Florida officials said firefighters working in Hurricane Ian damage zones are encountering a new problem that is proving challenging - electric vehicle fires from corroded batteries. Florida’s Chief Financial Officer & State Fire Marshal Jimmy Patronis took to social media Thursday to show the response by North Collier Fire Rescue to an EV that caught fire in the middle of a busy roadway.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX Weather

For former running back Antonio Pittman, it's not the gridiron fueling his game anymore. He's traded in that sport for a spot with the Columbus Division of Fire. "It's a really, really, great job. I mean that from the bottom of my heart," Pittman said. ABC6/FOX 28 first spoke with Pittman about being a Columbus firefighter back in 2020, when he first started.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSYX-TV FOX 28 Columbus

Late this afternoon, there was a large presence of fire apparatus in the 10100 block of 3 Ave SE and neighboring streets while firefighters from Everett Fire Department and South County Fire worked to extinguish a brush fire that started in a pocket of woods south of a storage facility. It is suspected that an unattended campfire started the fire and spread to fuel sources in the woods, such as trees, grass, pine needles, and other vegetative material.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: My Everett News

As wildfire season starts to die down, local Fire Leaders hope to remind the public that house-fires can happen at any moment, usually when we least expect it, they say the best way to be prepared is to practice. Ben Shearer, Public Relations Officer at the Pasco Fire Department says. "This year's theme is "Fire won't wait, plan your escape", what we're trying to make people understand is fire is fast.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

If a fire station is in need of a nearly 3-ton, 35-foot fire truck designed to carry heavy rescue equipment, there is an opportunity to bid for one owned by the St. George (LA) Fire Protection District, TheAdvocate.com reported. 

As of Wednesday afternoon, a bidder only needed to offer more than $11,300 to take the lead in the auction for the 2013 Ferrara Igniter Heavy Rescue Fire Truck, which ends Sunday morning, the report said. 

The St. George Fire Department is selling the truck because it’s been deemed a surplus, according to the report. 

St. George bought the truck 10 years ago for just under $500,000 and is currently valued at $150,000, the report said. It’s only been operated by about 25 firefighters because of its specialized purpose for heavy rescues. 

The truck doesn’t transport water to the scene of a fire like a normal fire truck, instead it’s designed to carry a vast array of heavy equipment like the jaws of life, generators and ladders, the report said.

The fire truck has an aluminum cab with four travel seats, a command desk with additional seats and mounts for computers and radios. The truck also includes a generator and an extendable light tower. For low oxygen settings, a breathing air storage system is included in the truck, the report said.