A Maysville firefighter was struck by a tow truck while assisting another department whose fire truck had become stuck in a ditch, according to a Facebook post by the Maysville (AR) Volunteer Fire Department.

Maysville Assistant Chief Braxton Handle announced on Facebook that the firefighter was airlifted to a trauma center. Handle confirmed the firefighter underwent surgery, is out of recovery and doing well.

The department had responded to a structure fire earlier that day when a neighboring department’s fire truck got stuck in a ditch, 5newsonline.com reported. 

A tow truck was called in to assist, but during the recovery process, it struck the Maysville firefighter, the report said.

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While crews with the Hendersonville Fire Department (HFD) were working a motor vehicle accident recently, a secondary incident occurred when a driver failed to yield to emergency vehicles and nearly struck personnel on scene, the department said in a Facebook post. This close call resulted in significant damage to Engine 25.

“Thankfully, no injuries were reported, and all HFD staff, as well as personnel from Hendersonville Police Department and Sumner County EMS, who were also on scene, remained unharmed,” the post said. “Their equipment was not affected.”

This is a reminder of the dangers first responders face while serving the community on roadways, the post said.

“We urge all drivers to slow down and move over when approaching emergency vehicles. It’s not just the law—it’s a matter of life and death.

“We’re grateful this incident didn’t end in tragedy. Please help keep our emergency responders safe.”

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A Honolulu Emergency Medical Services ambulance caught fire this morning in Waialae Iki, but no one was injured.

The Honolulu Fire Department received a 911 call at 10 :59 a.m. for an ambulance on fire in the driveway of 2181 Okoa St.

EMS relayed to HFD dispatch that all personnel safely exited the ambulance and relocated to the rear of the residence, HFD said in a news release.

HFD said when firefighters arrived at 11 :08 a.m., the ambulance was engulfed in flames.

Firefighters used a fire hose and “aggressively attacked the vehicle fire, ” and brought it under control at 11 :11 a.m. and extinguished it by 11 :27 a.m.

Shayne Enright, spokeswoman for the Honolulu Emergency Services Department, said a patient was inside the ambulance, ready for transport, when EMS personnel smelled smoke and used a fire extinguisher to try to put out the fire.

When asked whether the fire originated in the engine compartment or elsewhere, Enright said that is under investigation.

A second ambulance was called to transport the patient, who was listed in stable condition, to an emergency room.

The Honolulu Fire Department is investigating the cause.

The ambulance that caught on fire was not among the new rigs received by EMS.

It is a 2020 Ford-350, which had been released into operation last week after undergoing scheduled servicing, including brake and ignition work, the Honolulu Emergency Services Department said in an email.

It had logged 105, 000 miles.

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The ambulance will be replaced by another ambulance and put back into service.

In Aug. 2022, an EMS ambulance caught fire in the driveway of Adventist Health Castle, killing a 91-year-old patient and critically injuring a paramedic.

That case was linked to an oxygen device.

The Honolulu Fire Department said that the fire originated at the portable oxygen regulator assembly.

The paramedic was connecting a breathing device to a portable oxygen cylinder and heard a pop and saw a bright flash of light before smoke and fire began filling the ambulance.

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BAY CITY, MI – Commissioners next week are expected to vote on a resolution that would call on the city manager to put together a timeline for having a defunct fire station on the city’s West Side repaired so it can reopen.

Bay City Commissioners are expected to vote Monday, May 19, on a resolution put forth previously by Commissioner Joe Charlebois, 8th Ward, that would apply a target timeline and deadline to obtain bids and potential funding sources for repairs at Bay City’s Fire Station 5.

The meeting, which can be livestreamed here, is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at City Hall. The agenda can be viewed here.

Related: Timeline to be made for when Fire Station 5 will be repaired

Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution requiring City Manager Dana Muscott to obtain bids and potential funding sources for repairs to the roof and interior of Station 5 on March 3.

Muscott previously did not provide an approximate timeline for the steps, but said some of them would take several weeks to begin.

In his updated resolution, Charlebois wrote that “target dates and a subsequent deadline will solidify this requirement and allow the city, the public safety committee and the commission as a whole to have an accurate understanding of the extent of the costs and potential funding sources available to properly maintain the building.”

The timeline laid out for commissioners includes requesting proposals from engineers and contractors, a process expected to be wrapped up by Nov. 7.

Once that step is done, the city can invite bids for the project. This would take until January 2026.

Read more: Here’s what Bay City officials say it would take to reopen Fire Station 5

Fire Station 5, built in 1965, closed on July 15, leaving the city with two fire stations on the east side of the river and one on the city’s West Side.

The closure was due, in part, to the poor conditions the building is in, officials said previously. It also comes down to money.

Officials previously said it would cost more than $386,000 in renovation and repairs to reopen Fire Station 5 in Bay City’s Banks District, and the price of adding personnel to staff the station would cost the city more than twice that number.

Bay City Department of Public Safety Director Caleb Rowell previously told city commissioners it would cost the city a projected $386,318 for high- and medium-priority repairs on Fire Station 5, 1299 Smith St., and adding the personnel to reopen the fire station would cost the city approximately $1.6 million the first year. That cost would increase to about $2 million by year three.

More: Plagued by black mold and pungent odor, Bay City fire station’s future is uncertain

Prioritizing maintenance projects means some get done while others cannot. Other fire stations in the city have their own infrastructure issues, and one of them has problems with PFAS con

Bismarck could soon add a multimillion-dollar fire station on the city’s southwest edge as the Fire Department works to improve protection amid the city’s continued expansion.

During a City Commission meeting on Tuesday, Bismarck Fire Chief Joel Boespflug presented a fire station location analysis that showed an immediate need for a station in southwest Bismarck. The site is one of three the department has been considering for future fire station needs in a growing city.

The other sites are in northeast Bismarck’s Silver Ranch area and in the northwest part of the city near Elk Ridge. Fire stations are still likely to be built at these locations in the future.

“We know that Bismarck will, at some point in time, be operating under eight fire stations,” Boespflug said.

Commissioners green-lighted the Fire Department to begin the process of selecting an architect to develop a design and cost estimate for the new station. Funding for the new station is already in place, according to Boespflug. A timeline for construction isn’t clear.

The new station is being proposed for the intersection of Burleigh Avenue and Calypso Drive, near the entrance of the Southbay subdivision, on a parcel already owned by the city. It would be the city’s sixth fire station, joining five others that are strategically located to meet national standards, Boespflug said.

The southwest site was identified based on a few criteria, with response time improvements being the greatest need. A roadway study shows that a new fire station in south Bismarck would have the greatest impact on improving response times.

The study found that the Tyler Parkway extension and a project to connect Century Avenue to 52nd Street would improve response times in those northern areas enough to delay the need for additional fire stations. However, road network improvements are not an option in southwest Bismarck, making a new fire station a necessary solution there, according to Boespflug.

“When we go to south Bismarck, we don’t have that opportunity for road network (improvements); it’s just simply a distance from the (Bismarck Expressway) fire station,” he said.

The proposed station would be built within the current response zone for the Bismarck Expressway station, improving coverage for a high-risk area south of Solheim Elementary School between Cottonwood Park and the Missouri River. The area has a population of over 5,000 residents, according to the 2020 U.S. census, and has seen 134 buildings constructed since 2020. There are 599 undeveloped parcels in the area.

Average response times in the area are about 5.3 minutes, with calls to the Southbay and Whispering Bay subdivisions reaching up to 6.9 minutes, which is beyond the department’s standards. The new station, if built at Burleigh Avenue and Calypso Drive, would cut those times down to three minutes, Boespflug said.

Commissioner John Risch on Tuesday expressed concerns over spending too much on architectural work and engineering. He suggested using Station 3, a smaller station located at Century Avenue and Tyler Parkway, as a model for the new station. Risch holds the Fire Department portfolio.

“I’d be happy to work with you and look those plans over and work with the architect,” Risch said. “I just want to be frugal about this. I want to treat our firefighters right, pay them right, train them right, all of those things.”

Boespflug said part of the process will be working with firefighters to identify needs, and then looking at past successes and failures of d