VIDEO: Car Fire Tuesday Caused No Injuries
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] A car fire on the East Avenue bridge held up traffic in the west lane of the street June 18 at noon.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/East-Avenue-Bridge-Car-Fire-June-18-300x225.jpg)
WARWICK, RI — There were no injuries resulting from Tuesday’s car fire at around noon on the East Avenue bridge crossing Rte. 295, which resisted efforts to control it as […]
Warwick Fire Department
![[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)
WFD: Robins Way Fire Quickly Extinquished
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 […]
Warwick City Council Bids: New Bear Cat, Engine 15 Bill
WARWICK, RI — Bids up for approval before the Warwick City Council tonight include a new $360,000 Bear Cat armored vehicle for Warwick Police, a $25,000 WFD Engine 15 repair […]
WPD Investigating Boy’s Drowning Monday
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police are investigating the drowning death of a 3-year-old boy Monday morning at a Gorham Avenue address. At approximately 11:37 a.m., Warwick Police Department officers and […]
![[CREDIT: Mayor Frank Picozzi’s Office] The city's new WFD rescue truck made its maiden service run Thursday at 12:30 p.m. Here, an inside, front and side view are available.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/New-WFD-Rescue-Truck-05-11-23-140x140.jpg)
New WFD Rescue Enters Service
WARWICK, RI — Warwick’s new WFD rescue went into service at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, one of two bought in 2021 under Mayor Frank Picozzi’s lease/purchase program to replace vehicles and […]
City Doesn’t Have to Produce WFD Sick Time File, Says AG
WARWICK, RI — Warwick officials don’t have to produce the original digital records detailing WFD sick time taken by firefighters between 2013 and 2018 that cost the city up to […]
Walter M. Bailey Jr., 53: Retired Warwick Fire Dispatcher
WARWICK, RI — Retired Warwick Fire Department Dispatcher Walter M. Bailey Jr., 53, passed away at home on Sept. 10, 2021. Born in Cranston, Mr. Bailey served in the WFD […]
![[CREDIT: Mayor Frank Picozzi] Chateaux Apartments residents need money donations, said Mayor Frank Picozzi, who has set up a collection bucket in his Gristmill Road front yard. It received $6,000 by Sunday.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Chateaux-Apartments-Donation-Drop-Off-Picozzi-140x140.jpg)
Chateaux Apartments: ‘People Are Going to Need Money’
WARWICK, RI — More than 70 people, most elderly, were displaced by a fire at Chateaux Apartments Saturday morning, and Mayor Frank Picozzi’s taking donations to help on Gristmill Road. […]
![[CREDIT: D'Angelo Sandwiches] Firefighters at Warwick's Fire Station 4, with D’Angelo employee Helena Dowling, on Sunday. Dowling delivered free sandwiches to the station Sept. 29.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/DAngelo-WFD-2-140x140.jpeg)
D’Angelo Delivers Sandwiches to Warwick Firefighters
WARWICK, RI — D’Angelo Grilled Sandwiches delivered nearly 300 feet of sandwiches to more than 40 fire New England stations Sunday, including to Warwick firefighters and West Warwick firefighters. The […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] School Committee Chair Karen Bachus consults with fellow School Committee person Judy Cobden. School Committee member Nathan Cornell is seated in front of them.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Warwick-Budget-Hearing-Bachus-05-31-19-140x140.jpg)
City Council OKs Solomon’s $322.8M Budget, Leaves Schools As Proposed
WARWICK, R.I. — The Warwick City Council unanimously adopted Mayor Joseph J. Solomon’s $322,881,043 FY20 budget unanimously Friday with no addition to the $508,499 increase for schools and reducing WFD […]
Congressional Delegation Wins $633K for new WFD Rescue
WARWICK, RI — Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation announced the Warwick Fire Department will receive a $633,789 grant for a new rescue truck, part of $1,113,758 in federal funding awarded to the city, Little […]
Warwick Police Rise to CPD’s Lip Synch Challenge
WARWICK, RI — After a brief delay to iron out copyright rules on their video release on Facebook, the Warwick Police Department and Warwick Fire Department has answered the Coventry […]
Merolla Suggests RIPEC Review WFD Shift Change, Overtime Records
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council’s third night of budget hearings touched on details of the Warwick Fire Department, Public Works and Recreation Department budgets and citizens’ concerns, including […]
Solomon Hires RIPEC to Review Warwick Finances, Budget
Mayor Solomon has hired the RIPEC to review Warwick’s books after losing the finance director and the coming loss of the treasurer.
Fire Safety Day Returns Saturday at Station 8
Warwick Fire Department’s Annual Fire Safety Day returns Saturday, Sept. 23 at Fire Station 8, featuring rescue demonstrations, the WFD Dive Team and a WPD bike safety demo.
WFD Extinguishes Ryan Avenue Fire, Saves Cat & Dogs
Warwick Firefighters were called for a house fire at 31 Ryan Ave. Monday night at 9:12 p.m., finding the 1.5 story wood-frame house with smoke showing, and had it extinguished within about 20 minutes, saving a cat and several dogs from the fire, which caused extensive smoke damage and left the five occupants staying with family nearby.
Neighbors With Garden Hoses Help Douse July 4 Collingwood Drive Fire
Justin Suttles, with a friend on Sackett Street July 4 at 10:16 p.m., noticed 14 Collingwood Drive was burning, and rushed to help a neighbor douse the flames with garden hoses till Warwick Firefighters arrived.
WFD Extinguishes Abandoned Cottage Street House Fire
WARWICK, R.I. — Warwick Firefighters put out a blaze in a condemned, abandoned house at 163 Cottage St. at 11:23 p.m. that was contained to the exterior of the three-story […]
WFD Puts Out Fire at Historic Caleb Greene House on Centerville Road Tuesday
Warwick firefighters were called to a fire at the Caleb Greene House, 15 Centerville Road, Tuesday at about 10 p.m., extinguishing a fire in an attached garage that caused serious smoke damage in the main building.
![[CREDIT: CPD] Cranston Police have charged a Warwick man and Providence man as drag races and with reckless driving after their race ended in a crash and injured a pedestrian.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Cranston-Police-II-140x140.png)
Man At Warwick Gas Station With Slit Lip Charged With Domestic Strangulation
Cranston Police report the man who entered the Speedway gas station on Post Road in Warwick bleeding from a sliced lip at 1:15 a.m. Tuesday was wounded while attacking his girlfriend, and that they have charged him with domestic strangulation and domestic vandalism.
Garage Fire at 20 Dutch Court Displaces Two, No Injuries
WARWICK, R.I. — Firefighters responded to a report of a house fire at 10 Dutch Ct. about 10:40 a.m., finding a full-involved garage fire in progress with smoke showing, and were able to knock it down within 20 minutes despite the extreme cold.
Warwick Swears in 24 New Firefighters
Mayor Scott Avedisian joined Fire Chief James McLaughlin, Assistant Chief James Kenney, Deputy Chief Thomas Maymon, Jr., Captain Paul J. Letourneau, Jr., the Board of Public Safety and Warwick Firefighters to celebrate and swear in 24 new firefighters on Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 6 p.m. at Crowne Plaza Hotel, 805 Greenwich Ave. Tuesday night.
Warwick Firefighters Put Out Fire at 436 Sandy Lane
WARWICK, R.I. — Warwick Firefighters responded to a house fire at 436 Sandy Lane Tuesday afternoon at about 3:30 p.m. today, quickly extinguishing flames that started in the single-story building’s […]
Sunday Afternoon Fire Destroys Oakland Beach Home
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.
![[CREDIT: Mary Carlos] Warwick City Park Beach, where Jamil Stewart, 6, drowned Aug. 14. Investigation of the death has since illuminated staffing and planning oversight at the beach.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Warwick-City-Park-Beach-1-140x140.jpg)
‘We Begged Them to Go in the Water’: Lifeguards Unprepared for Aug. 14 Warwick City Park Drowning
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police interviews with witnesses and lifeguards at Warwick City Beach when Jamil Stewart, 6, drowned Aug. 14 show the Parks and Recreation Department has no lifeguard […]
WFD Extinguishes Fire at Puritan Drive Home
Warwick Firefighters were called to 57 Puritan Dr. Wednesday at about 7 p.m. for a structure fire on the side of the house there, extinguishing it within minutes.
Motorcycle Crash Sends Rider to Hospital, Court
When Officer Ryan Lancaster arrived at 495 Oakland Beach Ave. for a report of a crash, he found a red Suzuki motorcycle, its front end covered in blood, and the rider in a Warwick Fire Department ambulance being treated for an injured left arm.
Coalition to Prevent Child Abuse Hosts Mental Health First Aid Training
The Warwick Coalition to Prevent Child Abuse will begin training key school, police, fire and city employees to respond to children in potential mental health crisis situations during two May sessions.
WFD Technical Rescue Team Tops Turbine
Technicians working atop a 300 ft. windmill who need help getting down after an equipment or medical mishap won’t be left hanging after the Warwick Fire Department’s Technical Rescue Team training in North Kingstown Tuesday and Wednesday.
WFD Technical Rescue Team Tackles Trenches
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 […]
Woman Escapes Elm Brook Drive House Fire, Alerted by Passer-by
A passer-by drawn to a fire at 64 Elmbrook Drive after hearing an explosion at about 2:30 p.m. Monday alerted a woman inside the home in time for her to escape the blaze that gutted the building.
McDermott Pool Lifeguard Rescues Man, WFD Transports Swimmer to KCMH
The Warwick Fire Department praised the quick action of McDermott Pool Lifeguard Kimberly Wineman, who pulled a man from the bottom of the pool Friday at about 2 p.m. before Warwick firefighters transported him to Kent County Memorial Hospital as a precaution.
Main Avenue Open Again After Pedestrian Struck, Killed by Car
Warwick Police report the pedestrian struck by a car this morning on Main Avenue, an 83-year-old Warwick resident, was pronounced dead at 9:54 a.m., a short time after being transported from the scene to RI Hospital by Warwick Fire Rescue.
WFD Makes Quick Work of Garage Fire on Greylawn Ave.
Warwick firefighters were called to 189 Greylawn Ave. at 2 p.m. Monday for a garage fire, extinguishing it within about 15 minutes.
WFD Extinguishes Fire at Narragansett Village Condos
Warwick Firefighters were called to a kitchen fire at Narragansett Village Condominiums at 400 Narragansett Parkway Sunday at about 3:46 p.m. for a reported fire inside the kitchen of one of the units.
WFD Extinguishes Garage Fire on Kalmer Avenue
A garage and car were the only casualties of garage fire Warwick Firefighters put out Wednesday at 21 Kalmer Ave. at 1 p.m. that also damaged a nearby tree, fence and the siding of a neighboring home.
WFD Rescues Man After Fall From Elevator
Warwick Firefighters were called to 101 Venturi Ave. at 9:12 a.m. after a man fell about 15 feet from an elevator at an industrial building, transporting him with minor injuries to Rhode Island Hospital.
Wood Stove Fire Displaces Women at 19 Stokes St.
Warwick Fire Department’s Battalion 2 was called to 19 Stokes St. Sunday, putting out a wood stove fire that required utilities to be shut off at the house and displacing the two women living there in the midst of record-setting cold.
Warwick Officer Carries 93-Year-Old Woman From Fire
Warwick, RI — A Warwick officer responding to 131 Chatworth Ave. Saturday at noon for a report of a dryer fire found half the house on fire, called the resident, a […]
WPD: Bomb Threat at Warwick Vets; All Safe
The Warwick Department reports everyone at Warwick Veterans High School is safe but locked down following a bomb threat called in at noon.
