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Posted: Oct 3, 2022

Brendleton (NC) Fire & Rescue Celebrates New Engine

Brendletown Fire and Rescue celebrated its new fire engine with a push-in ceremony at the fire station on Bennett Road on September 12, Morgantown.com reported.

The new fire truck has a larger pump and can hold more water (1,500-gallon-per-minute pump, and has 1,900 gallons of water on it) than the department’s other apparatuses, a fire official said.

During the push-in ceremony, firefighters pushed the apparatus into the fire station the way they would’ve done in the early days of firefighting.

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Posted: Oct 3, 2022

VIDEO: Dramatic footage shows firefighters extinguishing large greenhouse fire in Minnesota

Firefighters from multiple departments worked overnight to knock down a massive fire at a well-known greenhouse in Maple Grove. Fire crews were called out around 3:30 a.m. for the blaze at Lynde's Greenhouse and Nursery off 93rd Avenue North, east of Elm Creek Boulevard. As they arrived, firefighters saw large flames and a large pillar of smoke billowing out of the greenhouse, according to the department's Twitter feed.
- PUB DATE: 10/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMSP-TV FOX 9 Minneapolis
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Posted: Oct 3, 2022

'She'll have a little piece of my heart forever': Firefighter rescues little girl in Florida

VIDEO: Many St. Augustine first responders are back home with their families after a very busy week. The St. Augustine Fire Chief says they had 26 rescues during Hurricane Ian. One St. Augustine firefighter, Hardus Oberholzer, was part of many of those dangerous missions. He says the department has a saying: "The more risk, the more you save.
- PUB DATE: 10/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: First Coast News
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Posted: Oct 3, 2022

VIDEO: Man behind Instagram’s ‘Fire Department Chronicles’ talks Fire Prevention Month

October is Fire Prevention Month and the man behind Ingram’s ‘Fire Department Chronicles” is sharing tips to keep your family safe as we head into the fall and winter months. Firefighter and paramedic Jason Patton joined Action News 5's Andrew Douglas at the digital desk to talk how being fire safe can support first responders.
- PUB DATE: 10/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMC-TV NBC 5 Memphis
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Posted: Oct 3, 2022

Pennsylvania firefighters open time capsule with items from 1916 and 1967

PHOTOS: Firefighters in Newtown Square staged their own sequel to the movie “National Treasure” recently as they retrieved and opened a decades-old time capsule that had resided in the cornerstone of their old station for over 45 years and contained many items from 1916. In 1965, the company’s original fire station on Newtown Street Road was knocked down and from that wreckage firefighters retrieved a time capsule that was placed there in 1916.
- PUB DATE: 10/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Times - Metered Site
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