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Posted: Mar 10, 2022

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KME—Muncie (IN) Fire Department walk-in rescue. KME Severe Service XMFD cab and chassis; Cummins X12 500-hp engine; 20-foot 5-inch walk-in rescue body; two Will-Burt NS Vertical 7-25 VRT Sirion light towers; Onan Protec 20-kW generator; Girard armless power awning; four-bottle 6,000-psi cascade system with Appleton Space Saver fill station. Dealer: Jim Castellano, Fire Service Inc., Indianapolis, IN.

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Posted: Mar 10, 2022

North Carolina fertilizer plant fire caused air pollution five times higher than EPA limits

VIDEO: A Forsyth County environmental official was shocked when he learned how much pollution an inferno at a Winston-Salem fertilizer plant was sending into the air. Between midnight and 6 a.m. on Feb. 2, an Environmental Protection Agency air monitor set up at the Wake Forest University Police Station detected that particulate matter, called PM2.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News & Observer
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Posted: Mar 10, 2022

Marijuana could be removed from firefighter drug testing requirements in Illinois city

Some city employees will no longer be tested for marijuana on their drug screenings, and if the contract between the city and the firefighters union is approved, the list of exempt employees could soon grow longer. If the contract is ratified, firefighters will not be tested for marijuana when they go in for drug tests.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WICS-TV ABC 20 Springfield
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Posted: Mar 10, 2022

San Francisco's new floating fire station is open for operations

PHOTOS: More than two years, $50 million and one ocean crossing later, San Francisco has its newest fire station. And it floats. The San Francisco Fire Department's two-story Fireboat Station 35 opens for operations Thursday on the Embarcadero at Pier 22½, more than a year after it was floated across the bay at low tide in the predawn dark from Treasure Island, where the superstructure was constructed.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle - Metered Site
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Posted: Mar 10, 2022

Phoenix firefighters win big awards, one named World’s Strongest Firefighter

Two Phoenix firefighters took him big titles just days ago at The Arnold Classic. Daniel Camacho was named the World’s Strongest Firefighter and even got a shout-out from Arnold Schwarzenegger on Instagram. “We all grew up watching him, admiring him, so yeah, it’s hard to explain that feeling, you know,” said Camacho.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KASW-CW6 & KTVK-3TV (azfamily.com)
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