Fall River reaches agreement to boost fire staffing
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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.
As state and local authorities probe Sunday's deadly fire at a Fall River assisted living facility, a firefighter’s union is already claiming a shortage of firefighters may have played a role in its devastation.
First responders rescued dozens of people from inside an assisted living facility where nine people were killed.
The Gabriel House assisted living facility did not perform fire drills or train workers in evacuation procedures and was also understaffed and poorly maintained, according to a current and former employee interviewed in the aftermath of the fatal fire there that killed nine residents.
FALL RIVER, Mass. — Nine people were killed and dozens of others were injured in a fire at an assisted living facility in Fall River on Sunday night, officials said.
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