The San Jose Fire Department recently showed off its new Station 37 to the public.

Station 37 officially opened on May 10 and serves the south area of the Willow Glen community and the north area of the Cambrian community, the city’s website says.

The new facility is an 8,100-square-foot, two-story station that contains two apparatus bays, separate crew and captain’s offices, an open kitchen, dining and living room plan, exercise room, and five two-bed capacity dormitories with private restrooms.

The building was designed for energy savings with numerous occupancy sensors. It is the second facility in the City of San José that was designed and built adopting the City’s new standards of Zero Net Carbon (ZNC). This new building eliminates the use of natural gas, and all heating and cooling systems as well as the water heater and stove are energy efficient electric appliances.

Besides the ZNC, this facility has 82 Photovoltaic Panels, over the roof and the parking structure, generating a total of 25kW in solar power. The exterior architecture enriches the area and the red tower and four-fold apparatus bay doors signify the presence of the Fire Station to the community.

Fire Station 37 was built using Disaster Preparedness, Public Safety, and Infrastructure Bond (Measure T) funds approved by voters in 2018. The building was designed by IBI-Group Architects, and their subconsultants. It was constructed by Gonsalves & Stronck Construction Company as the General Contractor. The project was completed on schedule and within the approved $8.8 million budget.

VIDEO: Firefighters were called Tuesday morning to a fully-involved barn fire in Maple Valley just off Highway 18. Just after 5:00 a.m., Puget Sound Fire said on Twitter that there had been a barn fire and that both the Valley Regional Fire Authority and King County Medic One were at the scene. They asked the public to avoid the area.
- PUB DATE: 6/20/2022 5:00:00 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

Strategic Location, Opening This Week, Will Improve Service Outcomes for All Residents

FREDERICK, Md. – Frederick County Executive Jan Gardner would like to assure the community that the Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue Services is committed to prompt and efficient emergency response to the people who live in, work in and visit Frederick County.

To ensure the fastest service, the division, under the sound leadership of Chief Tom Coe, routinely evaluates response times to ensure the needs of our growing community are met. As part of that process, DFRS leadership determined that a paramedic response vehicle should be located at the new Northgate Fire Station when it opens this week at 37 Thomas Johnson Drive.

The unit is currently housed independent of any fire station at a county-owned facility at 340 Montevue Lane. The first due response areas for multiple paramedic units have been evaluated and adjusted to ensure response times and the delivery of professional service to all areas of the County including the west side of the City of Frederick. Recent allegations that there will be a denial or reduction in service to residents and businesses on the west side of the City of Frederick are inaccurate.

The Northgate station is strategically placed near medical facilities on Thomas Johnson Drive and near the interchange of U.S. Route 15 and Christopher’s Crossing. The location offers improved response times in the rapidly growing communities in the northwestern portion of the City of Frederick while continuing to provide service within response standards to all parts of the city.

Executive Gardner and Fire Chief Coe assure the people of Frederick County that no one will be denied service or receive diminished service as a result of this relocation or the adjustment of service areas. Based on the number of service calls received by the division, the new location bases the paramedic unit where it can more efficiently serve a larger geographic area, thereby improving outcomes for all residents.

A severe storm left a path of destruction in La Plata early Friday morning, including damage to the fire station.

The La Plata Fire Station had multiple garage doors blown in and some apparatus windshields were smashed, reports KTVO. An equipment storage pole barn was leveled; it was strewn across a nearby field, as well as across Highway 63, the report says. In addition, a couple of city buildings and some residences were damaged.

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An electric company official says about 500 customers lost power.

The storm passed through northeast MO—where the damage was mainly limited to—around 3 a.m. and carried winds stronger than 60 mph.

The good news is that no injuries were reported.

June 22-25, hosted by the Massachusetts Antique Fire Apparatus Association (MAFAA) and the International Fire Buff Associates

The Massachusetts Antique Fire Apparatus Association and the International Fire Buff Associates (IFBA) invite you to Woburn for the Summer 2022 convention. This event will be the first of its kind and will be a joint convention between the So­ciety for the Preservation and Appreciation of An­tique Motorized Fire Ap­paratus in America (SPAAMFAA) and IFBA, the latter’s website reads.

There is a full selection of tours and seminars that will interest both antique apparatus enthusiasts and fire buffs alike. On Saturday there will be a fire apparatus show that features a parade, vendors, and a hand-tub muster.

Apparatus trophies will be awarded for a variety of categories. Saturday night will feature a cocktail hour and joint banquet at the host hotel.