New Apparatus forWorcester

The Worcester(MA) Fire Department recently held a ceremony to bless the new Engine 4 at the Park Avenue firehouse. The service was attended by WorcesterFire Department Chaplin

Jonathan Slavinskas and city leaders. The new Engine 4 is a 2022 E-One Typhoon. It has a 1500-gpm pump and a 500-gallon watertank and a 30-gallon foam cell. This truck replaces a 2003 E-One Cyclone Worcestercurrently has on ordertwo more similarpumps and three 95-foot Seagrave TowerLadders.

Remembering Easthampton’s Capt. Thomas Szpila

Members of Easthampton (MA) Fire Department at attendance at the memorial held on October9, 2022, at the National Fire Academy. Members were there to honor Captain Thomas Szpila who passed away in the line of duty in 2019. (Left to right): John Ferraro, Greg Gagnon, Patrick Eline, Mike Greany and Dan Constantine. - Fire News photo by Mike Greany