The Wakefield Fire Department responded to 233 emergency incidents during the month of December 2007 including 40 Box Alarms and 193 Still Alarms.
The fire department responded to 5 mutual aid requests during December, including Melrose (2), Saugus (2) and Gloucester (1). The response to Gloucester was on December 15th when Wakefield Engine 2 responded to assist the Gloucester Fire department in battling a major fatal fire involving an apartment building and temple in the congested downtown area of the city. Wakefield Firefighters staffing Engine 2 pumped water to the fire from a hydrant on Rogers Street. This was only the second response to Gloucester in our department’s history, the other occurring on February 4th, 1961 when Wakefield Engine 1 responded to a major department store fire in downtown Gloucester, just 2-blocks from the December 15th fire.
Other Fire Department activities during the month of December included:
- Fourth Quarter inspections of Schools, Nursing Homes, and Lodging Houses
- Training on our new Thermal Imaging Camera provided by a generous donation by Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation of Audubon Road
Firefighter Marnie E. Sheeran graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy – Recruit Training Program on December 21, 2007. Firefighter Sheeran started work in Wakefield on December 24th, 2007 assigned to Group 2.
