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July 2009 (All Hands Herald)
  • From the Fire Marshal
    • New Facility to Open This Summer
  • Fire Investigation Unit
    • Over 200 Attend Conference On Juvenile Firesetting
  • Public Education
    • Home Oxygen
    • 2009 YouTube video contest
    • Young Heroes
  • Massachusetts Firefighting Academy
    • Alcohol and Fire
    • Residential Fire Sprinklers
  • Code Compliance & Enforcement
  • Plans Review Desk
  • MFIRS Corner
    • 2008 Preliminary Fire Statistics
  • CPSC
  • Licensing Exams
    • 2009 License Exam Schedule 
  • Graduations
(7,581 KB) PDF 
July 2009 (Course Schedule)
  • Introduction
  • Firefighter Skills Training Programs
  • Fire Officer Programs
  • Fire Investigation Programs
  • Fire Service Instructor Training
  • Flammable Gas Training Programs
  • Impact Programs
  • Certification
  • Technical Rescue Programs
  • Specialty Programs
  • Department of Public Health Training Programs
  • MFIRS
  • Public Education
  • Severe Weather Cancellation
  • Severe Weather Hotline
  • (And More)
(10,670 KB) PDF 
April 2009 (All Hands Herald)
  • From the Fire Marshal
  • HazMat  
  • Federal Stimulus Package & the Fire Service
  • Fire Investigation Unit
  • Helicopters for Forest Fires
  • Public Education
    • Open Burning Season
  • Massachusetts Firefighting Academy
  • Code Compliance & Enforcement
    • First Seizure of Non FSC Cigarettes in MA
  • Plans Review Desk
  • MFIRS Corner
  • CPSC
  • Licensing Exams
  • Graduations
(5,708 KB) PDF 
January 2009 (All Hands Herald)
  • From the Fire Marshal
  • HazMat
  • Public Education
  • Fire Investigation Unit
  • Code Compliance & Enforcement
  • Massachusetts Firefighting Academy
  • MFIRS Corner
  • CPSC
  • Licensing Exams
  • Graduations
(5,888 KB) PDF 
January 2009 (Course Schedule)
  • Special Academy Director Introduction
  • Firefighter Skills Training Programs
  • Fire Officer Programs
  • Flammable Gas Training Programs
  • Hazardous Materials & Counter-Terrorism Programs
  • Impact Programs
  • Fire Service Instructor Training
  • Technical Rescue Programs
  • Specialty Programs
  • Public Education
  • Department of Public Health Training Programs
  • MFIRS
  • Certification
  • (And More)
(5,734 KB) PDF 
October 2008 (All Hands Herald)
  • From the Fire Marshal
  • Fire Investigation Unit
  • Public Education
  • Code Compliance & Enforcement
  • Plans Review Desk
  • MFIRS Corner
  • CPSC
  • Licensing Exams
  • Graduations
(8,396 KB) PDF
July 2008 (All Hands Herald)
  • From the Fire Marshal
  • Hazmat - 17th Annual Training Conference
  • DFS Construction Project Update
  • Fire Investigation Unit
  • Cigarette Fire Investigation Checklist
  • Massachusetts Firefighting Academy
  • Public Education
  • Code Compliance & Enforcement
  • Plans Review Desk
    • 1 & 2 Family Home Plan Review
  • MFIRS Corner
  • CPSC
  • Licensing Exams
  • Graduations
(10,954 KB) PDF
July 2008 (Course Schedule)
  • Firefighter Skills Training Programs
  • Fire Officer Programs
  • Flammable Gas Training Programs
  • National Fire Academy Programs
  • Hazardous Materials & Counter-Terrorism Programs
  • Impact Programs
  • Fire Service Instructor Training
  • Fire Investigation Programs
  • Technical Rescue Programs
  • Seminars
  • Department of Public Health Training Programs
  • MFIRS
  • Certification
  • (And More)
(11,732 KB) PDF
April 2008 (All Hands Herald)
  • From the Fire Marshal
  • Construction Project Pushes Ahead at DFS
  • Fire Investigation Unit
  • Massachusetts Firefighting Academy
  • HazMat
  • Public Education 
  • Code Compliance & Enforcement
  • Plans Review Desk
  • MFIRS Corner
  • CPSC
  • Public Education
  • Licensing Exams
  • Graduations
(7,311 KB) PDF
January 2008 (All Hands Herald)
  • Fire Standard Compliant Cigarettes Now the Law
  • Fire Investigation Unit
  • CPSC  
  • Massachusetts Firefighting Academy
  • Code Compliance & Enforcement
  • HAZMAT
  • Code Compliance and Enforcement
  • Plans Review Desk
  • MFIRS Corner
  • Public Education
  • Licensing Exams
  • Graduations
(8,646 KB) PDF

January 2008 (Course Schedule)

  • Emergency Medical Services Programs
  • Firefighting Skills Training Group Programs
  • Fire Officer Programs
  • Flammable Gas Training Programs
  • Fire Investigation Programs
  • Hazardous Materials & Counter-Terrorism Programs
  • Technical Rescue Programs
  • Impact Programs
  • Fire Service Instructor Training
  • Fire Investigation Programs
  • Technical Rescue Programs
  • Department of Public Health Training Programs
  • Certifcation
    (and many more)
(9,160 KB) PDF
July 2007 (All Hands Herald)
  • What is Special Operations
  • Fire Investigation Unit
  • New MFA Director
  • NFA Scholarships For Call and Vol. Firefighters
  • Technical Rescue Update
  • Trench Rescue
  • Code Compliance and Enforcement
  • USFA Coffee Break Training
  • August Deadline Set for End to Central Sprinkler O-Ring Sprinkler Recall
  • NFA Juvenile Firesetting Training
(7,194 KB) PDF
April 2007 (All Hands Herald)
  • DFS Building Project
  • Record Low Fire Deaths in'06
  • Fire Investigation Unit
  • 2007 Senior Fire Officer Forum Schedule
  • Code Compliance and Enforcement
  • CPSC
  • MA Firefighting Academy
  • Public Education
  • 12th Year of the Student Awareness of Fire Education (S.A.F.E.) program
  • MFIRS Corner
  • Licensing Exams
(4,897 KB) PDF
January 2007 (All Hands Herald)
  • 17th Annual Firefighter of the Year Awards
  • NASFM Pipeline Safety Meeting
  • Fire Investigation Unit
  • 9/11 Workers & Volunteers Benefits Registration Open for a Year
  • Carballo Award for Excellence in Public Service
  • Radiation Reporting Responsibilities
  • CPSC - Recalls
  • MA Firefighting Academy
  • Fallen Firefighters Memorial
  • Mobil Command Training Simulation Unit
  • Public Education
  • Recruit Class #173 and #174 Graduates
  • MFIRS Corner
  • Licensing Exams
(9,767 KB) PDF

January 2007 (Course Schedule)

  • Emergency Medical Services Programs
  • Firefighting Skills Training Group Programs
  • Fire Officer Programs
  • Flammable Gas Training Programs
  • Fire Investigation Programs
  • Hazardous Materials/Counterterrorism Programs
  • Technical Rescue Programs
  • Impact Programs
    (and many more)
(9,528 KB) PDF

October 2006
(All Hands Herald)

  • Fire Investigation Unit
  • Code Compliance & Enforcement
  • Massachusetts Fire Fighting
  • Academy
  • Public Education
  • CPSC Recalls
  • Recruit Class #173 Graduates
(3,352 KB) PDF 

July 2006
(All Hands Herald)

  • Reformulated Gasoline - E10
  • SIMulation Trailer
  • MFIRS Corner
  • DFS Staff serving in Different Uniforms
  • DFS Website in Transition
  • Recruit Class #171 Graduates
(3,815 KB) PDF 
July 2006
(Course Schedule)
  • Firefighting Skills Training Group Programs
  • Fire Officer Programs
  • Fire Investigation Programs
  • Hazardous Materials/Counter
  • Terrorism Programs
  • Technical Rescue Programs
  • Impact Programs
    (and many more)
(16,950 KB) PDF 

April 2006
(All Hands Herald)

  • New Regulations for Carbon Monoxide Alarms
  • New Ticketing System for Fire and Building Codes
  • USFA Releases Fire and the Older Adult Report
  • Hazard Houses Regionally Located
  • “Fire Safe Cigarettes” Bill in Mass. Legislature
  • Recruit Class #170 Graduates
(6,627 KB) PDF 
January 2006
(All Hands Herald)
  • Romney, Healy Present 2005 Firefighter of the Year Awards
  • Introducing the NEW All Hands Herald
  • MFA Course Schedule
  • Fire and Life Safety Education
  • Retrofit Sprinkler Law in Full Swing
(22,444 KB) PDF 
Summer 2005
(DFS Quarterly)
  • Six Field Communications Vehicles to Improve Coordination at Major Emergencies
  • NIMS Update
  • MFIRS Corner
  • News From CPSC
  • Code Compliance
  • Licensing Exams

(3,054 KB) PDF

Fall 2004
(DFS Quarterly)
  • Romney Signs Landmark Fire Legislation
  • Highlights of House Bill - 4550
  • News From CPSC
  • Fire Investigation News
  • Unvented Fixed Gas Fired Heaters
  • Licensed Sprinkler Contractors
  • Licensing Exams

( 6,920 KB) PDF
December 2003
(DFS Quarterly)
  • BFPR Modifies Rules on Paper on School Walls
  • 2003 Fire and Life Safety Educator of the Year Award
  • FEMA Review of Deadly 1999 Worcester Fire Provides Insight into Lessons Learned
  • Fallen Firefighters’ Memorial at State House
  • Governor Releases Report of Task Force on Building and Fire Safety
  • 2003 Federal Assistance to Firefighter Act Grant Awards
(4,005 KB) PDF
June 2003
(DFS Quarterly)
  • Governor's Task Force on Building and Fire Safety
  • Fire Departments Should Send Applications to OSFM 10 Before
  • Peter Lamb named Academy Director
  • First Responder Safety at Hybrid Vehicles
  • The Facts About Cell Phones & Gas Stations
  • 40 Graduate from Chief Fire Officer Training Program
  • Attorney General Stops On-Line Sale of Fireworks
  • International Experts Attend Homeland Security Conference

(967 KB) PDF 
March 2003
(DFS Quarterly)
  • Fire Prevention— Now More than Ever
  • New Public Safety Secretary
  • MFA Adds Engine 5
  • New MFA Course Catalogs Out
  • Residential Fire Sprinkler Cost Breakdown
  • Public Safety Officials Graduate Advanced Fire Investigation Course
  • CMR 14 Changes - Flammables
  • Terrorism HIGH Threat Level Considerations for Mass Fire Service
  • Recruit Class #155 Graduate
(1,172 KB) PDF

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