EV Vol. 33, No.5 -FREEEVE ER TT Your Local News & Sports Online in 6 Languages! Scan & Subscribe Now! ADDOCCO TEAT Tide closing in… www.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday 617-387-2200 A fter 32 years as an Everett police offi cer, the last 20 as chief, Steven Mazzie is retiring from the force this summer at age 56. “I’m not sure what I’ll be doing,” he said of the future after that. “Given all my years, hopefully I’ll be playing some type of role in the city, but I want to decompress.” He also wants to spend time with his older parents and possible travel. When Mazzie started out there were 89 offi cers in the Everett Police Department. Now there are 126, although there were still under 100 in The Tide’s Frankie Annunziata carries the puck in front of the Taunton goaltender for a shot on net during the Everett/Revere/Malden Co-Op game at the Allied Veterans Rink in Everett on Monday. See page 15 for photo highlights. (Advocate photo by Emily Harney) TOP COP | SEE PAGE 9 Steven Mazzie Chief of Police Retired Everett Fire Capt. SINCE 1921 Messinger Insurance Agency 475 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 Phone: 617-387-2700 Fax: 617-387-7753 NEW COMPETITIVE AUTO RATES AND BENEFITS AVAILABLE ACCIDENT FORGIVENESS DISAPPEARING COLLISION DEDUCTIBLE 11% DISCOUNT WITH SUPPORTING POLICY 10% COMBINED PAY IN FULL DISCOUNT AND GREEN DISCOUNT 10% GOOD STUDENT DISCOUNT Celebrating 100 years of excellence! Monday thru Friday: 8am to 6pm Saturdays 9am to 1pm! Check out our NEW website! www.messingerinsurance.com GERRY’S PIPE DREAM: Retired Everett Fire Capt. Gerry O’Hearn displays photos of the water fl ow that goes under the electric car and firefighters cooling the battery down. O’Hearn is working on a patent so fi refi ghters can battle electric vehicle fi res which can burn for hours. (Advocate photo by Tara Vocino) By Tara Vocino L LIKE US ON FACEBOOK ADVOCATE NEWSPAPER FACEBOOK.COM/ ADVOCATE.NEWS.MA ike many fi refi ghters, a fi refighting passion runs in Gerry O’Hearn’s family. The retired Everett Fire Captain may not work in Everett anymore, but he hasn’t stopped thinking of the industry. The Peabody resident has invented what he calls a “Gerry Pipe” to safely neutralize electric vehicle fi res by cooling the battery down to 140 degrees Fahrenheit. O’Hearn’s neighbor, Jamie Jalbert, made a pipe designed to be placed underneath the engine from a safe distance to apply 300 gallons of waDEVICE | SEE PAGE 6 designs device to battle EV fi res Friday, February 2, 2024 Chief Mazzie caps 32-year career retiring as Everett’s top cop By Neil Zolot
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