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Up Close & Personal

The Whitman (MA) Fire Department recently took delivery of a Rescue Alive Ice Rescue Sled foruse in waterand ice rescues. - Fire News photo by Pat Travers

Firefighters from Hartford Fire Department Ladder4. - Fire News photo by Maurice Delage The Belltown (CT) VolunteerFire Department at a ceremony and washdown fortheirnew Engine 43 on June 26, 2021. - Fire News photo by PuckStopperPhotography.com

Hudson (NH) Chief of Department Buxton. - Fire News photo by Patrick Kerrigan

Deputy Fire Chief Michael Esposito. - Fire News photo by Glenn Duda, CFPA

Page 42, Fire News, September/October2021 Up Close & Personal

Nashua (NH) Assistant Chief Steve Buxton. - Fire News photo by Patrick Kerrigan

Lieutenant John Marinelli of the Sturbridge (MA) Fire Department recently retired aftera 39-yearcareer. He is pictured here with some members of his group at his last working fire. Enjoy yourretirement L-T. - Fire News photo by Bud Harris

Acaptain from the West Haven (CT) Fire Department operating at a house fire on Dawson Avenue on June 13, 2021. - Fire News photo by FireGroundImages.com Peabody (MA) Fire Captains Brian L’Italien and Russell Lewis at a three-alarmerin the city. - Fire News photo by Glenn S. Preston

Firefighters from Lawrence (MA) responding to a house fire on Trenton Street in Lawrence’s Arlington District on June 23, 2021. - Fire News photo by Kevin White

On June 1, 2021, the Stamford (CT) Fire Department held a large drill involving confined space rescue operations. - Fire News photo by PuckStopperPhotography.com

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Shelton (CT) Assistant Chief Shaun Wheeler operating at a second alarm fire on Mica Court on June 22, 2021. - Fire News photo by FireGroundImages.com

On May 15, 2021, Manchester(NH) firefighters responded to a decently-sized fire burning through the dry brush. - Fire News photo by Sean Fesko; 911 ERV

Town ManagerNorman Khumalo, the Hopkinton (MA) Select Board and the Hopkinton Fire Department announced that Deputy Chief William Millerhas been selected to be the town’s new fire chief. - Fire News photo courtesy of Hopkinton FD Brockton (MA) Deputy Chief Brian Nardelli, has been selected as the next Fire Chief of the City of Brockton. - Fire News photo by Pat Travers

Members of Waterbury (CT) Rescue Company 9 take a quick break at a two-alarm fire on East Main Street on June 18, 2021. - Fire News photo by FireGroundImages.com