PORTLAND — Angela Calvo has been promoted to division chief of emergency medical services and training at the Portland Fire Department last week, making her the first female in the department’s 252-year history to achieve a chief rank. She has served in that role as an interim chief since last September. “I am extremely proud […]
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Fire heavily damages Browne Trading on Portland’s Commercial Street
The blaze Thursday night nearly destroys a specialty seafood distributor’s retail store and damages its storage and production facility.
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Santa to visit the Portland Fire Museum
PORTLAND — Santa will visit the Portland Fire Museum at 157 Spring St. from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, and Saturday, Dec. 14, to hear children’s 2019 Christmas wishes. Christmas village scenes have been built inside two of the museum’s horse stalls displaying more than 20 ceramic firehouses with apparatus, figures, snow […]
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Grant buys firefighters 50 pairs of new boots
PORTLAND — Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation has awarded a $20,950 grant to the Portland Fire Department for the purchase of 50 pairs of Globe Firefighting Boots. “This grant from Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation is greatly appreciated, it will allow us to provide top quality firefighting footwear to our members” Fire Chief Keith Gautreau […]
