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![[CREDIT: Sen. Reed] U.S. Sens Jack Reed & Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Rep Seth Magaziner joined Mayor Frank Picozzi, Fire Chief Peter McMichael, and Warwick firefighters to launch 72 new self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) units.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Reed-Whitehouse-Magaziner-WFD-SCBA-Units-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — After delivering a $1 million in federal Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG), U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman Seth Magaziner helped the Warwick Fire […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] City officials enter main ball room at Crowne Plaza for the Warwick Inauguration Jan. 8, 2025. From left, front, Kim Picozzi, her husband, Mayor Frank Picozzi, Warwick City Council President Anthony Sinapi, City Councilman Jeremy Rix, majority leader, followed by council members Willam Foley (Ward 1), Vincent Gebhart (Ward 9) Bryan Nappa (Ward 3), Sal DeLuise (Ward 4) Edgar Ladouceur (Ward 5) William Muto (Ward 6) and John Kirby (Ward 7).](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Warwick-Inauguration-01-07-25-4-250x228.jpeg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Officials gathered at Crowne Plaza Hotel, 801 Greenwich Ave., Tuesday night for the Warwick inauguration of newly elected and re-elected leaders, celebrating Mayor Frank Picozzi’s first four-year […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Santa and Mrs. Claus are delivered to the front lawn of Warwick Central Baptist Church by WFD ladder truck during the Rolling, Strolling Apponaug Winter Festival Dec. 7, 2024.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Apponaug-Winter-Festival-2024-25-250x228.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — A wintry chill necessitated hats and blankets for 2024’s Rolling, Strolling Apponaug Winter Festival as crowds enjoyed food, music, vendors, kids crafts and parade capped by a […]
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police are investigating a Holt Street fire during which a woman was injured & a man was killed early this morning, following a report of a […]
WASHINGTON, DC – A $1 million Warwick Fire Department grant delivered by Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation is part of $3,277,138 in federal grants for local fire departments aiding National Fire […]
![[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://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/East-Avenue-Bridge-Car-Fire-June-18.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
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 […]
![[CREDIT: Chris Palmer] WFD responded to an 84 Robin's Way fire Friday afternoon.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/WFD-84-Robins-Way-Fire.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
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 […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Potowomut Fire Station, built in 2015 on the site of the former Potowomut School.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Potowomut-Nov.-16-1-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — A second round of federal community project funding, including a new $530K WFD Emergency Center, was approved in the U.S. House Friday, U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-RI) […]
![[CREDIT: American Red Cross RI] RI American Red Cross volunteers aided two families after a Francis Street Fire Friday, March 22, 2024.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/American-Red-Cross-RI.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&resize=250%2C188&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI —The American Red Cross in Rhode Island is helping two families – two adults and three children – after a Francis Street fire early Friday. According to Warwick […]
WARWICK, RI — U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-RI) reports a second round of federal community project funding, including a new $530K WFD Emergency Center, will be up for a vote […]
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 […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] WFD Dep. Chief Mike Mernick was honored Oct. 24, 2023 for leadership that saved two children and their mother from a Providence Fire Oct. 15, 2023 while off duty.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/WFD-Dep.Chief-Mernick-Honored-for-fire-rescue-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — The hot wieners Deputy Fire Chief Michael Mernick planned to eat Sunday Oct. 15 went cold when he stopped to help rescue a family from a three-alarm […]
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: We Be Jammin] The WPD National Night Out returns Tuesday with an afternoon and night of fun, food and fireworks.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/WPD-National-Night-Out-1-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
Warwick, RI – The Warwick Police Department’s National Night Out returns Tuesday, Aug. 1, 3 p.m. at Rocky Point Park food, fire spinners, mermaids, witches, wagon rides and a petting zoo, […]
![[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://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/New-WFD-Rescue-Truck-05-11-23-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
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 […]
![[CREDIT: Chris Palmer] Warwick Firefighters were called to 398 Nausauket Road Dec. 5. for a fire in a single family dwelling.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Nausauket-Road-Fire-WFD-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
Editor’s note: The following report was provided by breaking news photographer Chris Palmer. WARWICK, RI — At about 4:10 p.m. Dec. 5, Warwick Firefighters were dispatched to the area of […]
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick Fire Department plans to hire 20 new firefighters after being awarded a $6.3 million federal Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant. On Thursday, […]
![[CREDIT: Mayor Picozzi's Office] From left, Mayor Frank Picozzi, WFD Capt. Andrew Sisson, and WFD Chief Peter McMichael at WFD Headquarters, where Picozzi honored Sisson for an Oct. 15 off-duty rescue in Tiverton.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/WFD-off-duty-rescue-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — On Oct. 15, WFD Captain Andrew Sisson, off-duty, was surfing in Tiverton when beach-goers alerted him to a paddle boarder in distress, prompting the firefighter to retrieve […]
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police were called to Conimicut Point Beach, 2 Point Ave., July 4 at 10 :16 p.m. for a large brush fire set off by illegal fireworks, […]
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 […]
![[CREDIT: WPD] On June 10th, Carlos Figueroa Ortiz, 28 was arraigned in Kent County District Court on a first degree arson charge following a 50 Evergreen Avenue fire Wednesday night.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/figueroa-ortiz-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI —The Statewide Grand Jury returned an indictment March 30 charging Carlos Figueroa Ortiz, 29, of Portsmouth, with one count of first-degree arson in the June 9, 2021 Evergreen […]
![[CREDIT: OSHA] OHSA tips on trench safety. Inspectors at a Warwick excavation found numerous violations, fining two contractors more than $70,000 combined for the unsafe sewer trench.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/OSHA-trench-safety-2-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI —Federal inspectors at a Warwick excavation July 8 found Greenville and Johnston contractors ignoring cave-in risks, placing workers in serious danger from an unsafe sewer trench. The contractors […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Councilman Steve Merolla speaks during the ground breaking for the new Potowomut Fire Station Oct. 29, 2014 at 225 Potowomut Road.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Merolla-Potowomut-2014-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
PROVIDENCE, RI — The RI Ethics Commission has penalized former city councilman Steve Merolla $3,500, settling an ethics complaint by Warwick resident Rob Cote that he failed to recuse himself […]
WARWICK, RI — About two years ago, RI’s General Assembly codified firefighter paid leave to count toward overtime, typically a negotiated benefit, which the City Council’s intergovernmental committee passed up […]
UPDATE: The man who lost his life attempting to rescue the girl has been identified by Mayor Picozzi’s office as Valentin Cardona Sanchez, 35, of Central Falls. The girl has […]
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police report they have arrested a man living at 50 Evergreen Ave., charging him with arson in a fire there Wednesday at 8:15 p.m. Warwick Firefighters […]
![[CREDIT: Frank Picozzi] A fire damaged the Speaker Joe Shekarchi's office off Bald Hill Road Tuesday night.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Shekarchi-office-fire-WFD-Warwick-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Mayor Frank Picozzi and RI Speaker Joseph Shekarchi are praising Warwick firefighters who put out a blaze that damaged the speaker’s office off Bald Hill Road Tuesday […]
PROVIDENCE – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Division of Law Enforcement is investigating the deaths of a Warwick man and woman during a sailboat sinking in Greenwich Bay Tuesday […]
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council will consider a bid for pothole reports software and creating a commission studying union health care during their regular Monday meeting. Purchasing new […]
WARWICK, RI — The City’s in dire need of three new rescue trucks, but Greenwood Emergency Vehicles in North Attleboro will hold three till Monday, so the City Council will […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] A 3 a.m. fire at Chateaux Apartments Feb. 13,2021 left residents displaced and in need of money donations, said Mayor Frank Picozzi, who has set up a collection bucket in his front yard.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Chateau-Apartments-Fire-Feb.-14-2021-donations-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police report they’ve arrested a Charlestown woman, a suspect in the arson case at Le Chateaux Apartments fire, 1403 Warwick Ave., Feb. 13 that displaced 70 […]
![[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://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Chateaux-Apartments-Donation-Drop-Off-Picozzi-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
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. […]
UPDATE – 10:10 a.m.: Warwick Police have identified the man found dead in the fire as Stephen E Barker, 50, who lived at the house. The cause and manner of […]
WARWICK, RI — Warwick Police have identified the 74-year-old Warwick man pulled from a pool at 1000 Cowesett Road Sunday, later pronounced dead at Kent Hospital. The man, Charles Schifino, […]
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council ratified the Warwick Firefighters contract 5-4 Jan. 6, with language that prevents the city from disputing certain injury claims and incorrect wording that […]
![[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://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Warwick-City-Council-Special-Firefighters-Contract-Meeting-Dec.-20-2019-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
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 […]
![[CREDIT: Rob Borkowski] Finance Committee members Councilors Timothy Howe, Ed Ladouceur, and Steven McAllister fielded questions and offered their own during Monday's meeting at City Hall.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Warwick-City-Council-Firefighter-Contract-Dec.-16-2019-2-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI— Constables visited city councillors Wednesday to inform them a special meeting to ratify the firefighter’s contract had been called for Friday, except for Jeremy Rix, who was on […]
WARWICK — Council Finance Committee Chair Ed Ladouceur expressed misgivings about the contract ironed out between Mayor Joseph Solomon and Warwick Firefighters Local 2748 Monday night, then residents urged delaying […]
![[CREDIT: Ken Block] Ken Block filed a complaint against Warwick alleging abuse of power.](https://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Ken-Block-140x140.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
WARWICK, RI — Last week, the offices of Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha and U.S. Attorney Aaron Weisman acknowledged receipt of financial watchdog Ken Block’s complaint alleging Warwick officials […]
![[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://e8dgfhu6pow.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/DAngelo-WFD-2-140x140.jpeg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1)
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 […]
