Posted on: May 4, 2019
April 2019 Incident Statistics
Fires: 5
Rescue & Emergency Medical Service: 447
Hazardous Condition (No Fire): 16
Service Call: 25
Good Intent Call: 40
False Alarm & False Call: 54
Other: 1
Total: 588
Year to date: 2415
Fire Department
Posted on: April 2, 2019
March 2019 Incident Statistics
Fires: 9
Rescue & Emergency Medical Service: 495
Hazardous Condition (No Fire): 15
Service Call: 20
Good Intent Call: 51
False Alarm & False Call: 55
Other: 1
Total: 646
Year to date: 1827
Fire Department
Posted on: March 3, 2019
February 2019 Incident Statistics
Fires: 4
Rescue & Emergency Medical Service: 409
Hazardous Condition (No Fire): 30
Service Call: 10
Good Intent Call: 29
False Alarm & False Call: 43
Other: 16
Total: 541
Year to date: 1181
Fire Department
Posted on: February 12, 2019
January 2019 Incident Statistics
Fires: 6
Rescue & Emergency Medical Service: 472
Hazardous Condition (No Fire): 24
Service Call: 27
Good Intent Call: 37
False Alarm & False Call: 71
Other: 3
Total: 640
Year to date: 640
Fire Department
Posted on: January 4, 2019
2018 was a record setting year for call volume!
Total Call Volume for 2018: 7240
Fires: 56
Rescue & Emergency Medical Service: 5347
Hazardous Condition (No Fire): 226
Service Call: 252
Good Intent Call: 441
False Alarm & False Call: 902
Other: 16
Fire Department
Posted on: January 2, 2019
December 2018 Incident Statistics
Fires: 3
Rescue & Emergency Medical Service: 429
Hazardous Condition (No Fire): 23
Service Call: 14
Good Intent Call: 354
False Alarm & False Call: 66
Other: 2
Total: 571
Year to date: 7232
Fire Department
Posted on: December 12, 2018
November 2018 Incident Statistics
Fires: 5
Rescue & Emergency Medical Service: 397
Hazardous Condition (No Fire): 33
Service Call: 17
Good Intent Call: 35
False Alarm & False Call: 80
Total: 567
Year to date: 6661
Fire Department
Posted on: November 26, 2018
October 2018 Incident Statistics
Fires: 2
Overpressure rupture, explosion, overheat - no fire: 1
EMS: 457
Hazardous Condition (No Fire): 22
Service Call: 23
Good Intent Call: 45
False Alarm & False Call: 70
Total: 620
Year to date: 6094
Fire Department
Posted on: October 24, 2018
Northampton Fire is hiring for expected vacancies in January. Please see the attached flyer.
Fire Department
Posted on: October 13, 2018
September 2018 Incident Statistics
Fires: 8
Overpressure rupture, explosion, overheat: 2
Rescue & Emergency Medical Service: 462
Hazardous Condition (No Fire): 23
Service Call: 23
Good Intent Call: 40
False Alarm: 96
Total: 654
Year to date: 5474
Fire Department
Posted on: April 23, 2018
March 2018 Incident Statistics
Fires: 9
EMS: 462
Service Call: 15
Good Intent Call: 26
False Alarm: 61
Other: 26
Total: 599
Year to Date: 1773
Fire Department
Posted on: March 21, 2018
The Northampton Fire rescue Department invites sealed bids for Emergency Medical Equipment and Supplies with Inventory Management System. The contract is estimated to be $120,000 over 15 months. Bid documents are available M-F, 9-3 at 26 Carlon Drive, Nor...
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Fire Department
Posted on: March 2, 2018
February 2018 Incident Statistics
Fires: 2
EMS: 417
Service Call: 19
Good Intent Call: 30
False Alarm: 49
Other: 13
Total: 530
Year to Date: 1174
Fire Department
Posted on: February 5, 2018
January 2018 Incident Statistics
Fires: 3
EMS: 474
Service Call: 27
Good Intent Call: 40
False Alarm: 81
Other: 19
Total: 644
Year to Date: 644
Fire Department
Posted on: January 17, 2018
2017 Year End Incident Statistics
Fires: 66
EMS: 5105
Service Call: 227
Good Intent Call: 401
False Alarm: 926
Other: 252
Total: 6977
Fire Department
Posted on: January 11, 2018
December 2017 Incident Statistics
Fires: 2
EMS: 422
Service Call: 16
Good Intent Call: 34
False Alarm: 74
Other: 19
Total: 567
Year to Date: 6956
Fire Department
Posted on: December 18, 2017
November 2017 Incident Statistics
Fires: 10
EMS: 427
Service Call: 23
Good Intent Call: 43
False Alarm: 97
Other: 18
Total: 618
Year to Date: 6389
Fire Department
Posted on: November 15, 2017
October 2017 Incident Statistics
Fires: 9
EMS: 423
Service Call: 23
Good Intent Call: 39
False Alarm: 92
Other: 24
Total: 610
Year to Date: 5771
Fire Department
Posted on: October 13, 2017
September 2017 Incident Statistics
Fires: 5
EMS: 421
Service Call: 19
Good Intent Call: 51
False Alarm: 71
Other: 21
Total: 588
Year to Date: 5161
Fire Department
Posted on: September 29, 2017
August 2017 Incident Statistics
Fires: 6
EMS: 395
Service Call: 23
Good Intent Call: 25
False Alarm: 102
Other: 24
Total: 575
Year to Date: 4573
Fire Department
Posted on: August 15, 2017
July 2017 Incident Statistics
Fires: 6
EMS: 441
Service Call: 22
Good Intent Call: 43
False Alarm: 88
Other: 16
Total: 616
Year to Date: 3998
Fire Department
Posted on: August 10, 2017
Join our professional, progressive and innovative public safety department offering state-of-the-art fire suppression and exceptional quality paramedic ambulance service to a growing community of 30,000 residents.
Fire Department
Posted on: July 18, 2017
June 2017 Incident Statistics
Fires: 5
EMS: 429
Service Call: 17
Good Intent Call: 34
False Alarm: 87
Other: 29
Total: 601
Year to Date: 3382
Fire Department
Posted on: June 2, 2017
May 2017 Incident Statistics
Fires: 4
EMS: 455
Service Call: 17
Good Intent Call: 24
False Alarm: 57
Other: 25
Total: 582
Year to Date: 2781
Fire Department
Posted on: May 3, 2017
April 2017 Incident Statistics
Fires: 6
EMS: 431
Service Call: 18
Good Intent Call: 33
False Alarm: 71
Other: 15
Total: 574
Year to Date: 2199
Fire Department
Posted on: April 26, 2017
March 2017 Incident Statistics
Fires: 8
EMS: 393
Service Call: 20
Good Intent Call: 30
False Alarm: 72
Other: 19
Total: 542
Year to Date: 1625
Fire Department
Posted on: March 1, 2017
January 2017 Incident Statistics
Fires: 1
EMS: 434
Service Call: 13
Good Intent Call: 26
False Alarm: 59
Other: 17
Total: 550
February 2017 Incident Statistics
Fires: 4
EMS: 418
Service Call: 15
Good Intent Call: 18
False Alarm: 53
Other: 25
Total: 533
Fire Department
Posted on: January 2, 2017
2016 Year End Incident Statistics:
Fires: 89
Rescue/EMS: 5245
Service Call: 241
Hazardous Condition (No Fire): 239
Good Intent Call: 368
False Alarm: 814
Sever Weather: 7
Other: 30
Total: 7033
Fire Department
Posted on: January 1, 2017
December 2016 Incident Statistics:
Fires: 4
Rescue/EMS: 432
Service Call: 21
Good Intent Call: 28
False Alarm: 81
Other: 15
Total: 581
Year to date: 7027
Fire Department
Posted on: December 9, 2016
We have teamed up with the American Red Cross to install smoke detectors for eligible homeowners. To be eligible, your home must be build prior to 1975 and your smoke detectors must be 10 years or older. To sign up for this great program, please contact M...
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Fire Department
Posted on: December 7, 2016
October 2016 Incident Statistics:
Fires: 4Rescue/EMS: 437Service Call: 16Good Intent Call: 29False Alarm: 79Other: 61
Total: 626
Year to date: 5883
November Incident Statistics:
Fires: 3Rescue/EMS: 434Service Call: 12Good Intent Call: 23False Alarm: ...
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Fire Department
Posted on: October 2, 2016
September 2016 Incident Statistics:
Fires: 7
Rescue/EMS: 421
Service Call: 18
Good Intent Call: 30
False Alarm: 66
Other: 22
Year to date: 5257
Fire Department
Posted on: May 28, 2016
Applications will be accepted from June 1, 2016 - July 1, 2016!
Fire Department
Posted on: March 3, 2016
January and February Incident Statistics:
January 2016 Incident Statistics
Fires - 7
EMS - 458Hazardous Conditions (no fire) - 11
Service Calls - 25Good Intent Call - 31
False Alarm - 71Other - 3
Total 606
Year to Date 606
February...Read on...
Fire Department
Posted on: January 12, 2016
2015 Incident Statistics
Fires - 79
EMS - 4876
Hazardous Conditions (no fire) - 193
Service Calls - 807
Good Intent Call - 352
False Alarm - 866
Severe Weather - 2
Other - 39
Total 7214
Fire Department
Posted on: January 8, 2016
December 2015 Incident Statistics
Fires - 4
EMS - 390
Hazardous Conditions (no fire) - 14
Service Calls - 76
Good Intent Call - 32
False Alarm - 58
Total 574
Year to Date 7210
Fire Department
Posted on: December 15, 2015
November 2015 Incident Statistics
Fires - 2
EMS - 416
Hazardous Conditions (no fire) - 21
Service Calls - 53
Good Intent Call - 32
False Alarm - 58
Other - 2
Total 584
Year to Date 6636
Fire Department
Posted on: November 15, 2015
October 2015 Incident Statistics
Fires - 6
EMS - 400
Hazardous Conditions (no fire) - 17
Service Calls - 78
Good Intent Call - 31
False Alarm - 74
Other - 1
Total 607
Year to Date 6052
Fire Department
Posted on: October 7, 2015
September 2015 Incident Statistics
Fires - 8
EMS - 404
Hazardous Conditions (no fire) - 20
Service Calls - 64
Good Intent Call - 24
False Alarm - 98
Other - 8
Total 626
Year to Date 5445
Fire Department
Posted on: September 22, 2015
Northampton Fire Rescue invites families to the annual Fire and Life Safety Open House on October 10, 2015 from 9am-1pm! Members of Northampton Fire, Police and Public Safety Dispatch Center will be on hand as well as many other Public Safety Agencies. Pa...Read on...
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Fire Department
Posted on: September 2, 2015
August 2015 Incident Statistics
Fires - 6
EMS - 445
Hazardous Conditions (no fire) - 10
Service Calls - 93
Good Intent Call - 30
False Alarm - 83
Other - 1
Total 668
Year to Date 4819
Fire Department
Posted on: August 31, 2015
July 2015 Incident Statistics
Fires - 4
EMS - 419
Hazardous Conditions (no fire) - 14
Service Calls - 78
Good Intent Call - 22
False Alarm - 80
Other - 6
Total 623
Year to Date 4151
Fire Department
Posted on: August 15, 2015
Chief Nichols has named Deputy Chief Jon Davine as Northampton Fire Rescue's new Assistant Fire Chief, a vacancy created after Chief Nichols was promoted.
Fire Department
Posted on: August 1, 2015
Mayor Narkewicz has named Assistant Chief Duane Nichols as the new Fire Chief of Northampton Fire Rescue!
Fire Department
Posted on: July 7, 2015
June 2015 Incident Statistics
Fires - 5
EMS - 389
Hazardous Conditions (no fire) - 10
Service Calls - 90
Good Intent Call - 38
False Alarm - 85
Other - 6
Total 623
Year to Date 3528
Fire Department
Posted on: June 29, 2015
May 2015 Incident Statistics
Fires - 18
EMS - 409
Hazardous Conditions (no fire) - 13
Service Calls - 77
Good Intent Call - 29
False Alarm - 89
Other - 5
Total 640
Year to Date 2905
Fire Department
Posted on: June 19, 2015
Chief Duggan's retirement party will be held at the Northampton Lodge of Elks on July 28th from 5pm-8pm. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased in the Northampton Fire Rescue Headquarters from Administrative Assistant Melissa Browsky.
Fire Department
Posted on: May 23, 2015
April 2015 Incident Statistics
Fires - 17
EMS - 386
Hazardous Conditions (no fire) - 20
Service Calls - 49
Good Intent Call - 37
False Alarm - 54
Other - 3
Total 566
Year to Date 2265
Fire Department
Posted on: April 4, 2015
Early last night, a Toyota Tacoma crashed through the window of Fly by Night on State St. No injuries were reported. State St was closed down for a short period of time while the vehicle was removed. See the masslive.com article for more info.
Masslive News Story
Fire Department
Posted on: April 4, 2015
Fires - 5
EMS - 409
Hazardous Conditions (no fire) - 25
Service Calls - 47
Good Intent Call - 30
False Alarm - 60
Other - 4
Total 580
Year to Date 1699
Fire Department
Posted on: March 7, 2015
Fires - 3
EMS - 390
Hazardous Conditions (no fire) - 16
Service Calls - 41
Good Intent Call - 22
False Alarm - 66
Other - 3
Total 541
Year to Date 1119
Fire Department
Posted on: February 5, 2015
Fires - 9
EMS - 415
Hazardous Conditions (no fire) - 14
Service Calls - 54
Good Intent Call - 24
False Alarm - 61
Other - 1
Total 578
Year to Date 578
Fire Department
Posted on: February 5, 2015
To Whom It May Concern:
RE: Re-Inspection Fee
The Department has instituted a $20 re-inspection fee for Smoke/Carbon Monoxide inspections needed for sale or transfer of properties. This fee will be charged when we have to return to a property to in...Read on...
Fire Department
Posted on: February 5, 2015
A gas line rupture was quickly controlled by responders. Click the link for the masslive.com news story.
News Story
Fire Department
Posted on: January 15, 2015
Today is the first day of the 2015 open burning season. Open burning is allowed from January 15th - May 1st and you must have a permit issued by Northampton Fire Rescue. Please visit http://northamptonma.gov/1238/Open-Burning for full rules/regulations.
Fire Department
Posted on: January 11, 2015
This class was sponsored by Northampton Fire and Police and several Northampton firefighters, police officers and dispatchers attended. Click on the link for the WGGB news story!
WGGB News Story
Fire Department
Posted on: January 9, 2015
Are you prepared to handle an emergency such as a natural disaster or extended period without power? Check out www.ready.gov for helpful tips on how to stay informed, how to create a plan, and how to build an emergency kit. There are tips on everything in...Read on...
Fire Department
Posted on: January 8, 2015
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
The Northampton Fire Department has recently taken delivery of three ultra-violet light emitters to help increase the safety of their personnel and improving the quality of service provided to the community. This equipment is ...Read on...
Fire Department
Posted on: January 8, 2015
2014 Year End Statistics:
Structure Fires:
Private Dwellings (1 or 2 Family): 13Apartments (3 or more families): 5
Public Assemblies: 1Stores and Offices: 1
Storage in Structures: 3
Total Structure Fires: 23
Other Fires:Highway Vehi...Read on...
Fire Department
Posted on: January 7, 2015
December Incident Statistics:
Total Incidents: 548
Fire Incidents (Building, vehicle, etc): 1
EMS Incidents (including MVC): 388
Hazmat Incidents: 6
Mutual Aid: 0
False/Unintentional Alarms: 60
Other Incidents: 93
Year-to-date Incidents: 6,846
Fire Department
Posted on: December 9, 2014
Winter brings a special concern to the Northampton DPW and Fire Department. Winter storms hide fire hydrants under a mountain of snow. In the event of a fire, firefighters lose precious time locating and shoveling out fire hydrants. Please don't let your ...Read on...
Fire Department
Posted on: December 5, 2014
Total Incidents: 576
Fire Incidents (Building, vehicle, chimney, etc): 2
EMS Incidents (including MVC): 376
Hazmat Incidents: 9
Mutual Aid: 0
False/Unintentional Alarms: 76
Other Incidents: 113
Year-to-date Incidents: 6,298
Fire Department
Posted on: December 5, 2014
Total Incidents: 561
Fire Incidents (Building, vehicle, chimney, etc): 2
EMS Incidents (including MVC): 380
Hazmat Incidents: 8
Mutual Aid: 0
False/Unintentional Alarms: 77
Other Incidents: 94
Year-to-date Incidents: 5,722
Fire Department
Posted on: December 4, 2014
Total Incidents: 592
Fire Incidents (Building, vehicle, chimney, etc): 9
EMS Incidents (including MVC): 408
Hazmat Incidents: 13
Mutual Aid: 2
False/Unintentional Alarms: 69
Other Incidents: 91
Year-to-date Incidents: 5,161
Fire Department
Posted on: December 4, 2014
Total Incidents: 544
Fire Incidents (Building, vehicle, chimney, etc): 2
EMS Incidents (including MVC): 367
Hazmat Incidents: 4
Mutual Aid: 2
False/Unintentional Alarms: 67
Other Incidents: 102
Year-to-date Incidents: 4,569
Fire Department
Posted on: September 20, 2014
Firefighters are currently battling a structure fire on Main St in the Leeds section of Northampton. Mutual aid companies are on scene assisting and firefighters have been recalled to the stations to ensure adequate fire and EMS coverage for the city. S...Read on...
Fire Department
Posted on: August 24, 2014
July Incident Statistics:
Total Incidents: 640
Fire Incidents (Building, vehicle, chimney, etc): 4
EMS Incidents (including MVC): 376
Hazmat Incidents: 4
Mutual Aid: 2
False/Unintentional Alarms: 93
Other Incidents: 161
Year-to-date Incidents: 4,025
Fire Department
Posted on: August 24, 2014
June Incident Statistics:
Total Incidents: 561
Fire Incidents (Building, vehicle, chimney, etc): 3
EMS Incidents (including MVC): 376
Hazmat Incidents: 10
Mutual Aid: 1
False/Unintentional Alarms: 68
Other Incidents: 103
Year-to-date Incidents: 3,385
Fire Department
Posted on: August 13, 2014
Earlier this week, Northampton Engine 1 and Ladder 1 responded mutual aid to assist Amherst Fire with a 4 alarm structure fire in an apartment complex. NFD stayed on scene most of the night and helped with supression efforts. Follow the link for the WGG...Read on...
WGGB News Coverage
Fire Department
Posted on: August 4, 2014
Today, Engine 2 out of the Florence station responded mutual aid to the town of Easthampton for a structure fire within studio in one of the old mill buildings. The sprinkler system within the building activated and kept the fire under control until fire...Read on...
WGGB News Coverage
Fire Department
Posted on: July 29, 2014
New pictures have been added to the Pictures and Videos page! Multiple pictures of the North Farms Road fire can now be found under the "Most Recent Pictures" tab. Follow the link.
Pictures and Videos
Fire Department
Posted on: July 29, 2014
A 4th alarm fire broke out during the early morning hours of this past Thursday. The length of the driveway, poor water supply and the volume of fire upon arrival made for a difficult fire attack. Lightning strike was deemed as the cause of the fire whi...Read on...
WGGB News Coverage
Fire Department
Posted on: July 2, 2014
May Incident Statistics:
Total Incidents: 633
Fire Incidents (Building, vehicle, etc): 4
EMS Incidents (including MVC): 429
Hazmat Incidents: 5
Mutual Aid: 2
False/Unintentional Alarms: 63
Other Incidents: 130
Year-to-date Incidents: 2824
Fire Department
Posted on: July 2, 2014
April Incident Statistics:
Total Incidents: 547
Fire Incidents (Building, vehicle, etc): 11
EMS Incidents (including MVC): 384
Hazmat Incidents: 5
Mutual Aid: 1
False/Unintentional Alarms: 48
Other Incidents: 98
Year-to-date Incidents: 2191
Fire Department
Posted on: June 22, 2014
An early morning fire at River Run Condominiums was quickly extinguished by Northampton Firefighters. Quick work saved the rest of the building and damage was contained to the unit where the fire originated. One person was injured and transported to Bay...Read on...
MassLive article
Fire Department
Posted on: June 3, 2014
$64,800 will be invested into the Florence Fire Station to install a new sprinkler system. This money was awarded to Northampton from a grant through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Click the link to read the press release from Mayor Narkewicz.
Press Release
Fire Department
Posted on: May 31, 2014
Today, NFD responded mutual aid to Williamsburg for a fire at the Lashway Logging business. Northampton is committed to supporting our neighbors whenever necessary. Click on the link for the WWLP News story covering the incident.
WWLP News Coverage
Fire Department
Posted on: May 31, 2014
Northampton Firefighters again assisted with a rescue on Skinner Mountain after a woman fell about 100 feet down a trail. The woman was transported from the scene by ambulance. Follow the link for the WWLP News story covering the incident.
WWLP News Coverage
Fire Department
Posted on: May 20, 2014
A garbage truck caught on fire on I91 south bound in the area of the Northampton Airport. Both lanes of 91 south were closed while Northampton Firefighters extinguished the fire. There were reports of multiple explosions and firefighters had difficulty ...Read on...
WWLP News Coverage
Fire Department
Posted on: May 14, 2014
New photos of auto extrication training have been added. Click on the pictures and videos link to the left. The photos will be under the "Most Recent" tab. Be sure to check out all the other pictures while you are there!
Fire Department
Posted on: May 14, 2014
Today Northampton Firefighters responded to Hadley to assist with a rescue of an injured woman on Skinner Mountain. The woman was rescued and extricated without incident. She was then transported to the hospital. Follow the link for the WWLP news story.
WWLP News Coverage
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Posted on: April 28, 2014
On May 17th from 10am - 2pm there will be a public safety field day at Greenfield Community College. This is a great event for the whole family with public safety apparatus and several events and activities! See the attached image for more information!
Fire Department
Posted on: April 21, 2014
March Incident Statistics:
Total Incidents: 558
Fire Incidents (Building, vehicle, chimney, etc): 3
EMS Incidents (including MVC): 407Hazmat Incidents: 7
Mutual Aid: 4False/Unintentional Alarms: 83
Other Incidents: 54
Year-to-date I...Read on...
Fire Department
Posted on: April 11, 2014
Firefighter Bigda was awarded the Outstanding Recruit Award at his graduation today! This is the 2nd academy graduation in a row that Northampton has been given this award, as well as multiple other times in previous graduating classes. Amazing job Ian!Read on...
Fire Department
Posted on: April 11, 2014
Today Firefighters Ian Bigda and Tim Putnam graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy. The 9 week course is an intense program designed to give firefighters the training necessary to efficiently and effectively respond to incidents with the f...Read on...
Fire Department
Posted on: April 10, 2014
Governor Deval Patrick signed a bill today to increase the line of duty death benefit for firefighters and police officers from $100,000 to $150,000. This is the first increase since 1994. Click on the link to read the WGGB story covering the increase i...Read on...
WGGB news story
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Posted on: April 10, 2014
A Smith College faculty member was diagnosed with measles this week. Northampton officials have been alerted and are taking precautions. Please make sure you have the vaccine to protect not only yourself, but others. Click on the link for the WGGB news...Read on...
WGGB news story
Fire Department
Posted on: April 4, 2014
Click on the included link for the WGGB news story covering yesterday's Cottage St fire in Easthampton that Northampton Engine 2 responded to assist with.
WGGB news story
Fire Department
Posted on: April 3, 2014
Northampton Engine 2 responded to Cottage St in Easthampton this afternoon to assist Easthampton Fire with an apartment fire. Off duty Northampton Firefighters were recalled to staff an additional engine in Northampton to ensure Northampton remained prot...Read on...
Fire Department
Posted on: April 3, 2014
Several Northampton Firefighters travelled to Boston to attend the funerals of the two fallen Boston Firefighters. Thousands of firefighters from across the world were in attendance to pay their last respects to two heroes.
Fire Department
Posted on: March 30, 2014
Northampton Fire is Hiring! Please click on the "Employment Opportunities" link to the left to view the hiring notice and for a link to the City of Northampton job postings!
Fire Department
Posted on: March 30, 2014
February Incident Statistics:
Total Incidents: 527
Fire Incidents (Building, vehicle, chimney, etc): 2
EMS Incidents (including MVC): 390False/Unintentional Alarms: 51
Other Incidents: 84
Year-to-date Incidents: 1086Read on...
Fire Department
Posted on: March 16, 2014
So far we’ve covered Box through Third Alarm. A Fourth Alarm brings an additional 3 engines and an additional ladder into Northampton. Again, this is in additional to the resources from the previous alarms.
A Fifth Alarm calls for two additional en...Read on...
Fire Department
Posted on: March 12, 2014
Today we continue with NFD’s alarm assignments starting with a Second Alarm. When a second alarm is struck, all available off-duty NFD personnel are recalled to the station. In additional to NFD personnel, two additional engines and 2 additional ladders...Read on...
Fire Department
Posted on: March 11, 2014
Have you ever seen a news story and heard a fire described as a “Three-alarm” or “Two-alarm” fire and not understand exactly what that means? Each “alarm” is a pre-determined number and type of resources brought to the incident scene for assistance. The...Read on...
Fire Department
Posted on: March 9, 2014
It's that time if year again, time to change our clocks. As you update your clocks, take an extra minute to change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Smoke and CO detectors save lives (assuming they are functional). Today is a g...Read on...
Fire Department
Posted on: March 9, 2014
Crews responded to reports of an overturned boat in the Connecticut River yesterday, with a person in the water. Multiple NFD unit responded including Engine 4, Car 4 (Shift Commander) A4 and Utility 1 with the Boat, and A5 for medical support. South Ha...Read on...
Fire Department
Posted on: March 1, 2014
Engine 4 Responds Mutual Aid to Amherst for a two alarm structure fire. NFD sent 4 firefighters and Engine 4 mutual aid to Amherst for a two alarm structure fire in South Amherst. The fire was extinguished quickly without injuries. 4 off-duty firefight...Read on...
WWLP News Coverage
Fire Department
Posted on: February 24, 2014
January 2014 Incident Statistics:
Total Incidents: 559
Fire Incidents (Building, vehicle, chimney, etc): 17
EMS Incidents (including MVC): 397Carbon Monoxide Incidents: 5
Water/Steam Problems: 14False/Unintentional Alarms: 71
Other Inci...Read on...
Fire Department
Posted on: February 24, 2014
All scheduling of car seat installations are now done online. If you are interested in having a car seat installed by one of Northampton Fire's certified car seat technicians, please click on the "Car Seat Installations" link in the menu on the...Read on...
Fire Department
Posted on: February 23, 2014
An overturned boat has spilled several gallons of fuel into the oxbow marina. Northampton firefighters have contained the spill utilizing absorbent barriers. The DEP has been called and will be investigating. Click on the following link for the 22 News...Read on...
22 News Coverage
Fire Department
Posted on: February 14, 2014
With the significant amount of snow Northampton just received, it is a good idea to shovel hydrants in and around your property. When seconds count, a properly shoveled hydrant can make a significant difference. Consider "Adopting" a hydrant w...Read on...
Fire Department
Posted on: February 12, 2014
PRESS RELEASE
Northampton Firefighter/Paramedic Receives Outstanding Student Award
On February 7, 2014 Firefighter/Paramedic Caleb Langer completed the Recruit Firefighter Program at the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy. Graduating with 23 firefig...Read on...
Fire Department
Posted on: February 10, 2014
Good luck to Ian Bigda and Tim Putnam who start the full-time Massachusetts Firefighting Academy today!
Fire Department
Posted on: February 8, 2014
Congratulations to Caleb Langer for graduating from the full time fire academy in Stow, MA. Caleb was awarded the "Outstanding Recruit Award" at his Class 207 graduation ceremony. Great work Caleb and welcome back to shift!Read on...
Fire Department
Posted on: January 29, 2014
This morning Engine 2 responded mutual aid to Williamsburg for a chimney fire with possible extension into the home. Engine 2 arrived at the scene and provided assistance to Williamsburg Fire Department. It was quickly determined that the fire was conta...Read on...
Fire Department
Posted on: January 25, 2014
The contents of today's rooms have changed drastically from years ago. Today's room furnishings contain significant plastics and oil based products which burn much quicker and much hotter. Take a look at this video that compares cotton and wool based room...Read on...
Video
Fire Department
Posted on: January 22, 2014
One of the simplest steps for safety you can take is to make sure your smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are working. They will give you the earliest possible warning that something is wrong so you can escape safely - via MA DFS. Follow the link for more i...Read on...
Additional Info About Smoke Alarms
Fire Department
Posted on: January 16, 2014
Northampton Engine 2, out of the Florence Station, responds mutual aid to Easthampton. The fire was reported just before midnight, last night, January 15th. Northampton Engine 2 responded with 4 personnel to assist Easthampton with fire suppression. Cl...Read on...
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Posted on: December 29, 2013
A serious motor vehicle collision occurred on N. King St requiring two ambulances, two engines and the deputy chief vehicle to respond. In total, 12 firefighters responded to the accident which required the use of the Jaws of Life to extricate patients a...Read on...
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