On Friday, March 21st, the RI Fire Training Academy broke ground for their much needed expansion. The project includes two new classrooms, an auditorium, and a five bay fire station. The fire station will be the new home for the RI Fire Chiefs Physical Performance Assessment (PPA) testing.

Fire Marshal Tim McLaughlin welcomed the crowd of fire chiefs, fire & state officials and other friends of ... (Full Story & Photos)

Join us for a day of golf, fun, and fundraising!

Event Details
📍 Location: Kirkbrae Country Club, 197 Old River Road, Lincoln, RI
📅 Date: Monday, June 2, 2025
🕦 Registration & Lunch: 11:30 AM (American Cookout – Burgers, Hot Dogs & Fixings)

Shotgun Start: 1:00 PM
Steak Dinner: open bar (one hour): 6:00 PM
FREE RAFFLE TICKETS

Registration & Fees
💰 Entry Fee: $190 per player ... (Full Story & Photos)

After serving 49 years in the fire service in RI, Chief Frank Brown has called it a career on March 21, 2025. He served the Hopkins Hill Fire Department as its chief for 32 years, joining that department as a volunteer when he was a 16 year old high school student. He was accepted into the Providence Fire Department and also became a career firefighter with the North Kingstown Fire Depatment before ... (Full Story & Photos)

Over 1,300 members of the fire service from across the country, came together on February 13th in Washington DC to attend the CFSI National Fire and Emergency Services Dinner. Receiving the top award of the night, the 2025 CFSI/Motorola Solutions Mason Lankford Fire Service Leadership Award, was Rhode Island's own Deputy Chief Kevin Quinn of the Union Fire District of South Kingstown. Members of ... (Full Story & Photos)

The RI Southern Firefighters League held its annual Legislators Night on January 27, 2025. Over fifty fire & rescue chiefs, officers , EMT's and firefighters joined with eight members of the RI General Assembly to discuss important issues facing the fire & rescue service in RI. Items such as legislative bills of interest, the RI Fire Academy, the SAFER grant for recruitment and retention of volunteer ... (Full Story & Photos)

The following "About South County" column ran in The Independent on January 2, 2025

The Independent (RI)2 Jan 2025
Bill Seymour covers news and feature stories throughout Southern Rhode Island. The views expressed in “About South County” are his own. He can be reached at independent.southcountylife@gmail.com.
BY BILL SEYMOUR

He was the people’s man in the firehouse.
That’s the most fitting way ... (Full Story & Photos)

We have compiled a Year In Review video of places and events that the RIAFC held, was a part of, or participated in through the year. The video begins at the 2023 Christmas party, and moves through the year in order. There are also a few pictures from the December 19th RIAFC Christmas Party held at the East Greenwich Firemen's Club. We had just about 100 attendees.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays ... (Full Story & Photos)

Where: The Cumberland Monastery, 1464 Diamond Hill Rd.

The demonstration showed the effects of a Christmas tree catching fire in a sprinklered and an un-sprinklered room. There were many Fire Service professionals on hand representing several organizations.
This presentation was sponsored by the:
Cumberland Fire Department
Rhode Island Residential Sprinkler Coalition
Rhode Island Association of Fire ... (Full Story & Photos)