Matoaca in Chesterfield County (VA) is getting a new fire station, WTVR.com reported. Chesterfield County officials broke ground Thursday at the site of the new Matoaca Fire Station No. 8 at 6612 Hickory Road.

The new station, which is scheduled to open in early 2024, will replace the community’s 60-year-old fire station, the report said.

The older station on Pickett Avenue was built in 1962 and is too small to house modern firefighting and EMS equipment and vehicles, the report said.

Earlier this month, the Indianapolis City-County Council approved a $7 million bond to completely rebuild Station 20 on Emerson and 16th street, WishTV.com reported.

An additional $1 million was set aside for improvements to several different fire stations. There are unseen hazards in older fire stations, like firefighting equipment that emits cancerous fumes, the report said. IFD wants to build a separate storage area to store the equipment.

Space inside the average firehouse has shrunk over the years as the station was retrofitted to accommodate a changing workforce. IFD has made the most of its fire stations, but much like an old home, even firehouses need repairs.

An additional $7.5 million was appropriated to build a new firehouse replacing the existing one in Broad Ripple, which is nearly 100-years-old, the report said.

Emergency crews rescued a 26-year-old man Saturday afternoon near the Rocks of Sharon. According to Spokane County Fire District 8, first responders hiked 2.5 miles along the Steven's Creek Trail to rescue the man. Upon arrival they stabilized the man's injuries and transported him out with a UTV.
- PUB DATE: 10/22/2022 8:55:03 PM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

Grant County Coroner Craig Morrison has identified Rosalind Dickinson, 53, of Moses Lake as the victim of a house fire at 8927 Craw Lane in the Larson community, according to a statement from the Grant County Sheriff’s Office. “Dickinson’s remains will undergo an autopsy, which is a normal procedure.
- PUB DATE: 10/22/2022 8:16:00 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Basin Herald - Metered Site

State troopers say a 20-year-old woman was killed in a crash involving a fire truck near Thanksgiving Point in Lehi (UT) on Friday, KSL.com reported.

The incident happened at the intersection of state Route 92 and the Interstate 15 southbound exit at approximately 12:37 p.m., the report said.

Trooper Quincy Breur with the Utah Highway Patrol said the fire truck was traveling westbound on S.R. 92, responding to a call for service with its lights and sirens on, when it approached the intersection and collided with a Chevy Spark that was coming southbound from the I-15 off-ramp.

The driver and sole occupant of the Spark, a 20-year-old woman, sustained fatal injuries and died at the scene. Firefighters had only minor injuries.