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| May 2013 | - 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
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(11.4 MB) file size 11MB
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| January 2013 | - 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
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(1.5 MB) file size 1MB
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| September 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
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| April 2012 (All Hands Herald) | - 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
- 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
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(1.45 MB) file size 1MB
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| January 2012 (All Hands Herald) | - 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: 10th 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
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(2.99 MB) file size 2MB
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| September 2011 (All Hands Herald) | - 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
- And More
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(1.79 MB) file size 1MB
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| April 2011 (All Hands Herald) | - 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
- Fire Data
- Brush Fires
- 35 Fire Deaths in 2010: New Record Low
- MFA Graduations
- Code Compliance
- And More
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(9.65 MB) file size 9MB
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| November 2010 (All Hands Herald) | - 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
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(1.78 MB) file size 1MB
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| April 2010 (All Hands Herald) | - 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
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(8.9 MB) file size 8MB
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| October 2009 (All Hands Herald) | - From the Fire Marshal
- Opening the New DFS Campus
- Hazmat
- 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
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(7 MB) file size 7MB
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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
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(7.6 MB) file size 7MB
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| 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
- Massachusetts Firefighting Academy
- Code Compliance & Enforcement
- First Seizure of Non FSC Cigarettes in MA
- Plans Review Desk
- MFIRS Corner
- CPSC
- Licensing Exams
- Graduations
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(5.7 MB) file size 5MB
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| 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
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(5.9 MB) file size 5MB
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| 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
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(8.34 MB) file size 8MB
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| 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
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(10.9 MB) file size 10MB
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| 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
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(7.3 MB) file size 7MB
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| 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
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(8.7 MB) file size 8MB
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| 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
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(7.2 MB) file size 7MB
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| 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
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(4.9 MB) file size 4MB
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| 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
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(9.8 MB) file size 9MB
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October 2006 (All Hands Herald) | - Fire Investigation Unit
- Code Compliance & Enforcement
- Massachusetts Fire Fighting
- Academy
- Public Education
- CPSC Recalls
- Recruit Class #173 Graduates
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(3.4 MB) file size 3MB
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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
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(3.8 MB) file size 3MB
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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
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(6.6 MB) file size 6MB
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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
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(22.4 MB) file size 21MB
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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
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(3 MB) file size 2MB
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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
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(6.9 MB) file size 6MB
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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
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(4 MB) file size 3MB
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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
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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
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(1.2 MB) file size 1MB
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