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GLOUCESTER – Chief Eric Smith and the Gloucester Fire Department are pleased to share that a Gloucester firefighter has graduated from the Massachusetts Fire Academy in Stow.

Editor's note: This article has been updated with information from a report in The Reading Eagle and court documents. An ambulance that was stolen out of Berks County on Monday morning was found by an off-duty paramedic in Lancaster County, according to the Reading Fire Department. The ambulance was stolen at around 11:30 a.m. as paramedics were inside a Reading apartment building tending for someone who called for medical help, said Fire Chief William Stoudt Jr. The driver of the stolen vehicle was identified as Raymond Luis Gonzalez, 33, of Reading, according to a report in The Reading E...

Editor's note: This article has been updated with information from Reading Fire Department Fire Chief William Stoudt Jr. An ambulance that was stolen out of Berks County on Monday morning was found by an off-duty paramedic in Lancaster County, according to the Reading Fire Department. The ambulance was stolen at around 11:30 a.m. as paramedics were inside a Reading apartment building tending for someone who called for medical help, said Fire Chief William Stoudt Jr. Paramedics realized the ambulance had been stolen when they exited the building with the patient, Stoudt said. The theft was imm...

Initial cost for custom masks for paramedics yields unexpected benefits Some hospitals spent a chunk of COVID-19 disaster funds on custom-made masks for their paramedics. Even though they had the first chance to get the vaccine, the masks are for extra protection. Premier Health is betting it will make patients safer and first responders better. and last updated 2021-02-19 11:15:27-05 Some hospitals spent a chunk of COVID-19 disaster funds on custom-made masks for their paramedics. Even though they had the first chance to get the vaccine, the masks are for extra protection. Premier Health is ...

BYGONES: 1970s IDR plans thrown out over route near Forbury THE Mayor and Mayoress of Reading posed for a photocall on the new second section of the IDR in 1971, but, even as they did so, controversial plans were unveiled for the third. A section of the Inner Distribution Road was to swing round from London Street, under the Prudential building and clash ‘head-on’ with the western side of the Forbury Gardens. How this monumental problem would be solved was displayed in model form, complete with a pedestrian bridge, linking the gardens to the town centre. BRIDGE TOO FAR: New plan...