Midwest Fire—Winter (WI) Volunteer Fire Department pumper-tanker. Freightliner M2 106 cab and chassis; Cummins L9 350-hp engine; Darley LSP 1,000-gpm, PTO pump; APR polypropylene 3,000-gallon water tank; three Newton stainless steel dump valves with chutes; fold-down portable tank carrier; All-Poly™ tank and body construction. Dealer: Joseph Juhl, Midwest Fire, Luverne, MN.

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VIDEO: Officials held another media briefing as they entered the 60th continuous hour of the Weaver Fertilizer Fire. According to officials, a passerby was the first person to call in the fire. Then a flood of dozens of calls followed that minutes later. The evacuation recommendation remained in place as of Thursday morning.
- PUB DATE: 2/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJZY-TV FOX 46 Charlotte

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- PUB DATE: 2/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPIX-TV CW 11 New York

Law enforcement authorities in three Western Washington counties were searching Wednesday for burglars who have broken into multiple fire stations, stealing valuable and life-saving equipment that could hamper firefighters' effort to save lives and preserve property. Sheriff's investigators in Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom counties told KOMO News that they all currently have active investigations within their jurisdictions into the thefts of vital fire department tools that has impacted -- or could impact -- the response to thousands of people served by the fire departments.
- PUB DATE: 2/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

The house in the small town of Granville, Ohio, that Lea Ann Parsley-Davenport grew up in was located just a couple of blocks from the fire department, close enough to hear the town’s emergency sirens sound whenever there was a fire. On those occasions, she would hop on her bike and pedal as fast as she could down to the station.
- PUB DATE: 2/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: UVA Today