SVI Trucks—Howard County (MD) Fire Department fireground support unit. Refurbished Pierce Lance flat 2-door cab and chassis; Cummins ISL engine; refurbished Onan 40-kW generator; 26-foot walk-in rescue body; two walk-in shower compartments; lavatory and sink; Bauer mobile SCBA fill station; refurbished Mako air compressor; Norcold refrigerator/freezer. Dealer: Mike Poetker, RedStorm Fire & Apparatus, Baltimore, MD.

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PHOTOS: After a car struck a deer in the early hours of the morning, a tanker truck then collided with the car, causing the truck to overturn and explode, police said. According to police, Marissa Patterson, 18, of Forked River, was driving east on Route 37 at around 3 a.m. when a deer ran out in front of her car.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Jersey Shore Online

St. Paul Fire Capt. Mike Paidar loved helping people and his family is hoping a new determination about his death will allow that legacy to live on. Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington recently concluded Paidar’s death from cancer was linked to his work and therefore occurred in the line of duty, making his family eligible for public safety officer death benefits.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pioneer Press - Metered Site

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A unique piece of history has returned home to one North Texas town. A 1948 fire engine was recently discovered in a field by landowners in Sweetwater, Texas. Anna Fire Chief Ray Isom says the landowners contacted the department and offered to donate the engine back to the city. “They actually sent photos of it,” Isom said.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth

Mitch Hokanson was making noise on the side of Oasis Rd. and causing drivers to turn their cars around to see what he was creating. Hokanson was in the middle of carving a large fish out of wood with a chainsaw, and this is his twentieth year finetuning his craft. Hokanson creates chainsaw wood art and said he was first taught skills from his artistic mom and learned woodcutting from his dad, but he is also has learned a lot on his own.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRCR-TV ABC 7 Redding