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Yahoo
23-05-2025
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Police, Fire Dept. contend with explosive munition at Memorial Hall in Northampton
NORTHAMPTON — City public safety officials and state police are at an evacuated Memorial Hall, contending with an unexploded munition. Northampton police said the call for the explosive device came in around 3:15 p.m. Massachusetts State Police and the Northampton Fire Department cleared the building, and as of 4:55 p.m. were still there dealing with the munition. The city's Central Services Department works out of the hall, which is two buildings down from City Hall on Main Street. It also houses Veterans Services, city human resources and mail services, Northampton Public Schools central offices, and arts and culture services. Built in the 1880s to honor veterans who fought in the Civil War, the hall at 240 Main St. has been used as a library, museum and also home to an American Legion. No other details were available. Read the original article on MassLive.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
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Northampton firefighters called to over 650 incidents last month
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – The Northampton Fire Department issued its incident report for the month of April, resulting in more than 650 calls for service. The department said that it has an average of 22 calls per day in April, which were for the following incidents: Fires: 12 EMS: 502 Hazardous Condition: 17 Service Call: 12 Good Intent Call: 29 False Alarm: 88 Two injured in North King Street crash in Northampton In total, firefighters responded to 660 incidents for the month. So far this year, there were 2,817 on record. The busiest station is the downtown headquarters with 435 incidents and Friday was the busiest day of the week. The average response time for these incidents was 6 minutes and 48 seconds. The crew received five mutual aid requests and helped 22 times for surrounding communities. In addition, the fire department is responsible for inspections such as smoke detectors, school fire drills, and reviewing solar plans, which included 95 total in April. WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
