TERRI PEDERSON
WiscNews
(TNS)

Beaver Dam’s new ladder truck arrived in the city on Wednesday ushering in a new level of fire protection for area residents.

The $2.1 million vehicle was purchased from Seagrave Fire Apparatus out of Clintonville and is a Seagrave Marauder II Aerialscope. It will replace the ladder truck that Beaver Dam has had since 2000, which has been sold to Tomah, Beaver Dam Fire Department Capt. Wesley Jahnke said.

“The truck is going to give us more capabilities operations wise,” Jahnke said. “We have more ground ladders, quicker set up times. We are hoping to get it in service in the next month or so. We just want to make sure everyone is trained up on it.”

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“The facility has served you guys really well for a long time,” architect Laura Eysongle said.

Staff from Seagrave will be giving training on the truck this week, Jahnke said.

“We have added safety features on here, like the back-up camera,” Jahnke said. “There are better securing devices for our air packs on here. Overall, there is a lot of advancement in technology over the last 25 years.”

The ladder device on the truck is one of the fastest on the market, he said, which will make getting the bucket up and down quicker during emergencies.

“It is extremely stable, and handle a lot of weight in the bucket,” he said. “We could be flowing a 1,000 lbs. of water and have a 1,000 lbs. up there in respect of personnel and we can flow water and move it around wherever we want to. Whereas the old one, we were unable to do that so definitely a lot more capabilities with this one.”

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The 2000 truck is getting some service done but will be back this week. Jahnke said they do not know exactly when it will leave Beaver Dam for its new home.

The new truck reflects a lot of the fire department’s past.

“With the graphics, we tried to bring in a lot of history of the department,” Jahnke said. “You will also see our five core values (service, compassion, pride, professionalism, commitment) on the side of it.”

The Germania Fire Company is honored on the front of the fire truck, he said. It was the first fire company in Beaver Dam and was created after German immigrants petitioned the city to form a fire brigade in 1861. In addition, there are other phrases and graphics on the truck honoring the past.

“We wanted to pay homage to the history of the department,” he said. “Fire departments have a lot of tradition, so we wanted to bring some of that out.”

Crafted by the community, Beaver Dam F

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Amy Marchiano
Republican & Herald, Pottsville, Pa.
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MAHANOY CITY — Saturday’s parade and Mack party celebrating the 100th anniversary of the West End Fire & Rescue of Mahanoy City featured 119 apparatus. The winners were announced and are below.

“The day went better than we ever imagined,” said Dan Markiewicz, borough fire chief.

Saturday’s events were the culmination of a weeklong celebration that began with a memorial service at St. Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Church, and ran throughout the week.

The company, which is the youngest of the five in the borough, formed after a fire in the west end of the city and was officially chartered on June 29, 1925.

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Winners

Engine 2015-2025

First place: Liberty Schuylkill Haven 63-14

Second place: MaryD 27-10

Engine 2000-2014

First place: Plainfield Twp 3611

Second place: Good Will Pottsville 68-14

Engine Pre-2000

First place: Citizens Palo Alto 57-12

Second place: Tremont 67-10

Engine/Rescue:

First place: Ryan Twp. 26-10

Second place: Good Will Cressona 41-10

Heavy Rescue:

First place: Kulpmont Squad 221

Second place: Tremont 67-50

SEE PARADE PHOTOS: West End Fire & Rescue 100th anniversary firetruck parade in Mahanoy City

Light Rescue:

First place: Lehigh & Lausanne 1955

Second place: Tamaqua Rescue Squad R6550

Tanker:

First place: Plainfield Twp. 3632

Second place: Liberty Schuylkill Haven 63-64

Tanker/Pumper:

First place: Rural Security Pumper Tanker 43

Second place: Diligence Summit Hill 1431

Aerial Quint:

First place: Nesquehoning 1321

Second place: Rainbow Schuylkill Haven 63-21

Straight aerial:

First place: Freeland Ladder 57

Second place: Schuylkill Hose Schuylkill Haven 63-22

Brush Truck:

First place: Summit Station 34-47

Second place: Nuremberg-Weston 1911

Specialty Apparatus:

First place: Minersville Fire &Rescue 52-62

Second place: Sheppton-Oneida 9-70

EMS Unit:

First place: Ryan Twp Ambulance 976

Off Road/UTV:

First place: Birdsboro Union FC UTV 7

MACK FD Owned 1975 & Newer: Lehigh & Lausanne Twp. 1911

MACK Private Owned 1975 & Newer: Tyler BoyerMACK Private Owned 1974 & Older: Schuylkill Historical FireAntique Private Owned 1975 & Newer: Kevin GeigerAntique Private Owned 1974 & Older: Schuylkill Historical FireFire Co. Antique: Community New RinggoldOldest Apparatus (FD or Private): Community New RinggoldTravelers’ Award: Plainfield Twp. (80 miles)

Judges’ Awards:

Fleetwood Traffic 45Allen Twp 4511Shenandoah EMS Ambulance 6404Community New Ringgold 55-15

Non-Red Apparatus: Cumbola 2-16E-ONE

Roger Seibert
The Oneida Daily Dispatch, N.Y.
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TOWN OF MARCY, N.Y. — The Maynard Fire Department has partnered with Riverside Pools & Spas to raise funds for the Barneveld Fire Department after the department’s fire station collapsed this winter. Riverside Pools & Spas donated a luxury outdoor grill island valued at over $10,000.

On Sunday, June 15, Chris Turczyn, of Marcy, took home the grill. The prize represents ongoing community efforts to help the department recover from damage sustained form record-high snowfall this past winter.

“This fundraiser, hosted by Maynard Fire Department in partnership with Riverside Pools & Spas, was created to support the rebuilding efforts of Barneveld FD following the collapse of their station earlier this year,” Maynard Fire Department Corresponding Secretary and Assistant Public Information Officer Alexandra Osilovskiy said.

The 2024-2025 winter season saw a total snowfall of approximately 109.7 inches in the Utica region. During a heavy snowstorm in February some areas of Oneida County received up to 75 inches,

In February several buildings in the Camden area collapsed after snow accumulations reached over 10 feet. These heavy lake-effect snowfalls collapsed the roofs on Lucky Shots bowling alley and Hud-Son Forest Equipment, Camden Life Center Garage, a pole barn on Main Street and a building on River Road.

Lake-effect snow collapsed other roofs near the Barneveld fire barn. The Forestport Boat Company garage also faced a roof cave-in. At one point volunteers rescued several cows from a collapsed barn in the town of Western. The town of Trenton Recycling Center and the Old Town Highway building also collapsed.

New York State Sen. Joseph Griffo, R-C-Rome, and Assemblywoman Marianne Buttenschon, D-Marcy, recently introduced legislation that would assist Central New York and Mohawk Valley communities hit hard by extreme weather events

The bill is in committee. If passed it would:

– establish the Central New York Extreme Weather Relief and Resiliency Grant Program that would provide grants for small businesses, farms, owners of multiple dwellings, homeowners associations and not-for-profit organizations that sustained direct physical damage under one of the covered extreme weather events which they can apply for to cover repairs.

– expand and strengthen the state’s Resilient and Ready Storm Damage Recovery and Resilient Retrofit programs to offer additional emergency home repair assistance and/or reimbursement to impacted homeowners recent extreme weather events in the region and those that may occur in the future.

– create the Central New York property/casualty insurance resiliency incentive program to facilitate property/casualty insurance discounts for mitigation efforts. As a result of this program, property/casualty insurers in New York would be encouraged to offer loss mitigation tools and services to policyholders for free or reduced cost.

“This bill is about helping our families rebuild not just their homes, but their peace of mind,” Buttenschon said. “When disaster strikes, New Yorkers take care of one another, and that’s exactly what this legislation aims to do.”

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