Posted: Sep 14, 2022
An overnight fire at the Randolph Golf Complex destroyed 91 golf carts and other equipment in a blaze that the Tucson Fire Department responded to around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday.
A solar panel structure above parked golf carts was on fire when firefighters arrived, said Tucson Fire Public Information Officer Michael Colaianni, and the fire was put out at about 2:45 a.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tucson.com
Read more
- 181
- Article rating: No rating
Posted: Sep 14, 2022
PHOTO: It was last month when retired Odessa Firefighter John Taylor stumbled across an old, unique photo.
It was a group photo taken in 1927 of the first fire engine along with the first 13 volunteer firefighters in Odessa.
Taylor, who has been researching the history of Odessa Fire and Rescue since the 80s, was stunned when he came across the photo on the website Traces of Texas.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Odessa American Online
Read more
- 114
- Article rating: No rating
Posted: Sep 14, 2022
In much of America, if you call an ambulance, you get a bill afterwards.
But in rural New York state, where a lot of emergency services are bundled in with fire departments, that often doesn’t happen. Volunteer fire departments haven’t been allowed to charge for ambulance service. But that means they’ve had to eat the cost.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSKG-FM 89.3 Binghamton
Read more
- 154
- Article rating: No rating
Posted: Sep 14, 2022
VIDEO: Volunteer firefighters were focused as they fought furious flames at the Chevron Pascagoula Refinery’s volunteer firefighter training.
Nicole Walters and John Ford with the East Jackson Volunteer Fire Department said they came to the training to become more prepared.
“We’re used to interior firefighting, and this right here is something different, something we’re looking forward to.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLOX-TV ABC/CBS 13 Biloxi
Read more
- 155
- Article rating: No rating
Posted: Sep 14, 2022
PHOTO: To pay for its new emergency response all-terrain vehicle, the Fire Department sorted and recycled about 217,000 cans donated by community members.
The Lanesborough Fireman's Association bought the $15,000 vehicle, a Can-Am Outlander Max XT, entirely with money from its Cans for Lives program, which helps fund the purchase of emergency equipment and vehicles.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: iBerkshires.com
Read more
- 113
- Article rating: No rating