Daily Freeman, Kingston, N.Y. HYDE PARK, N.Y. — Dutchess County’s new state-of-the-art Live Fire Training Building officially opened Saturday, June 20, at the county’s Emergency Response campus on Creek Road. The modular fire training structure will provide firefighters with the opportunity to train in a variety of live burn scenarios, according to a release from the county. Live burn exercises will allow […]

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Jacksonville Fire Department is inviting the community to help it welcome the newest apparatus in its fleet.

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The N.C. Department of Insurance’s Office of State Fire Marshal announced grants for volunteer fire departments that include departments in Burke, Catawba, McDowell and Caldwell counties.

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Andrew TurnerDaily Pilot, Costa Mesa, Calif.(TNS) Fountain Valley civic leaders gathered Thursday to celebrate a $2-million boost in funding, provided by a U.S. legislator, in the city’s campaign for a new fire station. A presentation check was handed over in a ceremony at Fire Station No. 1 on Bushard Street, directly across from Fountain Valley High and one of two fire stations in […]

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Jeannine OttoDaily Gazette, Sterling, Ill.(TNS) The Sterling Fire Department will be getting a new system to alert firefighters when calls come into the station. The Sterling City Council on Monday approved the purchase of an $89,908 station-alerting system from WESTNET LLC. “Our building was built in 1969, occupied in 1970, so our speaker system and sound system for […]

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