Worcester Fire Department

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Worcester Fire Department
File:WorcesterFireDepartmentLogo.jpg
Operational area
Country  United States
State  Massachusetts
City Worcester
Agency overview[1]
Established 25 February 1835 (1835-02-25)
Employees 424 (2013)
Annual budget $33,940,872 (2013)
Staffing Career
Fire chief Gerard Dio
EMS level BLS
IAFF 1009
Facilities and equipment[2][3]
Stations 10
Engines 13
Trucks 3
Tillers 2
Platforms 2
HAZMAT 1
Website
Official website
IAFF website

The Worcester Fire Department (WFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Worcester, Massachusetts.[4] The department serves an area of 39 square miles (100 km2) with a population of 183,000 residents.[4]

Stations and Apparatus

Below is a complete listing of all WFD fire station locations and fire companies in the city of Worcester according to District.

Station Address Engine Ladder Special Chief District
Southbridge 180 Southbridge Engine 2, Engine 13 Tower Ladder 3 SCUBA 1 Car 4 (South District Chief) South [5]
Grove Street 141 Grove St Engine 3, Engine 16 Ladder 2 Car 2 (Deputy Chief), Car 3 (North District Chief) North [6]
Park 424 Park Ave Engine 4 Tower Ladder 7 South [7]
Webster Square 40 Webster St Engine 5 Ladder 4 Special Operations 1, Air Supply 1 Car 10 (Special Operations District Chief) South [8]
Franklin 266 Franklin St Engine 6, Engine 12 Ladder 1 Rescue 1, SCUBA 1 North [9]
Grafton 745 Grafton St Engine 7 South [10]
Burncoat 19 Burncoat St Engine 8 North [11]
Tatnuck Square 1067 Pleasant St Engine 9 North [12]
Greendale 438 W. Boylston St Engine 11 Ladder 6 North [13]
McKeon 80 McKeon Rd Engine 15 Ladder 5 South [14]

Notable Incidents

Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse fire

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Main article: Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse fire

On December 3, 1999, six firefighters were killed at the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire.[15] The fire occurred at 6:13 p.m. in an abandoned cold storage warehouse at Box 1438, 266 Franklin Street. Six Worcester firefighters died while looking for two homeless victims thought to be trapped in the blaze.[16] The fire went to five alarms and took six days to bring under control. Those killed were:

  • Lieutenant Thomas Spencer, 42, Ladder 2
  • Firefighter Paul Brotherton, 41, Rescue 1
  • Firefighter Jeremiah Lucey, 38, Rescue 1
  • Firefighter Timothy Jackson, 51, Ladder 2
  • Firefighter James Lyons, 34, Engine 3
  • Firefighter Joseph McGuirk, 38, Engine 3

Services for the firefighters were held in the DCU Center (then called Worcester's Centrum Centre). The funeral procession was broadcast on several national news networks and was attended by President Bill Clinton, Vice President Al Gore, Senator Ted Kennedy and Senator John Kerry (who flew non-stop from Burma, where he had been attending a diplomatic function).[17] Also in the procession were firefighters from around the United States, Canada, and from Dublin, Ireland.[18]

Because his cousin, FF. Lucey, and high school friend, Lt. Spencer were killed in the fire, actor/comedian Denis Leary, a Worcester native, started the Leary Firefighters Foundation in 2000 to give aid and support to many fire departments, particularly those suffering from budget shortfalls by providing them with new equipment.[19]

References

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External links

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