Changes are coming to the Fall River Fire Department following the fire at the Gabriel Assisted Living Facility that killed nine people on Sunday.

The day after the fire, IAFF Local 1314 held a news conference and highlighted that only two of the city’s ten fire companies are staffed to national standards.

“Lives would have been saved if the Fall River Fire Department was adequately staffed,” IAFF General President Edward Kelly said.

Fall River Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon noted the next day that he had asked for additional staffing prior to the deadly fire. According to Bacon, the “administration” didn’t allow him to apply for a staffing grant last year, although he was able to apply for it last month.

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