Hanover MA Fire Department

Hanover Engine 1 is working this 2nd alarm structure fire in the Town of Duxbury. All off duty members have been called back to work and have responded to 911 calls in Hanover.

Sorry kids, but summer is quickly coming to an end, and the new school year is fast approaching! Hanover Firefighters are spending time to check each Hanover School to ensure they are as safe as possible for our students.

Firefighters check the school inside and out, looking for things like proper exit signage, checking fire extinguisher service dates, testing fire alarms, testing AED’s, and much more. We hope all Hanover students have an awesome start to the 2024-2025 school year!

The Hanover Fire Department has received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® EMS Silver Achievement Award for its commitment to offering rapid and research-based care to patients experiencing the most severe form of heart attacks and strokes, ultimately saving lives. This award recognizes the crucial roles and performances of our paramedics in quickly recognizing and providing care and treatment to patients suffering medical emergencies.

Optimal care for heart attack and stroke patients takes coordination between EMS and healthcare systems. The Mission: Lifeline EMS® is the American Heart Association’s national initiative to advance the system of care for patients with high-risk, time-sensitive conditions, such as severe heart attacks and strokes. The program helps reduce barriers to prompt treatment — starting from when 911 is called, to EMS transport and continuing through hospital treatment and discharge.

This year is the first time Hanover Fire has participated in the Mission: Lifeline® program making the Silver Achievement Award the highest recognition possible. Data and performance outcomes from 2023 were reviewed as part of the process.

Thank you to our ALS Coordinator Firefighter/Paramedic Joe Pacella for his work collecting, analyzing and submitting information to the American Heart Association.

All three Hanover ambulances are currently working simultaneous calls, and all off duty members have been called back to work:

-Hanover Engine 1, Ambulance 1, Ambulance 2, and Rockland Firefighters Ambulance 1 are working a 3 car motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Hanover Street and Plain Street. Multiple patients have been transported from the scene to an area trauma center.

-Hanover Car 3 and Ambulance 3 (with off duty members) are working a high acuity medical call.

We'd like to introduce Carson Butler, our Summer Intern. Carson is a Hanover resident, graduate of Hanover High School and currently attending Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

You may see Carson around Town visiting our commercial occupancies. He is assisting our Department in obtaining critical information about each occupancy that will be entered into our Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) System and available to responders while they are responding to or operating at incidents. Information such as property/business owner contact information, location of fire protection systems, location of utilities/shut-offs and other building specifics will be identified and electronically entered for easy access. This project is part of our overall Strategic Plan and is critical to the safe, effective, efficient and quick mitigation of an incident.

Welcome aboard, Carson!

Hanover Ambulance 1 & Engine 1 are working this single car MVC in the area of 243 Washington Street. One patient has been transported from the scene to an area trauma center. Hanover Ambulance 2 is at an area hospital from a previous medical call.

For the third time today, all off-duty members have been called back to work to cover additional calls while the on-duty crew is unavailable.

This week, the new Hanover Ambulance 1 has been put into service. This ambulance purchase was approved by Hanover residents in May of 2022 at the Annual Town Meeting, and took over two years to arrive in Hanover. Hanover Fire took receipt of it last week, and spent time installing equipment and stocking supplies. This ambulance will replace our current Ambulance 3, which was manufactured in 2012.

Thank you to the resident of Hanover for your continued support, and providing our firefighters/paramedics with safe equipment to serve you with.

Hanover Tower 1 is responding mutual aid to the Town of Rockland, 56 Air Station Industrial Parkway, for the working fire.

Late last night, Hanover Firefighters were called to Hanover Crossing for a stalled elevator. Firefighters we’re able to secure power to the elevator, access the elevator shaft and gain access to the stalled car. The trapped occupants were successfully removed and no injuries were reported.

This was one of the many calls over the last two days, with all off duty firefighters being called back to work five separate times.

In the past 48 hours, Hanover Fire has worked:

Medical: 14
Mutual Aid Medical: 3
Mutual Aid Structure Fire: 1
Motor Vehicle Accident: 5
Outside Fire: 2
Outside investigation: 2
Off duty firefighter recall: 5

Hanover Engine 1 & Ambulance 2 are working a single car motor vehicle accident, car into a telephone pole, in the area of Main Street at Meeting Hill Lane. One patient has been transported from the scene to an area trauma center.

Power is out in the area, National Grid has been called to the scene to assess damage and mitigate hazards. Main street is shut down in the area, seek an alternate route.

UPDATE: Residents in need of air conditioning and power can utilize the Hanover Public Library (534 Hanover Street) or the Hanover Senior Center (665 Center Street). Power restoration is estimated to take place by 7:00 pm, per National Grid.

Hanover Ambulance 1 & 2 are working mutual aid medical calls in Norwell and Rockland. All off duty personnel have been called back to work to cover any additional calls in Hanover.

Hanover Engine 1 is responding mutual aid to the Town of Pembroke, 588 Center Street, for their working fire.

Hanover Engine 1 & Ambulance 1 are working this single vehicle rollover in the area of 183 Whiting Street. One patient has been transported from the scene to an area trauma center.

National Grid has been called to the scene to mitigate hazards and secure a damaged telephone pole. Whiting Street is closed from Webster Street (Route 123) to Cedar Street. Avoid the area.

From the Hanover Fire family to yours, Happy Independence Day!

Hanover Engine 1 is providing mutual aid coverage to the Town of Norwell for their structure fire. All off-duty Hanover firefighters have been called back to work to cover any 911 calls in Hanover.

Hanover Firefighters spent time Tuesday teaching residents some very important first aid skills. Thank you to all who participated in this hands only CPR & Stop the Bleed class. Be on the lookout for future class announcements if you missed this one!

Hanover Squad 1 is working a water main break on the 1200 block of Hanover Street (Route 139). Route 139 will be shut down from Plain Street to West Hanover Square. Town of Hanover, MA DPW has been notified and will be responding. Seek alternate routes.

UPDATE: Water has been shut down from Phillips Lane to West Hanover Square while repairs take place.

*HANOVER DAY ALERT* The fireworks for tonight’s display have arrived.

As a safety measure during setup & during the show: there will be NO ENTRY on the left side of Center School from Silver Street. If you are looking to access Hanover Day from Silver Street, please use the right side of Center School. Please do not walk beyond the cones/caution tape that is in place.

Have a safe and fun Hanover Day!

Hanover Car 1, Car 3, Tower 1 & Ambulance 1 are working a 3rd Alarm fire in the Town of Rockland, 72 Vernon Street. The entire on duty crew is in Rockland at this time.

All off duty firefighters have been recalled to cover the Town of Hanover and have responded to calls for service.

Be advised: Hanover Fire and Hanover Police Department will be conducting a joint training at the Hanover Middle School today. Please avoid the area.

Please be advised, there will be a combined Hanover Police and Fire Department TRAINING at the Hanover Middle School today beginning at 8AM.

UPDATE: The 911 system has been restored. The public may now resume calling 911 for emergencies. Thank you for your patience.

Hanover Engine 7 & Ambulance 1 are working a tractor fire on Forest Street. The fire is knocked down and being overhauled at this time. All off duty members have been called back to work to cover additional calls for service.

Massachusetts is currently experiencing issues with our 911 system. If you have an emergency, please dial our business lines. 781-934-1553, 781-93 4-1554 and 781-934-1111 will all work and one our dispatchers will be there to assist you. We will advise once the 911 system is back up.

Thank you once again to the students of SouthShore Technical and call firefighter Mark Montilio for their work on our new deceased member board. The old deceased member board was on display at Fire Headquarters and was taken down to accommodate renovation work that was taking place. The old board was weathered and tired looking, and lacked an update for many years. Mark took this project on happily and worked through some unique challenges to get it complete. Working in collaboration with the South Shore Technical High School, he was able to get a new Board made up along with name plates for all members who are remembered annually at our Firefighter Sunday Event. He then spent weeks and months of his spare time putting the plates in order and affixing them to the Board. Now complete, this Board will once again be displayed at Fire Headquarters so that our members can forever be remembered.

Great work by all involved!

The last award we would like to highlight is the Hanover Fire Outstanding Group Response Award. This award is presented each year to members who responded to a high acuity event requiring our firefighter/paramedics to go above and beyond their normal duties. The incident chosen often involves these members putting themselves in harm’s way, and into situations that could cause them grave injury.

This year’s award is presented to the members who responded to a high acuity incident during the winter storm of December 2023. Hanover Firefighters responded to 121 calls during the storm. One call in particular involved a large tree that fell through an occupied structure, entrapping a victim. Hanover Firefighters rushed into the structure, carefully navigating the tree, downed power lines and other obstructions to gain access to the patient. The patient was then extricated and transported to an area trauma center while receiving advanced life support care. It is for their heroic actions that we recognize the following members:

Captain/Paramedic Michael Marciello
Firefighter/EMT Timothy Kirley*
Firefighter/Paramedic Eric Barron*
Firefighter/Paramedic John Earle
Firefighter/Paramedic Joseph Pacella*
Firefighter/Paramedic Sebastian Rivas*
Firefighter/Paramedic Michael Watkins

Strong work by all!

*-Not pictured

Thank you to the Hanover resident who sent us some comedic relief the other day during the storm. Freddy the Elf, we absolutely could have used the help to get the power back on! Unfortunately, you missed the application period for our on-call Department. We do have to say though, not moving all day and flying off to the North Pole every night might have effected your chances of getting hired with us!