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

The draft rules from OSHA would cost small, volunteers departments tens of thousands of dollars every year and could increase ...

The Reading Fire Department has been awarded an $18,991 state Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant through the Executive Office ...

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

Some say that with the threat to withhold funding access for firefighter safety equipment to departments in communities opposing the MBTA multifamily zoning requirement, that line has been crossed.

LOWELL — Fire departments in both Lowell and Tewksbury were awarded firefighter safety equipment grant funds of $50,000 and almost $24,000, respectively, by the administration of Gov.

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.