Annual Awards and Retirement Banquet

The officers and members would like to congratulate the following retirees who were honored at our annual banquet:

Captains Joe Carritte and Jim Mah; Firefighters Mike Regan, Steve Snow, Don Gulfield and Vic Scalona.

Thank you all for your years of dedicated service to the Lynn Fire Department.  May you all enjoy a long and healthy retirement.

We would also like to congratulate Matt Reddy, Pat Crowley and Dick Denham who were all recipients of the Leo Ryan Union Man of the Year Award.  Congrats!

To:       All PFFM Members

From:  The Office of the President

Date:   April 3, 2017

RE: Death of Senator Ken Donnelly, PFFM Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus, L1491 - Lexington, MA

Brothers & Sisters:

The Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts regrets to announce the Death of Senator Ken Donnelly, PFFM Secretary-Treasurer Emeritus and Lexington Fire Fighters L-1491 (retired).

The wake and funeral arrangements for Brother Donnelly are as follows:

Wake:

Friday, April 7, 2017, 4pm - 8pm

Arlington Town Hall

730 Massachusetts Ave.

Arlington, MA 02476

A Uniformed walk through is scheduled at 3pm, (staging will be at 2pm, information to follow).

Funeral:

Saturday, April 8, 2017, 11am

St. Eulalia Church

50 Ridge St.

Winchester, MA

All off duty members are asked to stage outside the Church at 10am. Uniform of the day shall be Class A Uniforms with white gloves, cover & badge with mourning band.

Staging:

(Information to follow).

Please keep the family of Brother Donnelly and our Brothers & Sisters of  Local 1491 in your thoughts and prayers. 

Fraternally,

Richard MacKinnon, Jr.

President

Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts

To:         ALL PFFM Members

From:     The Office of the President

Date:     April 2, 2017

RE: Line of Duty Death (LODD) - Fire Fighter Anthony Spano L1710 - Chicopee, MA

Brothers & Sisters:

The Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts regrets to announce the Line of Duty Death of Brother Anthony Spano, Chicopee Fire Fighters L-1710.

The wake and memorial service arrangements for Brother Spano are as follows:

Wake:

Tuesday, April 4, 2017, 4pm - 7pm

Cierpial Funeral Home

67 East St.

Chicopee, MA 01020

A Uniformed walk through is scheduled at 3pm, members are asked to park & stage at 2pm in the parking lot of Teddy Bear Pools & Spas, 41 East St., Chicopee, MA. Overflow parking will be the First Center Baptist Church 50 Broadway St., Chicopee, MA & the lot on the corner of East & Broadways Streets. 

Funeral:

Wednesday, April 5, 2017, 10am

Holy Name of Jesus Church

104 Springfield St.

Chicopee, MA 01013

All off duty members are asked to stage outside the Church at 9am. Uniform of the day shall be Class A Uniforms with white gloves, cover & badge with mourning band.

Staging:

Knights of Columbus Elder Council 69, 8am Bus Departure

460 Granby Rd.

Chicopee, MA 01013

Please keep the family of Brother Spano and our Brothers & Sisters of  Local 1710 in your thoughts and prayers. 

Fraternally,

Richard MacKinnon, Jr.

President

Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts

The funeral arrangements for Watertown, MA

Firefighter Joseph Toscano, Local 1347 are as follows:

Visiting Hours: Tuesday March 21, 2017 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
211 North Main Street (Rte. 28)
Randolph, MA

There will be a uniformed walk thru at 3:00 PM

Staging at 2:30 PM.  

Parking is available at the Randolph Elks, 21 School St, Randolph

Funeral Mass: Wednesday March 22, 2017 11:00 AM
St. Patrick’s Church
212 Main Street
Watertown, MA

Uniform of the Day is Class A Uniform with with white glove, cover and badge with mourning band.

Please keep the family of FF Toscano and the members of Watertown Local 1347 in your prayers.

LODD - Watertown FF Joseph Toscano

Please keep in your  prayers the family of Firefighter Joseph Toscano and the members of Watertown Fire Department Local 1347 who died in the line of duty on Friday March 17 at a second alarm fire. Brother Toscano leaves behind a wife and 5 children.

As soon as wake & funeral information becomes available we will post them.