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Official Twitter account of the Acushnet Fire & EMS Department. This account is not monitored 24/7, please call 911 if you have an emergency.

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Preparations underway for cold weather Covid testing! facebook.com/permalink.php?s…

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Thursday, November 5, 2020: If you have driven by the station the past few days you have probably noticed our newest addition. With CARES Act funds made available by the Board of Selectmen we have...

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FREE Covid testing for Acushnet residents; Saturday 10/31 9am-Noon @ schools facebook.com/permalink.php?s…

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Monday, October 26, 2020: We will be conducting a FREE Covid testing clinic on Saturday, October 31st from 9am - Noon at the parking lot between the schools. Based on the numbers that have come in...

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This is why we are testing; the fall is starting to look like the spring! FREE testing today 4p-7p @ school parking lot.
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Proposed Covid testing We got this! facebook.com/permalink.php?s…

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A MESSAGE FROM FIRE CHIEF KEVIN GALLAGHER August 20, 2020 “Earlier this week, the Acushnet Board of Selectmen endorsed a proposal to have the Fire & EMS Department conduct community based testing...

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Important actions taken this week to protect health, safety and environment of Acushnet residents. facebook.com/permalink.php?s…

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August 13, 2020 Statement from Fire Chief Kevin A. Gallagher “The Town of Acushnet, in a cooperative effort involving the Board of Selectmen, Board of Health, Conservation Commission and Fire...

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One week from today the state's free Covid testing program ends. One week to convince them to include towns that are contiguous to the host community. Hope this helps. Feel free to tag anyone and everyone who might get this reviewed! Clock is ticking! facebook.com/permalink.php?s…

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Friday, August 7, 2020: One week from today the "Stop the Spread" initiative, which includes a mobile van providing free Covid testing, ends. On July 20th we requested the state's consideration of...

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Clock is ticking on "Stop the Spread" free Covid testing in New Bedford. Our request to the state to include contiguous towns sits on a desk somewhere in Boston. facebook.com/permalink.php?s…

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Thursday, 8/6/20: We are very happy to see that yesterday's report of "percentage positivity" showed a decline in Acushnet. We really hope we are trending in the right direction. But that trend...

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Gas safety bills languish on Beacon Hill

Gas safety bills languish on Beacon Hill

BOSTON — Proposals to improve the safety of the state's aging natural gas system have languished since the coronavirus sidelined most everything else on Beacon Hill, but lawmakers remain hopeful

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Here is the simple to understand reason we are asking the state to send the "Stop the Spread" free testing van to Acushnet. Once. For a few hours. Please. facebook.com/permalink.php?s…

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Here is why, we think, it is a good idea for the state to allow the free Covid test van to come to Acushnet, if even just once: On Wednesday afternoons, usually around 4pm, the state releases data...

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@AcushnetPS: Our School CommUNITY working to plan a safe reopening of schools. @KevinGa54544464 #WildcatPride #WeAreAllInThisTogether
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Monday 7/20/20: Request made to the state to include neighboring towns in the "Stop the Spread" initiative. One visit of the mobile van to Acushnet, Fairhaven or Dartmouth would make a difference! @MassGovernor facebook.com/permalink.php?s…

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MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF part 3 July 20, 2020 "The Governor's "Stop the Spread" initiative offers taxpayer funded testing to anyone who wants it, no Covid-19 symptoms required. The goal is to...

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Chief Gallagher demonstrates ease of state's free Covid-19 testing to help "Stop the Spread" facebook.com/permalink.php?s…
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A MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF Thursday, July 16, 2020: "Earlier today I went, without an appointment, to the tax payer funded Covid-19 testing van located for the day at Seven Hills in the South End of...

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Hockey fans know, regardless of the score you don’t give up until the final horn blows. Stay the course.
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July 4, 2020
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Thank you to Acushnet resident Robert Poineau for this beautiful gift. The wooden flag has a permanent home.
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Page 1 of testimony delivered in 2006 to then Governor Elect Patrick’s Transition Team on need for pandemic preparedness
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6/30/20: In the first 6 months of 2020 we have responded to 10 opioid overdoses. Similar to past years. Those struggling with addiction can not be forgotten in all this craziness.
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. @NFPA experts debunk latest social media #myth of bottles of #HandSanitizer supposedly causing car fires by spontaneous combustion. Highly doubtful. They explain the science behind it in this blog: community.nfpa.org/community…
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Newly installed climbing lights improve firefighter safety and honor all Americans.
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