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Hurricane Ian – Florida – Type 3 Team – October 2022
A type 3 Team deployed to Florida to help the victims of Hurricane Ian.
KEN LEWIS Obituary
Ken Lewis (Kennison Reilly Lewis) died on October 12, 2022, of complications of Covid at Leady Clinic in Burlington, MA. Ken was 87 years old. Ken attended Beverly High School and graduated from the …
Firefighter remembers that 11th day in September 2001
By Joann Mackenzie Staff Writer Sep 6, 2021 Miles Schlichte Jr. is not a man who scares easily. But on Sept. 11, 2001, when the Gloucester firefighter found himself arriving at dusk in a “still smoking, …
Ceremony remembers 9/11, and local rescue team’s role
By Paul Leighton Staff Writer Sept 11, 2021 BEVERLY — On a normal day, the headquarters of Massachusetts Task Force 1 sits behind a locked gate at the end of a road next to Beverly …
20th Anniversary of September 11 – Public Commemorative Event
Most of us remember the horrific events surrounding the terrorist attacks that occurred twenty years ago on September 11, 2001. MA-TF1 Urban Search & Rescue was the first Federal Emergency Management Team to arrive in …
Ropes Con-Ed – April 2021
Ropes Training at Deer Island in Winthrop- 4-23-21 Back to small group trainings!
MA-TF1 9.11 Memorial – Never Forget
The 911 Memorial on 43 Airport Road in Beverly will be open to the public from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Wednesday September 11, 2019. MA-TF1 9.11 Memorial The inspiration for the design of …
Memorial to Captain Thomas Kenney
MA-TF1’s Rescue Team Manager, Thomas F Kenney, one of the original members of MA-TF1. Tom contributed a great deal into making the Task Force what it is today. Tom had an incredible amount of knowledge …
9.11 Museum
The inspiration for the design of the 9.11 Memorial came from our experience at the World Trade Center from 9.11.2001 to 9.18.2001. Overlooking that inspiration is a building that we’ve dedicated as a museum to …