PHOTOS: Mifflinburg Hose Company turns 125 years old in 2022 and when it celebrates that milestone, a piece of its past will proudly be displayed. The volunteer fire company commissioned a full restoration of an 1899 hand-drawn ladder wagon built by the American LaFrance Fire Engine Co. in Elmira, N.
- PUB DATE: 10/11/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Daily Item

As a massive investment to repair roads and adapt to climate change faces an uncertain fate in Congress, a new report finds much of the country's infrastructure is already at risk of being shut down by flooding. And as the planet heats up, the threat is expected to grow. Today, one-in-four pieces of all critical infrastructure in the US — including police and fire stations, hospitals, airports and wastewater treatment facilities — face substantial risk of being rendered inoperable by flooding, according to a new report released today by the First Street Foundation, a nonprofit research and technology group that assesses the threat posed by flooding across the country.
- PUB DATE: 10/11/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN Weather

A person stuck in a garbage chute Saturday afternoon managed to get out without any assistance from emergency crews, according to the Seattle Fire Department. The Seattle Fire Department said crews responded near the 1800 block of East Madison Street for reports of a person stuck in a garbage chute.
- PUB DATE: 10/11/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

A fire in the Coal Creek area destroyed a home and killed a dog Friday morning, but the owners and one other dog were able to escape thanks to fire alarms and the barking of their pets. “Working smoke detectors and highly alert dogs are to credit in the lives saved,” a Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue press release said.
- PUB DATE: 10/9/2021 9:22:53 AM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News

Clark County Fire District 6 joined fire agencies across the country Oct. 1 in lighting up the sky with red strobe lights to honor fallen firefighters. Engines were on display at stations 61, 62 and 63 as part of the annual “Light the Night” campaign. More firefighters died while on duty in the U.S. in 2020 than any other year since the 1970s — except for 2001 when more than 300 firefighters died on Sept.
- PUB DATE: 10/9/2021 7:50:04 AM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian