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Posted: May 25, 2021

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Toyne—New Johnsonville (TN) Fire Department mini pumper. Ford F-550 4-door 4×4 cab and chassis; 6.7L diesel engine; Hale DSD 1,250-gpm pump; UPF Poly 300-gallon water tank; 25-gallon foam cell; FoamPro 1600 Class A foam system; Akron Apollo monitor; Whelen warning lighting. Dealer: John Lovell, Gulf States Fire Apparatus Sales, Alabaster, AL.

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Posted: May 25, 2021

Massive fire damages Tennessee apartment complex; 18 units impacted, residents displaced

VIDEO: A massive fire damaged a South Nashville apartment complex Monday night, displacing residents and impacting at least 18 units. Emergency crews were called to the Brentwood Oaks Apartments around 8:15 p.m. before firefighters called for additional personnel to help manage the scene. The fire destroyed the entire third floor of the building and most of the second floor.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKRN-TV ABC 2 Nashville
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Posted: May 25, 2021

Connecticut fire department marks trails to help lost, injured hikers

As a way to help with emergencies on town trails, the Fire Department has started on a trail-marking project. Firefighter Christopher Fusco has been spearheading the project for over four years and first implemented it at Crescent Lake with the help of Firefighter Ryan Pulver. The markers are placed about every hundred feet.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: My Record Journal - Metered Site
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Posted: May 25, 2021

Long hours, low pay, forced overtime; Is South Carolina EMS ‘struggling to tread water’?

In just eight days in January, an EMT and a paramedic with Beaufort County EMS each racked up more than 140 hours doing a job that required quick thinking and reactions at any time of day or night, from rushing to transport trauma patients to the hospital to responding to life-threatening medical emergencies.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Island Packet
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Posted: May 25, 2021

Actor Steve Buscemi, former New York firefighter, to host 9/11 tribute at National Memorial Day Concert

The annual National Memorial Day Concert airs this Sunday at 8 p.m. on PBS. It will include a 20th anniversary remembrance of 9/11 presented by Steve Buscemi. “I went to D.C. almost 20 years ago the year after 9/11; I was asked to do the 9/11 tribute then because they knew I’m a former firefighter with Engine 55 in Manhattan,” Buscemi said.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOP News Washington DC
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