FALL RIVER — Inspectors with the Fall River Fire Department discovered four residential buildings had been using fire sprinkler heads that were recalled due to a potential defect 24 years ago.

With both co-founders having experienced the threat of wildfires first hand, each said they were driven to try and do ...

Following reports that the sprinkler system at Gabriel House contained recalled parts when the assisted living facility went up in flames this summer, the Fall River Fire Department recently ...

ACTION. THAT’S RIGHT. SOURCES TELL ME IT WAS THE SPRINKLER IN THE ROOM WHERE THE FIRE STARTED. HERE AT GABRIEL HOUSE THAT NEVER WENT OFF. AND IN FACT, THAT SPRINKLER HAD BEEN RECALLED DECADES AGO.

The inspection process for fire sprinklers in Massachusetts relies on a haphazard honor system that can fail the very people it’s meant to protect. A MassLive investigation following the July fatal ...

Four buildings in Fall River were discovered to be using sprinkler heads recalled 24 years ago. The fire chief says more ...