Lt. Dick Dobson retired on June 29th after 36 years of service.  Local 76 would like to thank Lt. Dobson for all of his years of service to the department and to Local 76 and we would like to wish him all the best for many, many happy years of retirement.

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

July 2nd:

• Minutes from the June Monthly Union Meeting are now posted (for current members of Local 76 only)

June 29th:

• Photos from the annual Ball and Awards Night are now posted CLICK HERE

June 28th:

• "This Month in SFD History" is now posted for the month of July CLICK HERE
• Photos have been added to the Photo Gallery CLICK HERE
• Photos from the 3 Day Trench Rescue Training are now posted CLICK HERE
• Photos from the 3 Day Confined Space Rescue Training are now posted CLICK HERE
• Postings have been added to the Special Announcements page CLICK HERE
• Photos have been added to the Present Day Jakes Faces page CLICK HERE
• A link has been added for MassFirePics.com  CLICK HERE
• Photos of Tower 1 operating at the 4 Alarm church fire in Cambridge (May 17th) have been added to the Photo Gallery CLICK HERE

June 12th:

• Photos from Firefighters' Memorial Sunday have been posted CLICK HERE

June 10th:

• Meeting Minutes for the May Monthly Union Meeting are now posted (For current members of Local 76 only)
• Postings have been added to the Special Announcements page CLICK HERE

CUE THE DUCK BOATS AND PREPARE THE ROLLING RALLY THROUGH THE STREETS OF SOMERVILLE!!!!!!

Congratulations to the Somerville Fire Hockey Team who captured the 1st Annual Metro Fire Hockey Championship on Sunday April 19th.

Somerville FD defeated Boston FD in the first round on Friday by a score of 8-1.  They then defeated Watertown FD 4-3 on Saturday morning, but lost to Cambridge FD 6-3 on Saturday afternoon.  Somerville faced Malden FD in the semi-finals on Sunday afternoon and won by a score of 3-2.  Somerville faced Cambridge FD for the championship on Sunday afternoon and avenged the loss from the day before by knocking off the boys from the Peoples' Republic of Cambridge by a score of 2-1.  Billy Costa lit the lamp first to put Somerville up 1-0 and Derek Nolan tallied the winning goal to give the Local 76 skaters the championship.  Congratulations on a great victory and congratulations to all of the cities who took part in a great tournament.

Friday April 17th @ Everett
Somerville vs Boston - Somerville defeated Boston 8-1
         

Saturday April 18th @ Cambridge
Watertown vs Somerville   -  Somerville defeated Watertown 4-3
Cambridge vs Somerville  -  Somerville lost to Cambridge 6-3
         

Sunday April 19th @ Everett
Semi's Group A 1st vs Group B 2nd     Cambridge Defeated Medford
Semi's Group B 1st vs Group A 2nd   Somerville Defeated Malden 3-2
Finals   - Somerville Defeated Cambridge 2-1 to win the Championship

Congratulations to Local 76 President Jay Colbert who was named the new State Legislative Agent for the PFFM on Friday April 17th.  President Colbert won the election by a vote of 234 to 162.  Congratulations Jay, from all of the members of Local 76!