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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey released the results of a fire safety assessment survey for assisted living facilities that ...

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 ...

Results of the state’s survey of all 272 assisted living residences in Massachusetts in the wake of a deadly fire in Fall ...

The Fall River fire chief is asking that all assisted living homes, day cares, group homes and similar facilities in ...

Gabriel House assisted living facility in Fall River was the scene of a deadly fire on July 13. Residents who survived the blaze said fire drills were not conducted. Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon said fire ...