A two-alarm fire in a vacant building sent smoke billowing into the sky Tuesday afternoon near the Seattle Center. According to the Seattle Fire Department, crews were called around 4:00 p.m. to 5th Ave N and Harrison St. Crews believed that the building was vacant and later said that they used thermal imaging and did not find signs of anyone inside.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2021 5:59:05 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

Construction has started on a third fire station for the Barrington-Countryside Fire District, reports Lake & McHenry County Scanner.

Station 39 is being built and the project will be completed early next year. Station 39 will enable the Barrington-Countryside fire district to respond to more than 90% of all emergency calls throughout the District in six minutes or less.

Station 39’s location will also help reduce insurance premiums paid by many residents and businesses.

The Ann Arbor City Council voted unanimously to sell their 1927 American LaFrance fire engine to the Michigan Firehouse Museum and Education Center for $1, reports mlive.com.

The fire department does not have the space, funding or personnel available to properly restore it.

Part of the agreement states that if the museum were to part with the fire engine, the Ann Arbor Fire Department would have first right of refusal to get it back.

The museum was founded about 25 years ago. COVID-19 has impacted the museum but there are plans to re-open in late June.

Madison Fire Department debuted an electric fire engine with the hopes to cut fuel costs and eliminate carbon emissions, reports Wisconsin State Journal.

Manufactured by Appleton’s Pierce Manufacturing, it is believed to be the first electric-powered fire truck deployed in North America.

The truck is on indefinite loan to the city, which will provide data to Pierce as it works to bring electric fire trucks to market. 

Powered by a 115-kilowatt-hour battery, the truck has a range of about 37 miles. A 350-horsepower diesel engine provides backup power for the pumps and can propel the vehicle if the battery loses charge.

A traditional diesel-powered fire truck uses about 20 gallons of fuel per day.

Firefighters across north central Washington were airing their grief over a deadly wreck involving a fire truck north of Spokane on Monday. Three people riding in a car died in a crash involving a fire truck, according to the Washington State Patrol. Trooper J. Sevigney said on Twitter that the crash happened Monday afternoon on US Highway 395 northbound at Grote Road and near Loon Lake.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2021 1:31:23 PM - SOURCE: iFiberOne