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Posted: May 13, 2022

Gwinnett County (GA) Fire and Emergency Services Getting New $1.4M Ladder Truck

Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services is getting a new $1.4 million ladder truck.

County officials recently approved a contract with Sutphen Corp. for a heavy-duty SP95 aerial ladder. It’ll be funded by the 2017 SPLOST program.

See the entire council meeting at which the truck was approved here:

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Posted: May 13, 2022

Photo of the Day: May 13, 2022

Rosenbauer—Centralia (IL) Fire Protection District pumper. Warrior 5408 cab and chassis; Cummins L9 380-hp engine; Hale DSD 1,500-gpm pump; ProPoly 1,000-gallon polypropylene water tank; EXT aluminum body; Whelen emergency lights; TFT Hurricane WRC monitor. Dealer: Steve Williams, Sentinel Emergency Solutions, St. Louis, MO.

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Posted: May 13, 2022

Los Angeles (CA) Fire Department Engine Hit in Fatal Multi-Vehicle Accident

A woman died after a multi-vehicle crash involving a Los Angeles Fire Department engine in North Hills early Thursday, reports ktla.com.

It all started when a vehicle was heading east on Roscoe Boulevard shortly after midnight when the driver allegedly ran a red light, struck a vehicle, and continued driving, the report says.

The car then crashed into a different vehicle carrying a 76-year-old woman, who died at the scene.

The driver wasn’t done, though, as the car kept going and wound up hitting the fire apparatus, according to the report.

When all was said and done, the scene was littered with carnage from the heavily damaged vehicles.

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Posted: May 13, 2022

VIDEO: Dump truck crashes into ODOT vehicle on northern Ohio highway

Two drivers were taken to a hospital after a dump truck crashed into the back of an Ohio Department of Transportation vehicle on a northern Ohio interstate Thursday morning. Before 7:20 a.m., an ODOT worker was headed to pick up a street sweeper from another location and had pulled his truck over on the way when he noticed trash on the side of the highway.
- PUB DATE: 5/13/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBNS-TV CBS 10 Columbus
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Posted: May 13, 2022

Commentary: Wisconsin's great butter and cheese fire of 1991

PHOTOS: I admit that I didn't remember, but my friend Lois Seymour did, that it was the 30th anniversary of a monstrous fire that broke out on May 3, 1991, at Madison's Central Storage & Warehouse Co.. It was later proclaimed to have been Madison's biggest fire ever by fire department officials. The fire at the huge food storage facility on Cottage Grove Road and Highway 51/151 in east Madison was later attributed to a forklift battery malfunction.
- PUB DATE: 5/13/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wisconsin State Farmer
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