Clark County Fire District 3 recently promoted two staff members and welcomed a new fire inspector. Chris Drone was named the division chief for community risk reduction, Andrey Zalozh was promoted to captain in addition to becoming a firefighter-paramedic, and Dawson Shoup was moved from firefighter and EMT to fire inspector, according to a news release.
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A teen is facing charges after being accused of stealing and crashing an ambulance in Washington County (GA) on Friday. Watch the news report above, or read more about it by 13 WMAZ.

“We are very excited to announce we have been awarded $19,338.82 from the Ohio State Fire Marshal’s MARCS Radio Grant,” the department says on Facebook.

“This will allow us to finish replacing all of our older radios with brand new radios at a zero percent match for our department.

“Safety is a top priority for our members and this allows us to be able to communicate clearly during emergencies. We are one of seven departments in Trumbull County to be awarded this grant this year.

“We are proud to say that we have updated our entire radio system for our township solely through grant funding.”

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DeKalb County (GA) firefighters Monday extricated a woman from her car that was trapped underneath a dump truck, reports fox5atlanta.com.

At Rodgers Lake Road near South DeShon Road, crews rushed to free the nearly smushed woman, the report says. First responders managed to free her and get her into an ambulance about an hour after the accident.

Witnesses say that just before 1 p.m. they saw the driver of the dump truck suddenly brake, lose control, cross the center line, and hit the woman’s car head-on, according to the report.

The car landed in a ditch, upside-down, with the dump truck on top; the driver of the dump truck was not injured but was cited for Failure to Maintain Lane, police say.

The woman, on the other hand, was flown to a hospital and officials say she’s lucky to be alive.

Two firefighters were struck while shoveling snow in front of a Milwaukee fire station on Monday morning.

The two firefighters–a 38-year-old woman and 29-year-old man–are expected to be fine after being hit by a vehicle that lost control. Fire Chief Aaron Lipski pleaded with drivers to slow down and drive more carefully.

The driver was cited in the crash.