A person broke into a fire station and stole thousands of dollars worth of firefighter equipment, reports CBS Los Angeles.

Security camera footage released by San Bernardino National Forest officials show the burglar pried open a door and left with a firefighter backpack. The backpack was filled with gear and a toolbox of miscellaneous hand tools, worth about $2,000.

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A fire truck crashed into a building on West Girard Avenue and North 7th Street in North Philadelphia (PA) Thursday around 4 p.m., reports FOX29Philly.com.

Engine 29 was responding to a house fire and had its lights and sirens going when the accident occurred.

Police officials say there were injuries to firefighters, but their conditions are unknown. They offered few other details.

FOX 29 reports the building is for sale and was vacant at the time of the crash. Fire officials are waiting word as to whether or not the building is safe enough to begin removing the engine without collapse.

The Vancouver Fire Department responded early Thursday morning to a fire in one of the units at the Oak Creek Apartments in east Vancouver. Fire crews were called around 3:15 a.m. to a 12-unit apartment building at 11412 N.E. 49th St. Engine 6 arrived within five minutes and contained the blaze to one apartment, according to an agency press release.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2021 1:16:42 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian - Metered Site

The Yakima Fire Department is investigating a fatal fire reported at 1609 Fruitvale Blvd. Firefighters were called to the scene at about midnight Wednesday. When they arrived they found a motor home on fire. After dousing the flames they found a 56-year-old woman dead. An investigation is underway but authorities say they believe it was an accidental fire and no foul play was involved.
- PUB DATE: 5/27/2021 12:58:10 PM - SOURCE: KATS-FM 94.5

The Williamstown (MA) Fire Department recently held a christening for the first new tanker in its history, reports BerkshireEagle.com.

Tankers from Adams, Clarksburg, Hancock, New Ashford and North Adams, as well as Pownal, Pownal Valley and Stamford in Vermont, lined up at Spruces Park to take turns pumping water from their tanker into a Fol-Da-Tank next to Williamstown’s new apparatus.

The tanker, which came from Ohio and cost $369,000, holds 2,600 gallons of water and is equipped with two Fol-Da-Tanks and a ladder.

According to officials, the 2021 tanker features a Cummins engine, Allison transmission, and Power Take-Off-driven standard pumps with a regular side pump and one in the back. The pump does not pump through the transmission, like other trucks. It dumps water in 30 seconds and takes 2½ minutes to fill. It uses a vacuum system, as opposed to a gravity dumping tank.

Before acquiring the tanker, the department had to rely on mutual aid from area departments, which could take upwards of 20 additional minutes, officials say. The tanker will be available for mutual aid to other departments in the county.

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