FALL RIVER — Advocates for stricter policies and more efficient procedures in long-term care facilities like the fire-torn Gabriel House assisted living center are preparing to lobby for changes to ...
Mayor Paul Coogan speaks outside of the temporary shelter where Gabriel House residents were taken on Monday, July 14, 2025. Days after a fire that killed nine people at a Fall River assisted living ...
Fire department staffing levels are under scrutiny in Fall River following the deadly incident in an assisted living facility this week. Those issues were raised by the firefighters' union less than a ...
A lawsuit filed Dec. 23 provides 75 examples of building plans seemingly in violation of fire safety regulations designed to ...
Fall River is increasing fire department staffing by $1.5 million in the wake of the Gabriel House fire. Mayor Paul Coogan and Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon are urging long-term care facilities to conduct ...