Paula Vogler
Special to Wicked Local
EASTON - If he had stayed with his first course of study, Fire Chief Kevin Partridge would have had a long career as an electrical engineer.
Instead, after starting as a volunteer firefighter in Swansea in 1984 and switching his major to fire science, Partridge, 55, is in the midst of a long fire safety career spanning over 35 years, the last nine of which have been spent serving as Easton’s chief.
“I had a friend who was looking into joining the volunteer fire department (in Swansea) and told me about it,” Partridge said. “One of the volunteers, who is now my brother-in-law, lived in our neighborhood. Once I got in Swansea, I took a whole bunch of firefighter classes.”
Plainville fire chief gets new job in Easton
EASTON – Plainville Fire Chief Justin Alexander will be the new head of Easton’s Fire Department.
Town Administrator Connor Read recently appointed Alexander to replace Fire Chief Kevin Partridge who retired last fall and is serving in an interim basis.
The appointment is subject to reaching a contact with the Select Board, which will consider the contract Thursday night, April 1, Read said. If a contract is settled, Alexander will start work in Easton on May 3.
There were two other finalists for the post, but their names were not released.
Alexander brings seven years of experience as fire chief and Emergency Management director of Plainville.
There were two other finalists for the post, but their names were not released.
Alexander brings seven years of experience as fire chief and emergency management director of Plainville.
Alexander is a fourth-generation firefighter who worked through the ranks in Plainville starting in 2004 as a firefighter/paramedic, and then moving to lieutenant and deputy chief. His father, Donald Alexander, is a former lieutenant for the Raynham Fire Department
He also served as EMS coordinator, training officer, department mechanic, dispatch liaison and equipment coordinator.
He served on municipal building committees to build Plainville Town Hall and public safety building.
“He has innovated in the community para-medicine space; supported the design, construction and operation of a regional dispatch center; and has been deeply involved in community outreach in Plainville as chief,” Read said.
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Three people were hospitalized following a head-on crash in Easton on Wednesday evening. (Shutterstock)
EASTON, MA The Easton Fire Department responded to a head-on crash near Hilliard s Chocolates Wednesday evening, said Fire Chief Kevin Partridge in a news release.
The incident took place at approximately 5:16 p.m. at the intersection of Washington St. and Main St. and involved a pickup truck driven by a man, 57, and a RAV4 occupied by a man, 51, and woman, 32.
Due to vehicle damage, the passengers in the RAV4 had to be removed from the vehicle using a hydraulic extrication tool, said the news release. All three people were transported to local hospitals with injuries that did not seem life-threatening.