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As part of the Department of Fire Services Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant Program, the Nahant (MA) Fire Department will be one of 300 departments across the state to receive $9,890, according to a report on itemlive.com.

The report said that the funding will be used to purchase bailout kits for all firefighters. 

The $4 million awarded to departments statewide is part of a $25 million bond bill filled by the Baker-Polito Administration to support firefighter health and safety over the next five years, the report noted.

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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.