A fire truck was putting out a vehicle fire when it was hit by the tractor-trailer, reports WYFF 4.

Troopers said the driver of the truck was injured but no firefighters were hit in the accident. The news station reports that one person was put into a medical helicopter and flown from the scene.

A Palo Alto Fire Department engine suffered major damage in a fatal accident with a box truck, reports CBS San Francisco.

The fire engine was tending to a solo vehicle crash when a driver of a white box truck carrying a load of baked goods struck the fire engine on the left rear portion of vehicle. The fully loaded engine spun counterclockwise upon impact.

The crew immediately went to help the driver. It took them nearly 30 minutes to cut away the wreckage. The driver later died at the hospital. The man’s identity has not yet been released.

The damaged $600,000 fire engine was assigned to Station 4. To replace it, Station 4 will have to pull an older truck out of the reserve backup fleet.

A woman riding a moped crashed into a ditch when San Juan Island Fire and Rescue’s Engine 31 Department passed her on a blind hill, reports San Juan Islander.

The county sheriff reports that the fire engine crew did not stop nor report the accident.

The fire engine was responding to a medial call. The fire department has been sending fire engines on aid calls for the past 18 months.

The fire engine came up on two mopeds and one scoot car on the road. The engine crossed the double yellow line, went into the oncoming lane in an area that had limited to no visibility.

An EMS rig stopped and asked the woman if she needed aid. She said she didn’t but would need someone to retrieve the damaged moped.

“Renton Regional Fire Authority will comply with Governor Inslee’s Proclamation 21-14, requiring all firefighter EMTs to be fully vaccinated by October 18, 2021. We understand that this issue is complex and highly personal. However, it is my duty as Fire Chief to ensure that Renton RFA is not only upholding the law but ensuring the safety of our members and the community that trusts us with their health.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2021 1:05:21 PM - SOURCE: Renton Reporter

Charlotte County (FL) Fire and EMS is getting a new fire station and five are being rebuilt with some of the funds raised from a 1 percent local sales tax, according to a report published by NBC 2.

According to the television station, all six projects will cost millions to complete and three will be funded by the sales tax and the other three projects will be funded with impact fees, which is money paid by developers to the county when they build projects.

Fire stations 3, 6 and a brand new station 17 are funded by the sales tax while station 2, 5 and 10 will use impact fee money, according to the television station.