2024年9月2日 · AMHERST, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - A busy holiday weekend for the Amherst Fire Department seeing a high call volume for Fire and EMS response this Labor Day weekend. The increase in calls...

2024年11月19日 · AMHERST, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - A brush fire broke out near campus dorms at UMass Amherst Monday night. Fire officials said that the fire, which spanned approximately 1.1 acres in size,...

2024年7月9日 · AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – The Town of Amherst is facing mounting pressure for an increase in firefighters, after a recent fire on South Pleasant Street. On Monday, July 1st at around 10:15...

2024年7月10日 · AMHERST, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - In Amherst, firefighters are sounding the alarm on staffing. They pointed out that when a fire broke out last week, the first on scene was one engine with one...

2024年12月9日 · AMHERST — The Town Council approved the appointment of new fire chief Lindsay Stromgren during its Dec. 2 meeting, permanently filling the role Stromgren had been temporarily occupying since the summer.

2023年6月5日 · Recovery is in full swing at J & J’s farm in Amherst after a devastating fire over the weekend. The Amherst Fire Department made it clear that this was a freak accident, as a lightning...

2024年3月29日 · The Amherst Fire Department provides comprehensive fire, rescue, EMS, and fire prevention services to the Town of Amherst, including the University of Massachusetts, Amherst College, and Hampshire College, as well as providing the primary EMS service to the neighboring communities of Leverett, Pelham, and Shutesbury.

2023年1月22日 · AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – Crews worked quickly to put out a two-alarm house fire in Amherst early Saturday evening. According to the Amherst Fire Department, crews were called to the...

2024年7月11日 · AMHERST — A late-night fire in downtown Amherst, during which only one career firefighter/paramedic was available to extinguish the blaze, is prompting the union representing town firefighting staff to renew its longstanding appeal for enhanced staffing.

2024年7月10日 · The Amherst Fire Department's Interim Fire Chief Lindsay Stromgren says the department is currently dealing with a staffing shortage. He is currently looking to fill three full-time vacancies. His comments come after accusations from the Amherst firefighters union that the response to a deck fire behind La Veracruzana Restaurant on July 1 was ...