S.A.F.E.) Program and $2,277 for the Senior SAFE Program by the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services. The funding gives the department the opportunity to work directly with students in […]
Vacant Plum Island Home Damaged by Winter Storm Elliott
NEWBURYPORT — Acting Fire Chief Stephen H. Bradbury III reports that a vacant house on Plum Island in Newburyport was damaged by the severe winter storm and bomb cyclone known as Winter Storm Elliott. Newburyport Fire and Building Department officials responded to and are actively monitoring 15 73rd St, after receiving reports that the building […]
Newburyport Fire Department Awarded Over $12,000 in Grant Funding for Safety Equipment
NEWBURYPORT — Acting Chief Stephen H. Bradbury III is pleased to announce that the Newburyport Fire Department is one of over 300 fire departments across the state to have been awarded a grant as part of the Department of Fire Services Fiscal Year 2023 Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant Program. The $12,019.79 grant awarded to the Newburyport Fire […]