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IPSWICH — Acting Police Chief Lt. Jonathan Hubbard and Fire Chief Paul Parisi report that the Ipswich Police and Fire Departments and other responding agencies rescued a man Friday evening off Crane Beach. Around 6 p.m., 911 operators received a call from a man who was in the water about 100 to 200 feet from […]
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Chief Paul J. Parisi is pleased to announce that the Ipswich Fire Department is one of more than 300 fire departments across the state to have been awarded a grant as part of the Department of Fire Services Fiscal Year 2023 Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant Program. The $19,000 grant awarded to the Ipswich Fire Department […]
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IPSWICH — Chief Paul A. Nikas is pleased to announce that the Ipswich Police Department has been awarded $30,000 in grant funding to improve road safety. The $30,000 was made available by the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) and allocated by the Office of Grants and Research (OGR). This funding will be used to […]
Read moreWhat does a firetruck do for water if there aren’t any hydrants nearby? We have to draft. That is putting a large hose into a pond, river swimming pool, or whatever else is around for water and sucking the water from that source, into the firetruck. We ran some training exercises on this over the […]
Read moreThe Ipswich Fire Department would like to thank ServPro for donating a pallet of water to the Ipswich Fire Department. One of the most important factors during a fire, especially in the warm summer heat is rehab. Having a bottle of water in the firetruck to drink after being in a hot fire is critically […]
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Read moreIpswich fire officials are crediting a classic car storage facility’s working sprinkler system with saving hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of property Saturday. Firefighters Keith Carlson, Peter Nich and Jeff Stone were dispatched in Engine 4 just before Noon to Clam Town Classics at 11 Old Right Road for a fire alarm activation with a […]
Read moreMeet Ipswich’s three newest Junior Firefighters! Felix, Izzy and Theo suited up for a ride to school at Winthrop Elementary School on Wednesday. “The loved it so much!”, says Theo and Felix’s mom, Kimberly Mavroi. “They can’t stop talking about it.” The ride to and from school, as well as a ride to school […]
Read moreThursday, March 24 was the fourth full day of Spring, but a Winter Weather Advisory was in effect. It was cold and wet, and at Miles River Sand and Gravel in Ipswich, very muddy. “Perfect”, in the words of Ipswich Fire Deputy Chief Lee Prentiss. Ipswich Fire was hosting more than two dozen firefighters […]
Read moreSure, you lost an hour early Sunday morning. And the move to Daylight Savings Time has you busy changing all your clocks and watches by an hour. But the extra few minutes you take to change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors could be the most important few minutes you take all […]
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