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![[CREDIT: Denise Brown] Hopkins Hill Fire Chief Frank Brown delivers a farewell salute during his last day before retiring as Hopkins Hill Fire Chief.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Brown-Retires-2-03-21-25-250x228.jpeg)
COVENTRY, RI — Today, retired Hopkins Hill Fire Chief Frank Brown and wife Denise are bound for Aruba after celebrating the last day of his 49 years safeguarding his hometown […]
![[CREDIT: Desiree Fournier] Peanut, family dog, alerted her family to a Town Farm Road Fire that destroyed their home and all their belongings. A Gofundme has been started to help them as they recover.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Peanut-Town-Farm-Road-Fire-March-11-25-250x228.jpg)
COVENTRY, RI — At about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Raymond Fournier, 19, was asleep when the family dog, Peanut, let out an unusual bark at their home, waking him to a […]
![[CREDIT: Chris Palmer] WFD responded to an 84 Robin's Way fire Friday afternoon.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/WFD-84-Robins-Way-Fire-300x225.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Firefighters were called for a Robins Way fire today at 5:28 p.m. Friday, extinguishing it quickly. The call was reported as an exterior fire that had […]
WASHINGTON, DC — Communities and the calls their fire stations respond to grow, but some facilities are outdated and need upgrades to better serve communities, needs U.S. Senator Jack Reed […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Gayle Corrigan was one of several Warwick residents who showed for a special City Council Meeting Dec. 20 held to ratify the contract negotiated by Mayor Joseph Solomon and Warwick Firefighters.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Warwick-City-Council-Special-Firefighters-Contract-Meeting-Dec.-20-2019-140x140.jpg)
WARWICK, RI— Two Warwick City Council members weren’t served notice as required by charter for calling Friday’s special meeting to ratify the firefighters contract, prompting Council President Steve Merolla to […]
Warwick firefighters extinguished a second-floor bedroom fire at 257 Knight St. Thursday at 9:40 p.m. that displaced a man and a family of three, though there were no injuries.
Warwick firefighters responded to a fire at 551 Oakland Beach Ave. just after noon Sunday, safely evacuating a woman and child from the house before fire gutted the structure.
Johnston, RI — Warwick Fire Department’s 36-member Technical Rescue Team is busy learning how to get you out of tight spots, thanks to separate federal grants of $936,000 for […]
A crowd of Warwick Firefighters and well-wishers joined City officials Wednesday night to celebrate the retirements of Chief Edmund B. Armstrong and Assistant Chief Bruce C. Cooley, as well as several promotions, including James McLaughlin and David Morse to Warwick Fire Chief and Assistant Fire Chief, respectively.
Assistant Fire Chief Bruce Cooley, 55, retires Jan. 17 after 32 years working every truck and every job in the Warwick Fire Department, making room for his fellow firefighters’ advancement and taking a chance at something new.
A minor fire inside the main part of Rhode Island Mall next to Kohl’s at 650 Bald Hill Road tripped smoke alarms inside the department store, alerting the Warwick Fire Department Christmas Day at 6:38 p.m.
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] A crowd of about 80 gathered Monday at 1 p.m. for the grand opening of the Potowomut Fire Station on Potowomut Road.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Potowomut-Fire-Station-Opening-Crowd-1-300x225.jpg)
Warwick, RI — The Potowomut Fire Station – the neighborhood’s only municipal building – officially started operations this morning at 8 a.m. after a grand opening Monday that drew about eighty neighbors, […]
Warwick, RI – Warwick Police arrested a 19-year-old Providence man at Cedar Hill Elementary School Oct. 3 at 2:57 a.m. who had accelerated his gray 2005 Honda into the school […]
The Warwick Fire Department’s Annual Fire Safety Day will be on Saturday, Sept. 26 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fire Station 8 with rescue demonstrations, the WFD Dive Team and a WPD bike safety demo.
The Warwick Fire Department will receive $949,549 from the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) for specialized rescue training, the second award from the federal fund this year.
The Warwick Fire Department responded to and extinguished two fires Monday night, one on Diamond Hill Avenue and another on Warwick Avenue, with the latter ruled suspicious.
Warwick Officers and Firefighters were called to the Greenwich Avenue Rte. 95 overpass Sunday night at 8 p.m., stopping a 23-year-old woman from jumping into traffic.
Warwick Firefighters responded to a fire at Golds Gym at about 9:30 p.m. Saturday night, quickly bringing it under control.
