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Posted: Aug 27, 2021

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Spartan ER—Morganville Fire District 3, Marlboro Township, NJ, rescue pumper. Spartan Gladiator cab and chassis; Cummins X12 500-hp engine; Darley PSM 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 780-gallon water tank; 20- and 30-gallon foam cells; FoamPro 2002 dual-agent foam system; Command Light Knight 2 light tower; Harrison 10-kW generator; heated pump panel; Hurst eDRAULIC rescue tools. Dealer: Ryan Bailey, Campbell Supply Company. South Brunswick, NJ. (Photo by John M. Malecky.)

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Posted: Aug 27, 2021

Kentucky firefighters battle large flames at commercial warehouse; hazmat called in

VIDEO: Massive flames burned through the roof of a commercial warehouse Thursday night in west Louisville, completely destroying the building that required a large presence of firefighters and first responders. The fire was initially reported just before 8:30 p.m. Thursday in the 3100 block of Del Park Terrace in the Russell neighborhood.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLKY-TV CBS 32 Louisville
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Posted: Aug 27, 2021

Firefighter adopts emotional support pig for New York firehouse

Move over Dalmatians, a little baby pig is taking the spotlight at a firehouse in Brooklyn. Penny the fire pig is three months old and was adopted by FDNY firefighter Darren Harris. Penny spends much of her time hanging with her dad and the other firefighters at Engine 239 in Park Slope. She’s become somewhat of a local celebrity, as many people stop by to snap pictures with the cutie and feed her snacks.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWNY-TV CBS 7 Carthage
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Posted: Aug 27, 2021

TikTok Milk Crate Challenge: Why people are taking scary falls on social media

VIDEO: Every now and then, the internet opens a portal on a weird new trend. Enter the Milk Crate Challenge. You can find a growing collection of videos on TikTok, Instagram, Twitter and the like of people stacking milk crates, trying to climb them like a staircase, and taking terrible falls, because believe it or not, piles of milk crates are not structurally sound.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNET
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Posted: Aug 27, 2021

Washington firefighters filing vaccine exemptions wonder if they’ll be pulled from the frontlines

Firefighters statewide have threatened to quit instead of being vaccinated, but, for some local firefighters – it’s more complicated than that. They want to know if their job will change if they ask for an exemption. For the past 20 years, Tim Archer has been on the frontlines. He’s also the president of the Spokane Firefighter’s Union and says he hasn’t gotten the vaccine for religious reasons.
- PUB DATE: 8/27/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane
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