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Posted: Jul 12, 2021

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SVI Trucks—Franklin (TN) Fire Department Type 6 brush truck. Chevy Silverado MD Crew Cab 4×4 chassis; Duramax Turbo diesel V8 350-hp engine; Darley 1.5 AGE HP Kubota Diesel 120-gpm slip-in fire pump; 300-gallon polypropylene water tank; 10-gallon foam cell; Darley Fast Foam single-agent foam system; Akron 3462 300-gpm remote-control monitor. Dealer: Rodney Ballington, Southeast Fire Apparatus, Corbin, KY.

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Posted: Jul 12, 2021

Firefighters respond to restaurant up in flames near Six Flags Hurricane Harbor in California

VIDEO: Firefighters responded to a fire at a business in Concord at Willow Pass Road and Waterworld Parkway. According to the Contra Costa Fire Protection District, they got a call regarding the fire around 2:40 a.m. Monday morning. When crews arrived on scene, they found fire shooting through the roof of the building.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KABC-TV ABC 7 Los Angeles
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Posted: Jul 12, 2021

Virginia fire department honors 71st anniversary of state’s first Black career firefighters

On the corner of East Duval and North Fifth Street, city leaders and members of the Richmond Fire Department gathered for a ceremony celebrating the 71st hiring anniversary of the first Black career firefighters in the city. Out of 500 applicants, ten men were chosen to serve for the fire department under Engine Company No.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWBT-TV NBC 12 Richmond
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Posted: Jul 12, 2021

Never Forgetting at the FDNY Fire Academy: 9/11 Memorials

PHOTOS: Dedicated in 1975 and opened the following year, the New York City Fire Academy is a world-class training facility. Also known as “The Rock,” the fire academy is the hub of training for the Fire Department of New York (FDNY). Indeed, every FDNY firefighter begins their career here in our probationary firefighter school.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fire Engineering
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Posted: Jul 12, 2021

Pennsylvania fire department demands answers after station floods again

Three feet of water was in the basement of the Monongahela Fire Department after Thursday’s rainstorm. Images posted to the fire department’s Facebook page showed how bad the flooding was. Crews are now in clean-up mode and searching for answers. On Friday, restoration crews tore down drywall and pulled out soaked insulation.
- PUB DATE: 7/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDKA-TV CBS 2 Pittsburgh
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