All Hands Herald

• From the Fire Marshal
• Training More Firefighters, Reducing Wait Time
• Fitness Training for Recruits Pays Off
• New Mulch Regulation in Effect
• Arrest of Serial Arsonists
• S.A.F.E. Evaluation: Proving Fire Education Works
• Plans Review Desk: Safeguard Fire Protection Piping with Proper Flushing
• Fire Data – 2012 Fire Deaths Down
• Brush Fires: Statistics and MFIRS Coding Tips
• Lightweight Construction and Sprinklers
• Fire Chiefs Leadership in Fire Education Award
• Fire is Everyone’s Fight
• May is Electrical Safety Month
• Fire Marshal Advisories
• MFA Mobile Live Fire Training Prop
• License Actions
• MFA Graduations
• Cooking Fire Safety Campaign

• From the Fire Marshal
• New Multi-Purpose HVAC Trailer
• In Memory of Deputy Jack Peltier
• Responding to Hurricane Sandy: Special Operations Travels to NY
• Students Build Training Facility at Firefighting Academy
• 18th Annual Public Fire & Life Safety Education Conference
• Flammable Gas Training Program Update
• 2013 License Exam Schedule
• DFS Receives NASFM Transportation Safety Award
• MFIRS Coding Tips for Heating Fires
• December Graduations at Massachusetts Firefighting Academy
• The 100 Club Honors the Department of Fire Services
• Accelerant and Explosive Detection Dogs and Handlers Graduate
• YouTube(TM) Burn Awareness Video Contest for High School Students
• Suspensions Ordered for Unexploded Fireworks
• Plans Review Desk: There’s No Place Like a Town Home
• Fire Marshal Advisories
• License Actions, December 2012

• From the Fire Marshal
  • School Safety Planning
  • S.A.F.E.
  • Professional Training
  • Residential Sprinklers
  • Mulch Regulation
  • Fire Prevention Week
  • Working with Older Adults
  • New Search and Rescue Prop
• BBRS Sprinkler Proposals
• School Fire Prevention
• Narrow Banding Deadline
• Public Education
  • S.A.F.E. Evaluation
  • Fire Prevention Week
  • Change Your Clock, Change Your Battery
• Fire Prevention
  • Guide to Preventing Unwanted Alarms
  • Plans Review Desk
  • A Story to Tell: Fire Protection Narratives
  • Advisories
• Fire Investigation Unit
  • State Police Bomb Squad Visits Science Class
• MFA
  • Graduations
  • Technical Rescue Update
  • Stoughton Fire Presents Ironic Twist
  • Flammable Gas Training Program Update
• Vision 20/20

• From the Fire Marshal
  • Springfield Academy Acquisition
  • Fire Deaths in 2011
  • Fire Prevention Officer Training and Credential
  • Quincy Landlord Conviction
  • New Processing of Hazardous Materials
• Public Education
  • MaSAFE Presents Topsfield Fire Chief
  • S.A.F.E. In-Services
• Fire Sprinklers Save Homes
• Special Operations
  • Off Road Gators
• Fire Investigation Unit
  • Effectiveness of Cooking Safety Technologies
• MFA 16
  • Fire Service Professional Development Summit
  • Massachusetts NFA Weekend
  • Graduations
  • Statewide Fire Mobilization Training
  • Ethanol Awareness
  • Advisories
• DFS Helps Franklin Park Zoo
• Fire Data
  • ‘New’ MFIRS System Changes
• Plans Review Desk
  • Plastic Fire Sprinkler Pipe
• Licensing Exams

• From the Fire Marshal
  • New FPO Training and Credentialing
  • BBRS Defeated Sprinkler Stretch Code
  • DFS West
  • Public Awareness Campaigns
  • New Search and Rescue Prop at Stow
• DFS Remembers: 10^th Anniversary of 9/11
• Fire Prevention Officer Credentialing Program
• “Firefighter of the Year” Awards
• Launch of the Cooking Campaign
• 1st Landlord Convicted Under New MGL 148 S 34B
• Quincy Faxon Park Apartments Fire
• Public Education
  • Fires and People with Disabilities
  • Fire & Life Safety Education Conference
  • Dangers of Hoarding
  • Gasoline Safety
• Special Operations
• Fire Investigation Unit
• MFA Graduations
• Advisories
• Fire Data
  • Alcohol Ingestion and Fire Deaths
• Code Compliance
  • Middleton Bostik Explosion
  • Fire Officials Oppose Bill
  • New Licensing Program
  • Licensing Exam Schedule
• And More

• From the Fire Marshal
  • DFS Springfield
  • Response to Tornado
  • Fireworks Enforcement
  • Crowd Manager
  • New Cooking Fire Safety Campaign
  • FY '12 S.A.F.E. Grants
  • Firefighter Death
• Public Safety and Autism
• The Dedication of the DFS Headquarters in Stow
• Advisories
• Worcester Firefighters Ramp Gang
• Public Education
  • YouTube™ Contest 2012
  • New Cooking Fire Safety Campaign
  • Fire Prevention Week
  • Dangers of Gel Fuel
• Special Operations
• Plans Review Desk
  • Chapter 34 Investigation & Evaluation Reports
• Fire Investigation Unit
  • Local Officials Effective at Fireworks and Bonfire Enforcement
• MFA
  • Flammable Gas Training Group
  • Graduations
• Code Compliance
  • Licensing Exam Schedule
• And More

• From the Fire Marshal
  • Dedication of New Facility
  • Legislative Session
• Requirements for a Trained Crowd Manager
• Educating the Public About What Fire Departments Do
• HazMat
  • Hazardous Materials Response, Re-Engineered
• Public Education
  • YouTube™ Contest Winners
  • Juvenile Firesetting Conference
  • Moving Beyond Mock Crashes
  • MBTA: Fire Prevention Campaign
• Plans Review Desk
  • Spring Cleaning
• Fire Data
  • Brush Fires
  • 35 Fire Deaths in 2010: New Record Low
• MFA Graduations
• Code Compliance
  • Recall of LP-Gas
• And More

• From the Fire Marshal
  • Special OPs and HazMat Milestones
  • Propane Investigation
  • Novelty Lighter Ban
  • On-Site Academy
  • Crowd Manager
• Public Education
  • 16th Annual Public Education Conference
  • Home Oxygen Fire Safety Campaign
  • Why We Do What We Do
  • DPH Smoke Alarm Project
• Code Compliance & Enforcement
  • Hood Cleaning
  • Blaster With Restraining Orders Must Surrender COC
  • Marine Fueling Permits and Inspections
• HazMat
  • Hazmat Incidents and Cost Recovery, a Practical Guide
  • Statewide Mass Decontamination Response System
• Plans Review Desk
• MFIRS Corner
• Licensing Exams
  • 20011 License Exam Schedule
  • Status Report of Compliance and Enforcement Actions
• Graduations
• And More

• From the Fire Marshal
  • Tom Leonard Retires
  • Construction Project
  • Record Low Fire Deaths in 2009
  • Board of Fire Prevention Regulations
  • Smoke Alarm Regulations Revisions
  • Crowd Manager Regulation
• MFA
• Public Education
  • Teens
  • Burn Awareness Week
  • S.A.F.E. Young Heroes
• Code Compliance & Enforcement
• Plans Review Desk
• MFIRS Corner
  • 2008 MFIRS annual Report
  • MFIRS Coding Tips for Brush Fires
  • MFIRS Training & Administration
• CPSC
• Licensing Exams
  • 20010 License Exam Schedule
  • Status Report of Compliance and Enforcement Actions
• Graduations
  • Recruit Class #186
  • Call/Volunteer Firefighter Training Program
• And More

• From the Fire Marshal
  • Opening the New DFS Campus
• Hazmat
  • Bio-terrorism Response
• Fire Investigation Unit
  • Chemical Reaction Bombs
  • IED Recognition and Response Training
• Public Education
  • Education Conference
  • Fire Safety Report
• Code Compliance and Enforcement
  • Crowd manager
  • Quarterly Inspection Reports
  • Two-Cycle Fuel Mix
  • Compact Fluorescent Lights
  • New Commercial Cooking Exhaust System Regulations
  • UST Transition Information
• Mass. Firefighting Academy
• Plans Review Desk
• MFIRS Corner
  • MFIRS V5 Coding Tips for Heating Fires
  • MFIRS Training and Administration
  • 2008 MBIRS Report Released
• CPSC
• Licensing Exams
  • 2009 License Exam Schedule
• Compliance and Enforcement Actions

• 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

• 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

• From the Fire Marshal
• HazMat
• Public Education
• Fire Investigation Unit
• Code Compliance & Enforcement
• Massachusetts Firefighting Academy
• MFIRS Corner
• CPSC
• Licensing Exams
• Graduations

• From the Fire Marshal
• Fire Investigation Unit
• Public Education
• Code Compliance & Enforcement
• Plans Review Desk
• MFIRS Corner
• CPSC
• Licensing Exams
• Graduations

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

October 2006
(All Hands Herald)

• Fire Investigation Unit
• Code Compliance & Enforcement
• Massachusetts Fire Fighting
• Academy
• Public Education
• CPSC Recalls
• Recruit Class #173 Graduates

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

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

• 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
  

• Six Field Communications Vehicles to Improve Coordination at Major Emergencies
• NIMS Update
• MFIRS Corner
• News From CPSC
• Code Compliance
• Licensing Exams

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• 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

• 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
  

• 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

• 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