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River expects to budget for an additional $1.5 million for fire department staffing, but in the immediate future, expects to fill gaps with OT.
After 10 people died in an assisted living facility, IAFF officials said Fall River didn't have enough firefighters on duty.
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More than five days after the deadly fire in Fall River, firefighters reflect on response and their own recovery.
It’s very important in a crisis that people stay in contact,” Mayor Paul Coogan said in a wide-ranging interview from his office Friday.
Police, fire, and EMS crews worked to rescue residents as smoke and flames spread through Gabriel House Assisted Living Facility in the heart of the city.
The cause of the deadly fire at the Gabriel House assisted living home in Fall River, Massachusetts is still unknown.
The preventable tragedy at Gabriel House demonstrates the potential suffering posed to vulnerable populations, particularly the elderly, by the savage cuts to social programs in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” relied upon by millions.
Calls to 911 reporting a fire at an assisted-living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, began coming in shortly after 9:30 p.m. Sunday, marking the start of a prolonged emergency response to rescue the roughly 70 people who lived there,