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New Bedford SAFER Grant Expired Two Months Early
New Bedford SAFER Grant Expired Two Months Early
New Bedford SAFER Grant Expired Two Months Early
New Bedford Fire Union President Billy Cabral says the City's SAFER grant for FY16 has already expired. The City's Chief Financial Officer, Ari Sky, confirms the grant expired in mid-March. Cabral says the City now has to pick up the tab for 63 firefighters that were funded by the federal grant for the next four months...
Room on Fire
Room on Fire
Room on Fire
Sunday was a very memorable day for me. New Bedford Firefighters Union President Billy Cabral had personally invited myself, other members of the media, and elected officials to experience what firefighters deal with on a daily basis. Little did I know what I was really in for...
Man Injured in Fire
Man Injured in Fire
Man Injured in Fire
New Bedford firefighters made quick work of a house fire Friday afternoon. The call came in at 1:15pm of a third floor fire at 13 Abbott Street in the South End. Firefighters cleared the home of all tenants and pets, and cut holes in the roof to access the fire, which was extinguished within two hours...
NB Firefighters Fired Up
NB Firefighters Fired Up
NB Firefighters Fired Up
It was standing-room only at the Fort Taber Community Center Thursday night as independent public safety consultant group FACETS Consulting presented their findings after studying the New Bedford Fire Department over the past year.

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