Due to the pandemic, the city of Tulsa took its annual surplus auction online this year, with items ranging from vehicles to lab equipment—the city is even selling a fire truck, with a current bid of $16,000, according to a report on News9.com.

The City of Tulsa’s surplus warehouse stores and sells all the city’s extra items that various departments—water and sewer departments, fire department, police department, etc.—have either replaced or no longer need.

The city made $1.2 million at last year’s auction, just in sales of surplus, according to the report. All the money goes right back into the city’s funds.

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In a pre-emptive effort to combat his state’s dry conditions, California Governor Gavin Newsom is set to authorize $536 million for wildfire prevention efforts, according to a report on CBS8.com.

The money—part of $1 billion going toward firefighting efforts statewide originally earmarked for later this year, according to the report—will more than double California’s annual spending on wildfire preparedness compared to recent years.

The payment aims to provide additional resources toward thinning forests, carrying out planned burns, and building fuel breaks around communities prone to wildfires. It will also be used to invest in more equipment and more firefighting crews throughout the state.

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The Norton (MA) Fire-Rescue Department has been awarded $14,985.57 via the Department of Fire Services Fiscal Year 2021 Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant Program for new safety equipment, according to a report on Patch.com.

The funding aims to allow the department to choose between 114 different types of protective equipment, including personal protective clothing, gear washers and dryers, thermal imaging cameras, assorted hand tools and extrication equipment, communications resources, hazardous gas meters, and fitness equipment.

Fire in a 300′ x 300′ commercial structure

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SOUTH LOS ANGELES – It took the combined effort of 170 Los Angeles Fire Department responders, working relentlessly for more than four hours in a defensive posture, to fully contain and extinguish stubborn flames from an outside fire that quickly swept into and through a 300′ x 300′ one-story commercial building in the 8700 block of South Crocker Street on April 3, 2021, but thankfully caused no injury.

Though the fire was initially believed to involve only a furniture manufacturing firm occupying the expanse below three contiguous roofs, it was later determined that the fire also or instead involved a sizable marijuana grow operation, and possibly other businesses within the large connected buildings, which were very heavily damaged by the blaze.

Pursuant to protocol, the fire remains under active investigation by the LAFD Arson / Counter-Terrorism Section.

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According to a report on NJ.com, an alleged drunk driver attempting to flee a single-vehicle crash on the Atlantic City Expressway struck a Winslow (NJ) fire truck that came to assist.

However, State Troopers put the kibosh on 27-year-old Sean Bradford’s getaway plan as they arrived before the Williamstown man could drive off. Bradford and his passenger—27-year-old Asif Hussain, also of Williamstown, who was in possession of a gun—were taken into custody, the report noted.

The incident happened after Bradford crashed his BMW 435 on the eastbound Expressway near milepost 39.6 in Winslow around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, according to the report.

Bradford was charged with driving while intoxicated, reckless driving and several motor vehicle offenses after ramming the Winslow (NJ) Fire Department truck. Hussain was charged with unlawful possession of a handgun, possession of hollow point ammunition and unlawful transport of a handgun.

Both were issued summonses and released, the report said, while no firefighters were injured.

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