Providence News

Providence, R.I., fire officials have failed to perform state-mandated yearly inspections at city schools, some of which haven’t been inspected in several years. Records obtained by WJAR-TV show that 16 city schools had fire safety inspections at least five years …

Providence, R.I.’s public safety commissioner says at least half of the Fire Department’s 32,000 rescue runs each year are for non-emergencies such as taking the same drunken person to the hospital repeatedly. The Providence Journal reports that Commissioner Steven Pare …