12 March 2008
New photo albums have been added in the Gallery.

30 October 2007
The Town of Townsend's Board of Selectmen have voted to retain Interim Fire Chief Donald Klein as the permanent Chief of Depertment for Townsend Fire-EMS.

The members of the Department wish to congratulate Chief Klein on his appointment, and we look forward to our future together.

25 May 2007
Three members of the Department's New Apparatus Committee travelled to Ohio to run some tests on New Engine 1. New pictures addedto the gallery. [New Engine 1 Gallery]

Please join us in congratulating these individuals on their new assignments.

12 May 2007
We have pictures of our new Engine 1 being built by HME, Inc. Our new engine should be in town by the beginning of June. [New Engine 1 Gallery]

04 April 2007
Per the Department and Association meeting that was held at headquarters last night, Chief Klein has put forth an policy regarding our official patch.

Please see the official policy here.

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26 January 2007

Reprinted from the December 23rd, 2006 edition of Trilogy, with their gracious permission:

The Staff of the Trilogy spent some time this year trying to pick someone who we thought deserved our “Citizen of the Year” award for 2006. We had a list of potential candidates that we mulled over for quite a while before we made our final choice for this year.

A few of the candidates who made our short list included some notable people from the year 2006, such as Senator Robert Antonioni for his work and involvement at the State level on Public Health issues such as depression and for his work as Chair of the Education Committee, and Joe Bilotta of Lunenburg for his years of service and commitment to the town of Lunenburg.

In the end we chose a group of individuals who we felt deserved recognition for not only all the work they did over the course of the year that they were expected to do, but they also had to put in extra time and effort to get their respective divisions ready and positioned to merge together under the same roof as a single new department; and as an extra burden they had to take the time to fend off the lies and attacks of their critics and enemies by spending work and personal time looking up old records, attending BOS meetings where they were harassed for no other apparent reason other than several employees and elected officials of the Town of Townsend just don’t like them.

For the second year in a row we chose someone in the Fire Services of the Town of Townsend as our Citizens of the Year because they managed, against many odds, to unite as a combined Fire/EMS Department without lowering themselves to the same level as those who choose to harass and attack them on an almost daily basis.

We at the Trilogy salute the men and women of the Townsend Fire Department and the Townsend Emergency Medical Services Departments for becoming the new Townsend Fire/EMS Department. Congratulations to you all, and thank you for being there when we need you the most.

14 October 2006
Congratulations to the 2006 Townsend Fire-EMS Recruit Class, who were officially sworn in as members of the Fire Suppression Division by the Selectmen on Tuesday night. The 2006 Recruit Class are:

Richard Carlson
Jeffrey Cormier
Jonathan Eggleston
EMT-P Andrew Gomes
Alan Mattila
EMT David Mazza
Eric Modica
David O'Keefe
Michael Paradis
Michael Sodano

Recruits Gomes and Mazza are already members of the EMS Division as P15 and A17, repectively. The recruits will be training weekly until February.

Townsend Fire-EMS is looking for dedicated, motivated people to join our department in both the EMS and Fire divisions. Please see the Job Opportunities page for more information.

The following is a reprint of the editorial from the January 2006 issue of the Trilogy Newspaper:

In My Humble Opinion

By Dave Funaiole

This one will be short, sweet, and to the point. If you read Chief Donahue’s letter here, then you know that the Fire Department is in need of help.

The Town of Townsend has put off purchasing necessities for quite some time now because of financial short-falls and for other reasons not related to money; and whether you have a beef against the Fire Department, or any of its personnel, or its former Chiefs, it is time to put aside petty politics and do the right thing for the TOWN - that’s you and me and everyone else in Townsend.

While I am sure the men and women of the Townsend Fire-EMS Department are glad to receive new vehicles and equipment, it is not like they are a special interest group that is out for themselves - they ask for the things they need to respond to a fire at someone’s house - they ask for things to save lives during an EMS call - they ask for the things that you and I need when you and I get into more trouble than we can handle on our own.

We cut off or own noses to spite our own face at times here in Townsend, but this is one occasion where we need to do the right thing to protect ourselves - Please turn out to vote on January 24th, and Please vote yes for the truck that they are requesting, and Please encourage your friends and neighbors to do so also.

-daf-

This linked Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file explains why a new fire engine is so important to both the Town of Townsend and Townsend Fire-EMS. (2.7 MB file)

We need your vote on 24 January 2006!

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14 December 2005
The following is a reprint from the 09 December 2005 issue of the Trilogy Newspaper:

Townsend - Fire Chief William Donahue would like to thank all the citizens who turned out for the Town Meeting last week and voted to purchase much needed new equipment for the medical response vehicles, a new ambulance, and the affirmative vote to put the purchase of a new fire truck on the ballot in the special election to be held on January 24th.

"I really hope the voters turn out and support the plan to buy a new truck; we really need this new vehicle, rather than trying to limp along with borrowed or outdated trucks that need more repairs than we can afford to pay for right now," stated Donahue. The Chief said he was more than pleased by the results of the Town Meeting last week and is encouraged by what he heard from people after the meeting.

This linked Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) file explains why a new fire engine is so important to both the Town of Townsend and Townsend Fire-EMS. (2.7 MB file)

We need your vote on 24 January!

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03 October 2005
The Townsend Fire-EMS Department today welcomes Lieutenant William Donahue of the West Newbury Fire Department as our 17th Chief of Department, and the first for the combined Townsend Fire-EMS. The members of Townsend Fire-EMS are excited to begin this new chapter of our Department's history under Chief Donahue.

May 2005
Townsend Fire-EMS has moved its headquarters. No longer operating out of the old bank building on Main Street and Town Hall, all Department offices are now located at 13 Elm Street. We are located in the building behind the old Power Plant Gym, the public entrance is the new door in the middle of the building with the window in it.

All phone numbers formerly used by both the Fire and Ambulance Departments are still active. The -8150 number listed at the top of the page is now the main number for all NON-EMERGENCY business. For any EMERGENCIES, you should still dial 9-1-1 in Townsend.

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