BOSTON (CBS) – An independent investigator will work to determine what caused a Boston fire truck ladder to collapse onto a home in Mattapan during a Wednesday night fire. Firefighters were ...

we are very fortunate. >> the fire commissioner says this ladder truck is 13-years-old and is usually kept in reserve here at the fire department’s maintenance garage.

Two people were rescued from windows and 10 are now displaced after a fire burned a multi-family home in Roslindale early ...

“What happened to this ladder, I have not seen before,†said Boston Fire Department spokesman Steve MacDonald. A dangerous ladder collapse on a fire call had investigators scrambling to ...

Multiple deck guns , ladder pipes an large diameter hoses being used to help contain the fire from spreading to adjacent buildings. ... — Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) March 1, 2021.

5. By The Numbers. The Boston Fire Department has 1,611 personnel serving an area of 47.3 square miles and a population of close to 600,000 people.

Shawn Donovan has been a member of the Boston (MA) Fire Department for 13 years, where he is a lieutenant on an engine company. Previously, he was assigned to a truck company and a rescue company.