The Rhodes Chapel Volunteer Fire Department recently took delivery of a 2022 Rosenbauer pumper. It replaces a 1996 Pierce pumper.

“Thank you to the Chickasaw County Board of Supervisors for your continued support of our fire service and protecting our citizens!”

E-ONE—Pembroke Pines (FL) Fire Department 100-foot aerial platform quint. Typhoon medium cab and chassis; Cummins X12 500-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,750-gpm pump; 300-gallon polypropylene water tank; 100-foot welded extruded aluminum platform. Dealer: Dee Daniels, REV RTC, Ocala, FL.

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VIDEOS/PHOTOS: A fire at a Walmart warehouse distribution center has cast a large plume of smoke visible throughout Indianapolis. Nearly 200 firefighters are on scene with officials calling on anyone living near the looming plume of smoke to shelter in place and stay indoors along with not touching any of the debris that is raining down on the city’s west side.
- PUB DATE: 3/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIN-TV FOX 59 Indianapolis

The St. Andrew Pipes & Drums band plays year-round at graduations and funerals. But there's nothing like the thrill of Kansas City's legendary St. Patrick's Day parade. Iain McKee grew up listening to the hum of the Highland bagpipe. Sixty years ago, his grandfather Wallace McKee helped found St. Andrew Pipes & Drums.
- PUB DATE: 3/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCUR- FM 89.3 Kansas City

When it comes to protecting first responders at accident scenes nationwide, brighter isn’t better. A recent study by the Emergency Responder Safety Institute revealed that the light-emitting diode flashers on police cruisers, fire engines, and ambulances that spray the night with intense beams to protect first responders from oncoming traffic actually create a lot of glare, and that effect intensifies when the light bounces off retroreflective chevrons attached to the back of emergency vehicles.
- PUB DATE: 3/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Coffee or Die Magazine