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“When people don’t know who to call or what to do, they call us,” Fire Chief Brian Nardelli said.

One year after a 10-alarm fire forced the evacuation of 162 patients and left the South Shore without much-needed hospital beds, Brockton Hospital says it plans to reopen in the late spring.

Video footage showed the moment when a large piece of debris at 9 Waverley St. struck a firefighter, sending him to the ground. The firefighter’s condition wasn’t immediately available Monday afternoon.

After the fire appeared to be out, but while firefighters were still working at the home, falling debris struck one member of the crew.

A firefighter was injured after responding to a two-alarm fire on Waverly Street in Brockton Monday. Nine people were reportedly displaced.

Firefighters around the country are concerned that gear laced with the toxic industrial compound PFAS could be one reason why cancer rates among their ranks are rising.

Emergency management officials were on scene and plan to update the public “as soon as we can.”

Boston firefighter Daniel Ranahan had heard about colleagues getting cancer but he was stunned when doctors discovered a large tumor in his chest. He was

BOSTON (AP) - Boston firefighter Daniel Ranahan had heard about colleagues getting cancer but he was stunned w...

BOSTON -- Boston firefighter Daniel Ranahan had heard about colleagues getting cancer but he was stunned when doctors discovered a large tumor in his chest.