Following a fatal fire in a Fall River assisted living facility, Taunton officials are increasing outreach to similar facilities in their city. Taunton fire and emergency management personnel will ...
Assisted living communities should be subject to the same sprinkler system requirements that pertain to nursing homes under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, recommends a report released ...
Again, during an unannounced visit in 2024, state inspectors found no fire drill documentation present for November 2023 or December 2023. A written plan of corrective action, signed in January 2025, ...
FALL RIVER — Residents who were evacuated from Gabriel House assisted living facility after the deadly July 13 fire did not paint a pretty picture of the building. The city on July 16 and 17 released ...
FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) — Fall River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon says the city’s antiquated system has caused a delay in releasing the inspection reports for the assisted living facility where nine ...
The Fall River fire chief is asking that all assisted living homes, day cares, group homes and similar facilities in Massachusetts should have the same stricter fire code protection as nursing homes.