A family of five was displaced and one person was burned in a Battle Ground house fire Monday morning. Clark County Fire District 3 responded at 11:10 a.m. to 2101 N.W. 16th Circle for reports of black smoke coming out of the back of the house, according to Battalion Chief Sean Smith. Crews arrived to the single-story house on fire.
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Firefighters from across Pierce County want to make sure everyone is prepared for fire season well in advance this year. If you'd like to make sure your home or neighborhood are prepare for the coming fire season, the Pierce Conservation Dist, EPFR, Orting Valley Fire, Greenwater Fire, and Washington State Department of Natural Resources have teamed up to announce an upcoming wildfire preparedness training session.
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Johnson County Fire District 1 recently hosted a hose uncoupling ceremony for its new home, Station 81.

Station 81, located in the Intermodal District of Edgerton, has been in service since February 15.

“This new station will continue to provide better fire protection and emergency medical services for not only the visitors who travel in and out of the Logistics Park for work or business, but it will also enhance the services we already provide for the City of Gardner, KS, City of Spring Hill, KS, New Century Air Center, and the Townships that are within the boundaries of Fire District #1 by adding more on-duty personnel,” a Facebook post reads.

“This new station currently houses one of the two on-duty Battalion Chiefs, a new mid-mount Aerial, Brush Truck, ATV, Tender, and a Johnson County MED-ACT Squad. This Station is also home to our Administrative staff which is housed on the East side of the Station while the West side of the Station houses our emergency services personnel.”

Two ground-breaking ceremonies are planned for this week for fire stations in the Williamsburg area, reports peninsulachronicle.com.

On Tuesday at 3 p.m., a ceremony will be held in York County at the future site of Station 7, which will be located at 5684 Mooretown Rd.

The county’s renovating a building that once housed the Crossroads Community Youth Home for station use—serving locals and tourists and providing assistance to fire teams in Williamsburg and James City County, the report says. It’s slated for a late 2023 completion.

Then, on Friday at 10 a.m., the Williamsburg Fire Department will host a ceremony for the groundbreaking of the new Williamsburg Fire Station.

Demolition of the former fire station began on Feb. 28, 2022 and concluded in early March. A 31,000-square-foot station will be built on the same lot. David A. Nice Builders and architectural firms Guernsey-Tingle Architects and Stewart-Cooper-Newell Architects are the design-build team for this project. The new station is slated to open in the summer of 2023.

The ceremony will feature remarks from Mayor Douglas Pons. 

“We are thrilled to invite the public to the groundbreaking of the Williamsburg Fire Station,” Mayor Pons said. “The old station served the City of Williamsburg well for more than 40 years. Soon this community and its first responders will have a state-of-the-art fire station that is able to provide great service that protects this community for the next 40 years.”

On the heels of upgrading its fleet, the South Amboy (NJ) Volunteer Fire Department has decided to donate one of its engines to the Bluff Springs (AL) Volunteer Fire Department, reports tapinto.net.

The department discovered its AL counterpart needed a replacement apparatus, and, with city officials’ approval, the truck was sent to the department earlier this month.

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The AL department serves the city of Ashland in Clay County, which boasts a population of 2,037, according to the report.

Engine 10, one of South Amboy’s new fire trucks: