VIDEO: Inside a 25,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, a Massachusetts company makes special tanks used by fire departments all over the world. United Plastics Fabricating, in North Andover, building custom tanks that are designed to hold water inside a firefighting apparatus. "I think that's what's sort of exciting, is that you're doing something that can save lives.
- PUB DATE: 8/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Firefighters with Tampa Fire Rescue are settling into their new digs while Sulfphur Springs and surrounding residents enjoy some added peace of mind with the opening of Fire Station 45, an exclusive "rescue station." In September, the Tampa City Council approved around $3.4 million to renovate Fire Station 25 and add four additional personnel and two new rescue units.
- PUB DATE: 8/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tampa Patch

VIDEO: An Indianola woman gave her father a dream gift for his birthday. Alli Marois put out a call on TikTok earlier this year for fire department shirts from all 50 states - and she got a response of more than 170 shirts. Marois and her mother designed a quilt with all of the shirts. They even found a quilt maker in Pleasant Hill to do it for free, just in time for Marois' father's birthday this past Saturday.
- PUB DATE: 8/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCCI-TV CBS 8 Des Moines

Fifteen residents from eight units were displaced after a two-alarm fire at a Snohomish County apartment complex Tuesday morning. Crews said the fire began around 12:15 a.m. at the complex located on 46th Avenue West. The flames were put out within hours. No injuries have been reported, however the damage to the building is extensive.
- PUB DATE: 8/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

A fire was burning in Toppenish, consuming cars inside of a lot. First responders confirm multiple vehicles are involved in the fire. It started Monday afternoon. The large black plume of smoke from the burning cars could be seen throughout the lower valley. Multiple fire stations have been called in to assist in battling the blaze and to keep it from spreading.
- PUB DATE: 8/23/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS News Yakima