Plans to add more showers at the Longview Fire Department’s 38th Avenue station will put firefighters “back in service quicker to respond to emergency calls,” Longview Fire Chief Jim Kambeitz said about an upcoming remodel. The work — scheduled to begin in two weeks — will decrease lag time between when firefighters are waiting to wash up after returning from a call and responding to the next emergency.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2021 8:10:40 PM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News

Warmer and dryer temperatures push all of western Washington farther towards wildfire danger. That’s why a North Sound conservation district offers a program that helps homeowners learn how to reduce the risk of losing property to wildfire. The Whatcom Conservation District paired with Washington Department of Natural Resources firefighters to assess a community south of Bellingham on Monday.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2021 6:44:39 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

Manchester Township moved closer toward a plan to create a paid fire service through setting funds aside for a fire truck, reports Jersey Shore Online.

Plans are also made to agree to volunteer firefighters use of the fire truck, as needed.

Mayor Ken Palmer and the council reported on a recent meeting of volunteer fire service representatives and other municipal officials.

Goodyear firefighters have begun using their new facility, Station 181, which will be formally dedicated during a virtual ribbon-cutting later this week, reports Litchfield Park Independent.

The ceremony will stream live on the city’s Facebook page, @goodyearazgov.

The 15,855-square-foot station is the second new fire station to open in Goodyear this year. The first was the 12,587-square-foot fire station that was dedicated with a virtual ribbon-cutting March 3.

Each fire station features a decontamination corridor that allows firefighters to decontaminate their turnout gear, a vestibule that reduces their exposure to cancer-causing contaminants by separating the clean residence side from the “dirty” business side, and a second decontamination corridor that allows firefighters to rid their bodies of contaminants.

The Plymouth Fire Department has unveiled its brand-new truck at a “wet-down” dedication ceremony, reports WickedLocal.com.

Town officials joined firefighters for the ceremony. Funding for the apparatus was approved at a 2019 Town Meeting and it replaces the department’s 2004 Pierce Dash pumper.

This 2021 E-One Cyclone 2 features a 1,500-gallon-per-minute pump; a 1,000-gallon water tank; a built-in 10 kilowatt hydraulic generator and light tower; and rescue tools including the Jaws of Life.

The engine features modern highway safety construction for additional protection for firefighters and has a smaller wheelbase that allows the engine to be more maneuverable.