After officials Monday cut a fire hose in lieu of a ribbon, Station 61 was up and running in East Las Vegas (NV), according to a report on news3lv.com.

Instead of a tour through the facility, firefighters offered the community 250 COVID-19 shots.

The Nellis Boulevard-located Station 61 replaces a fire station that stood in the same spot since 1979; from soup to nuts, the station cost about $7.2 million and took three years to complete.

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According to a report on mlive.com, five gunshots were fired over the weekend at a Detroit (MI) fire truck responding to a call.

No injuries were reported, but the vehicle was damaged. The incident occurred as the truck was leaving its garage on Dexter Avenue.

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Benton Township firefighter lost control of his fire truck

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PIKE COUNTY, Ohio – 10 WBNS reports that a Benton Township firefighter suffered life-threatening injuries after his fire truck crashed in Pike County on Friday.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the firefighter was responding to a building fire around 11:30 a.m.

The fire truck was headed northbound on Lapperell Road near Green Ridge Road, west of Waverly, when the driver lost control and the truck went off the left side of the road.

The driver, 63-year-old Ralph Law, then tried to bring the truck back onto the road but the truck overturned.

The Scioto Post reports Law was flown by Medflight to OSU Wexner Medical center in Columbus with life threatening injuries.

Troopers said Law was wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash.

The 19-year-old man accused of stealing a Dallas Fire-Rescue ambulance earlier this month visited the fire station the day before and inquired about becoming a firefighter, police say. Felix Lopez is currently facing a second-degree felony charge of theft of property after being accused of stealing a $230,000 ambulance from Dallas Fire Station 53 on April 5 and leading multiple police agencies on an hourslong chase that only ended when the emergency vehicle got stuck off-road with flat tires.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVT CBS 11 Fort Worth

PHOTO: A Vietnam veteran in Stafford County received an unexpected gift from the same first responders who came to his aid when his house caught fire nearly two months ago. On Friday, Robert Mihalak was presented a traditional military shadowbox that contained all of the personal military decorations he earned in the 1960s, but then lost in the Feb.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Free Lance-Star