By Mike Ciampo
The City of Carmel is a suburban city located just north of the City of Indianapolis. The city is mostly residential and has more than 40 corporate headquarters and regional offices. Another unique feature of the city is the large number of roundabouts or traffic circles within its limits. The city has gained the reputation of being the “Roundabout Capital of the United States.”
Photo 1For these reasons, it’s easy to see why the Carmel Fire Department operates two tractor-drawn aerial devices, making maneuvering through these obstacles easier. The department operates out of six fire stations strategically placed around the city, providing fire protection and prevention, emergency medical operations, and tactical and hazardous material operations. The department operates on these incidents with the following equipment: six engine companies, two ladder companies, four ambulances, one Battalion vehicle, one safety vehicle, one EMS duty officer, one Tactical Service Unit (tactical and hazardous material responses), two boats, one command vehicle, three reserve engines, one reserve ladder, two reserve ambulances, and one rehab support vehicle.
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Ferrara—Albuquerque (NM) Fire Department heavy rescue. Inferno cab and chassis; Cummins X12 500-hp engine; 22-foot walk-around rescue body; Harrison 8-kW generator; 6-bottle 6,000-psi cascade system with Bauer CFS5.525 fill station. Dealer: Pete Marquez, 411 Equipment, Albuquerque, NM.
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Fire officials say they were called to a barn on Concord Church Road just before 9 p.m. Saturday.
Flames had engulfed the barn by the time crews arrived on scene. Lewisville Fire was the lead agency, with multiple other fire crews responding.
They say they were able to get it under control in about an hour.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXII-TV NBC 12 Winston-Salem
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When Pavel Zboril moved to Owensboro from the Czech Republic, he thought he left his life as a firefighter behind.
Zboril, who comes from a community near the Czech city of Olomouc, was a volunteer firefighter, from a family of firefighters.
“We have a long family history of volunteer firefighters in my family,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Messenger-Inquirer
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The Spokane Fire Department is implementing a new way to care for sick and injured children.
SFD has partnered with Handtevy, a company that specializes in EMS pediatric technology, to create a new emergency medical care system for kids. It offers a pediatric resuscitation system and a mobile application to reduce the stress that comes with pediatric medical emergencies.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane
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