Congratulations to the newest members of the Somerville Fire Department:  Christopher Clark, David Farino, Robert Galvin Jr., Sean Layton, Keith McInnis and Timothy O'Hearn.  These six new probies and Probationary Firefighter Jason Ruf will begin their 12 week training at the Massachusetts Fire Academy on Monday March 22nd.  Good Luck guys!

Somerville Firefighters Local 76 Hockey Team will look to defend their title as the Metro Fire Hockey Champs when they participate in the 2nd Annual Metro Fire Hockey Tournament which will take place from April 16th - 19th.  There are 16 departments playing in this year's tournament.

Here are the scheduled match-ups for Somerville :

Friday April 16th @ 7pm vs Arlington

Saturday April 17th @ 1pm vs Belmont

Sunday April 18th @ 4pm vs Cambridge

Quarterfinals - Semifinals and Championship will be played on Monday April 19th

Somerville Firefighters Local 76 Hockey All Stars were victorious in Guns-n-Hoses VI on Saturday February 27th.  The Jakes of Local 76 kept their perfect record against the Somerville Police Hockey team intact with a 7-0 shutout and have improved to 6-0 against the SPD.

Scoring for Local 76 was Derek Nolan with a hat-trick, Pat Casey with 2 and 1 goal each by Mike Powers and Kenny Silva.

Pictures from the game will be posted in the coming days.

The Somerville Firefighters Golf League will be starting in April.  We will be playing on Thursday mornings at Mt. Hood Golf Course in Melrose.  The start time will hopefully be at 10am.  Any active or retired members of the Somerville Fire Department who are interested in playing, please contact Firefighter Paul French (E-1/Group 4) at (781) 727-6368

What has been added to the Local 76 website......

March 9th :

• Photos from the Working Fire at # 24 Allen Street on Feb. 22nd are now posted CLICK HERE
• Photos for Pat Barry and Jason Ruf have been added to the Present Day Jakes Faces page CLICK HERE
• A photo from Probationary Firefighter Josue Velney's graduation from the Mass Fire Academy has been posted to the Photo Gallery CLICK HERE

March 3rd :

• "This Month in SFD History" for the months of February and March are now posted CLICK HERE

February 3rd :

• Postings have been added to the Special Announcements page CLICK HERE

January 30th :

• The meeting minutes from the December Monthly Union Meeting are now posted (for current members of Local 76 only)
• Photos have been added to the Former Jakes Faces page CLICK HERE

January 22nd :

• Fire Audio and Additional photos from the 2 Alarm fire at # 3 Washington Street have been posted CLICK HERE
• Photos have been added to the Former Jakes Faces page CLICK HERE