Massachusetts is enacting a series of safety reforms at assisted living facilities including increase inspections following a ...

Authorities rescued a pair of hikers in Western Massachusetts on Saturday night with the help of a smartphone app.

One person was injured and two pets were killed in a fire that tore through a home in Boston late Tuesday night, officials ...

Ducks and chickens were able to escape to safety as flames ripped through a barn in Massachusetts. It happened Saturday night on the grounds of a property on Old Center in Winchendon. Multiple 911 ...

Nearly all Massachusetts fire departments fail to meet national standards for staffing fire trucks, based on a survey of local unions launched after the deadly Fall River fire. Firefighters across the ...

A 90-year-old woman died early Monday morning after she was unable to escape from a house fire in Middleboro, Massachusetts. It happened just before 3 a.m. at a multi-family home on Everett Street.

ESSEX — When Fire Chief Christian Hassel last week gave selectmen an overview of a five-year plan for the all-volunteer Essex Fire Department, the upshot was the days of volunteer firefighting may be ...

The inspection process for fire sprinklers in Massachusetts relies on a haphazard honor system that can fail the very people it’s meant to protect. A MassLive investigation following the July fatal ...

Members of the Fall River Fire Department union said they were overwhelmed in the Gabriel Street fire. The Fall River Fire Department is not staffed to national standards. A look at fire departments ...

The Massachusetts Department of Fire Services has ordered a Florida-based party supplier to stop selling illegal sparklers to ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – The Massachusetts Department of Fire Services (DFS) has enhanced its Special Operations fleet with the addition of three new drones capable of streaming footage from hazardous indoor ...

Crews in Milford, Massachusetts battled a house fire and snowy conditions overnight on Wednesday. The blaze broke out at a ...