Seven members of the Vestal Fire Department have been answering the call of duty for a combined total of more than 400 years. “It’s our job,” said Chris Lupold, 71, a 53-year volunteer for the department. “We just keep doing it.” Lupold has battled countless blazes during his long firefighting career.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Press & Sun-Bulletin

VIDEO: Normally when you hear about firefighters and car wrecks, it’s the firefighter who is responding to the incident, not getting into them. While Washington County firefighter Chandler Fishack has completed numerous extrications, he also has a knack for taking cars apart to turn them into demolition derby cars.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDVM-TV 25 Hagerstown

Cheers filled the air as Steve Hines drove the Belmar First Aid Squad's 1938 Ford ambulance one last time. As Hines pressed on the gas Friday, the sirens sung. He gave the 83-year-old ambulance as much gas as it would take to accelerate onto a truck that would drive it approximately 650 miles to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan — the ambulance's new home.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Asbury Park Press - Metered Site

Get used to the hot and moderately smoky conditions that hit the Spokane area on Monday because a red flag warning until Wednesday means that smoke and wildfire concerns aren’t going away. Smoke from the massive 300,000-acre Bootleg fire in southern Oregon and from smaller fires in southeast Washington rolled into Spokane on Monday, bringing air quality levels to the moderate range, according to Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency.
- PUB DATE: 7/19/2021 9:51:12 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review - Metered Site

The town of Montverde, Florida, donated a 2000 Pierce Contender 1250 GPM fire engine to the Hawkins County Volunteer Fireman’s Association, reports Kingsport Times News.

The HCVFA then made the decision to place the fire truck with the Goshen Valley Volunteer Fire Department. The GVVFD paid for delivery costs and used the gift to replace a 45-year-old fire truck.

The truck also included some tools, appliances, supply hose, and and air packs minus the air bottles. The truck is currently being serviced and tested.

The department has been in service since 1992 and operates two engines and two tankers from two fire stations.