Conneaut Fire Chief Will Anderson said training for dangerous conditions is key to emergency preparedness. The department used FEMA grant money for 18 new air packs and practiced entanglement drills.

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Rollins Volunteer Fire Department raised $2.2 million for station upgrades and expansion after growing call volume and volunteers, and is now seeking a November mill levy for further needs.

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VIDEO: Firefighters were working to extinguish a large fire that broke out at a hotel in north Phoenix early Friday morning.

Crews were called just after 5:30 a.m. to the Travelodge by Wyndham hotel near 25th Avenue and Greenway Road. When firefighters arrived, the fire had already spread to the roof.

Firefighters had the blaze under control in about a half-hour. Due to the size of the fire, it was upgraded to a second-alarm response, bringing in additional firefighters beyond a standard call.

There have been no injuries reported, according to the Phoenix Fire Department. The building is believed to be vacant, but firefighters still need to clear it to make sure no one was inside.

It is unclear what caused the fire, and it is the second at the same location in months.

On Aug. 16, another fire broke out at the same hotel and displaced dozens of people. More than 50 units were affected then, and 30 people were displaced.

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PHOTOS: The seat is pretty hard and needs replaced, and the wooden steering wheel is tightly wrapped in black electrical tape.

Still, whenever Greenfield Fire Territory Fire investigator Jeff Goble rolls out of Station 422 in the open-roof vintage Boyer firetruck, he knows he’s riding in something truly special.

“She rides down the road kind of crooked because the alignment is off, but she’s 100 years old, so she can have a little bend to her,” Goble said with a laugh.

The truck — a 1926 Gramm Boyer Special — turns 100 this year. It was the second motorized firetruck purchased by the fire department back in 1926 and was looked upon as a gem despite coming with no roof and no front window.

Goble recently drove the truck in the Riley Festival parade and is one of a few people who can actually drive the vintage truck, because it is a stick shift and a double clutch.

“It runs pretty good, but about the fastest you can get her going is 28 mph, and you can make it up to 30 if you’re going downhill with the wind at your back,” Goble said.

If only the truck could talk. The vintage Boyer firetruck has been on quite the journey over the past 100 years. While the Greenfield department bought it in 1926, it sold it in 1949 to the Town of Manilla in Rush County.

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VIDEOS: Shreveport firefighters responded to a large fire at an abandoned apartment complex in the 7200 block of Bernstein Avenue on Thursday afternoon.

Fire crews were called to the scene at 3:38 p.m. after a passerby reported the fire. Rescue 9 arrived at 3:41 p.m. to find a two-story abandoned complex with three units fully involved in flames.

Up to 21 Shreveport Fire Department units responded.

Fire Chief Clarence Reese Jr., who was on scene, said the department’s primary concern was containing the fire to a central location, controlling its spread and preventing damage to nearby structures and other exposures.

No injuries have been reported.

Anyone who witnessed activity in the area or has information that could help determine the circumstances surrounding the fire is asked to contact Crime Stoppers.

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