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Chief’s Corner

Welcome to the newly designed website of the Freetown Fire Department. Our department comprises 15 career firefighters and 13 paid-on-call firefighters. We provide fire protection and emergency services for a diverse community, encompassing residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural areas, a large bio-reserve, two major highways, and two commuter rail lines. Additionally, we are equipped to handle salt and fresh water marine responses, as well as Advanced Life Support EMS.

I joined the Freetown Fire Department in April of 1985 as a Call Firefighter. Later that year, I attended and completed EMT School. By 1988, I became certified as an EMT Intermediate and attained the rank of Call Lieutenant in 1990. In 1994, I was promoted to Call Captain, assigned to Station 2, and in 1996, I obtained my Paramedic certification. Progressing further, I became a career Firefighter/Paramedic in January of 2000, and a Career Lieutenant/Paramedic in 2009. Serving as the department Training Officer from 2013 until my promotion to Deputy Chief in 2018.

In January of 2023, I was appointed Chief of the Department. It is with great honor that I have served the Town of Freetown in various capacities. Leading the dedicated members of the fire department is an even greater privilege.

Freetown, Massachusetts Fire Chief, Harrie Ashley.

Harrie Ashley Jr.

Freetown Fire Chief