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Posted: Feb 15, 2022

Sunrise Beach (MO) Fire Protection District Takes Delivery of 2017 Pierce Enforcer

The Sunrise Beach (MO) Fire Protection District recently took delivery of a 2017 Pierce Enforcer, purchased used from Brindlee Mountain Fire Apparatus.

Previously serving the Sapulpa (OK) Fire Department, the apparatus has a 500-gallon water tank; a 30-gallon Class A foam tank with a Compressed Air Foam System; a 107-foot ladder; a 10-kilowatt hydraulic generator; and a 450-horsepower Cummins diesel engine.

New, the apparatus would have cost between $1.1 million and 1.4 million dollars; this unit was $749,000. The district put down $200,000 and traded in its 2008 Rosenbauer truck; the remaining balance was funded through a lease/purchase agreement of $475,000 with Central Bank of Lake of the Ozarks.

The district will pay $37,769.24 annually with no penalty for early payoff, which the district plans to do.

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Posted: Feb 15, 2022

Photo of the Day: February 15, 2022

Alexis—Refinery Terminal Fire Company, Corpus Christie, TX, 4,000-gallon foam tender. Freightliner 114SD cab and chassis; Detroit Diesel DD13 505-hp engine; heavy-duty stainless steel body and subframe; Pro Poly polypropylene foam tank; FoamPro AccuMax foam proportioning system; 8-inch deck gun piping; Williams Ambassador ll wireless remote control monitor package. Dealer: Mike Johnson, SMJ Equipment, Spring, TX.

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Posted: Feb 15, 2022

Firefighters save man, extinguish four fires across Sequim over weekend

A Sequim man was saved from a fire near Woodcock Road Sunday, one of four fires the Clallam Fire District 3 had to quell this past weekend. Assistant Chief Dan Orr said fire crews responded to a fire in Diamond Point on Friday night, a fifth wheel trailer on Saturday night in Blyn, a structure fire off Woodcock Road Sunday night and another structure fire early Monday morning near Old Olympic Highway.
- PUB DATE: 2/15/2022 1:04:48 AM - SOURCE: Sequim Gazette
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Posted: Feb 15, 2022

VIDEO: California firefighter falls through roof of burned garage as it collapses

A dramatic video of a firefight in Sherman Oaks shows the moment when a Los Angeles firefighter falls through the roof of a garage that had caught on fire. Remarkably that firefighter was not hurt, according to officials. Advertisement The fire broke out at a home in the 4500 block of N. Sunnyslope Avenue just before 6 p.
- PUB DATE: 2/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles
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Posted: Feb 15, 2022

Prank turned deadly: Remembering the North Carolina Campus Walk fire 20 years later

VIDEO: This week marks 20 years since a prank at a student apartment complex turned deadly in Greensboro. Janet Danahey, a UNCG student, set outside items on fire at a Campus Walk apartment. She said she was trying to get back at an ex-boyfriend. The fire spread to the entire building. Four people, sisters Rachel and Donna Llewellyn, Elizabeth Harris and Ryan Bek, died, and many others were injured.
- PUB DATE: 2/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMY-TV CBS 2 Greensboro
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