Picture a scenario firefighters see on a regular basis: your home is on fire, you're trapped with nowhere to go and the only way firefighters can get to you is through your front door. But your door is locked and time is running out. "We know fires double in size every 90 seconds,” said Jay Wilkins Fire District 8's Division Chief of Training.
- PUB DATE: 10/23/2021 4:23:02 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

The Absecon (NJ) Fire Department is holding a firehouse dedication, parade, and push-in ceremony today, Saturday, reports pressofatlanticcity.com.

The parade is set for noon at the Field of Dreams Park at 1000 Morton Ave.; it will then proceed to Highland Boulevard and end at 544 New Jersey Ave.—the new firehouse.

A ceremony and celebration at the station will follow the parade from 1 to 5 p.m., and it will include live entertainment, kids’ activities, and food trucks.

The new $5.9 million firehouse was completed in late 2020; its predecessor was razed in April.

Deputies are investigating after a body was found in a burning car in Parkland on Thursday morning. Central Pierce Fire crews responded to a report of a car fire at an apartment complex in the 1400 block of Sales Road South at about 4:15 a.m. When crews arrived, they extinguished the fire and found a body in the driver’s seat.
- PUB DATE: 10/22/2021 4:08:29 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

The Lebanon (OR) Fire District has chosen Emerick Construction as a construction manager/general contractor for its $13.6 million Station 31 project, reports democratherald.com. Emerick Construction joins alongside Rice Fergus Miller, the architectural firm hired in late 2020.

Emerick will also submit a guaranteed maximum price which will provide an extra layer of fiscal responsibility, according to the report.

Demolition plans were set to begin this summer, but Fire Apparatus reported at the time that there were delays. Now, demolition is projected to begin in spring 2022, with a completion date still anticipated in summer 2023.

Lebanon voters approved a 26-year, $16-million bond for the district in November 2019, the report says.

Kauai (HI) Fire Department blessed its newest fire truck on Thursday (Oct. 21), according to a report published by KITV4.

The television station reported the new truck replaces one at the Waimea fire station after its previous truck completed 15 years of service.

The truck was blessed in the presence of firefighters, the chief and the mayor of the community to provide for the safety and well-being of our community, the station reported.