Multiple fire departments responded to a house fire on Poplar Lane in Citronelle Monday. When Citronelle Fire and Rescue arrived at the home, they saw heavy smoke and fire coming from the roof. No one was inside the home at the time, and no injuries were reported. Georgetown-Fellowship V.F.D., Oak Grove Volunteer Fire-Rescue, and Calcedeaver Volunteer Fire/Rescue Department were requested as mutual aid.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKRG-TV CBS 5 Mobile

Hall County Fire Chief Chris Armstrong agreed that when he was a young boy many of his playmates wanted to be firefighters when they grew up, but things often change in the years between youthful dreams and adulthood realities. But for those in whom that childhood ambition still simmers, Armstrong says his department might have just what they are looking for: a career opportunity as a firefighter.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AccessWDUN

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