PITTSFIELD, Mass. The two halves of the daytime warming shelter at the Christian Center arrived this week and the hope is to have the shelter up and running by Monday.. The shelter is a 24-by-60 foot trailer similar to the ones used as temporary classrooms by school districts will offer housing insecure folks a warm place to reside in the hours that ServiceNet s shelter at the former St. Joseph s High School is closed. St. Joe s shelter is open 24 hours on the weekend but closes from 8 to 4 on weekdays with the exception of days when the temperature is below 20 degrees. The warming shelter will be open from 9 to 3 on weekdays providing lunches to guests while ServiceNet staffs the operation.
Deerfield Fire District launches Junior Firefighter Program
Daren Melnik is sworn in as chief of the Deerfield Fire Department in July of 2018. Melnik has now launched the department’s first Junior Firefighter Program. FILE PHOTO
Published: 2/1/2021 10:25:44 AM
DEERFIELD With the creation of its first Junior Firefighter Program, the Deerfield Fire District has the next generation of firefighters in mind.
“It’s a way to get the younger generation of kids in the community involved,” explained Fire Chief Daren Melnik. “But it also gets them active in the fire service for future endeavors . if they want to stay in the fire services as they get older.”
Procopio said Klem was driving a 2019 Ford F-150 pickup truck and appeared to hit a vehicle driven by Erin Bertrand, 35, of Hanover, at about 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, on Route 3 in Weymouth.
Bertrand, driving a 2015 Honda Pilot, was pushed off the road and into the wood line. Klem did not stop, Procopio said.
The victim s husband, Marc Bertrand, said he was glad their children were not in the car at the time and that four people stopped to help her.
East Bridgewater Fire Chief Timothy Harhen said in an email that Klem has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an internal investigation, and that he would not comment further, calling it a personnel matter.
Procopio said Klem was driving a 2019 Ford F-150 pickup truck and appeared to hit a vehicle driven by Erin Bertrand, 35, of Hanover, at about 3 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, on Route 3 in Weymouth.
Bertrand, driving a 2015 Honda Pilot, was pushed off the road and into the wood line. Klem did not stop, Procopio said.
The victim s husband, Marc Bertrand, said he was glad their children were not in the car at the time and that four people stopped to help her.
East Bridgewater Fire Chief Timothy Harhen said in an email that Klem has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of an internal investigation, and that he would not comment further, calling it a personnel matter.
Shrewsbury firefighters graduate from Massachusetts Firefighting Academy
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Four members of the Shrewsbury Fire Department graduated from the Massachusetts Fire Academy.
Firefighters Alex Milosz, Craig Mawdsley, Michael Penney and Connor Jordan were among 12 firefighters from eight departments to graduate from the academy s Career Recruit Firefighter Training Program Class 288 on Jan. 8. Graduates were recognized at a ceremony at the Department of Fire Services headquarters in Stow.
The four firefighters were hired through a FEMA Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant, which funds a portion of their salaries and benefits for the first three years of their service with the Shrewsbury Fire Department.