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Posted: Mar 25, 2021

Remerton (GA) Fire Department’s Incoming Ladder Truck to Aid Community

According to a report from WALB, the Remerton (GA) Fire Department (RFD) is working to improve services to people who frequent the area. One of these ways they can handle the increasing call volume is with do so is with a new ladder truck, which will play a crucial role for calls to apartments with multiple floors.

RFD Chief James Horne said call volumes have surged in the past two years and continues to increase, with 75 percent of them being medical calls. House fires are the least likely.

The RFD expects the new truck, funded by the state’s fireworks tax, to arrive in the summer, along with new hoses.

The new equipment will allow them to serve more people at one time as well as help neighboring areas, when needed.

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Posted: Mar 25, 2021

OK Fire Departments Donate Trucks to Twin Lakes Station Devastated By Fire



According to a report from NEWS4, donations are pouring in from generous Oklahomans and their fire departments one month after the Twin Lakes (OK) Volunteer Fire Department (TLVFD) in Crescent was decimated by a fire on February 21.

These donations includes new fire trucks on loan, while two, one each from Enid and Read more

Posted: Mar 25, 2021

Massive fire destroys vacant, historic former factory in Connecticut

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A massive fire broke out this morning at the long vacant former Casket Building on North River Street, destroying what was left of the building just as the town planned to have it be part of the new transit system through the Thompsonville section and as it also sought to have the site added to the National Register of Historic Places.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Journal Inquirer
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Posted: Mar 25, 2021

These magnificent machines powered Pennsylvania's early fire departments

PHOTOS: The Chambersburg Fire Department dates back to 1780. At the time, to extinguish fires there was a bucket brigade, a group of personnel that threw water on the flames. It often wasn't very effective, as fires usually already spread too much to be subdued. It was during the early 1800s that hand-drawn apparatus was being used to manually pump water through the fire hose, directed by the nozzle man.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chambersburg Public Opinion
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Posted: Mar 25, 2021

San Francisco Firefighters Volunteer To Patrol Chinatown Streets

Some first responders are coordinating their own effort to help curb street violence from the recent rash of attacks on Asians in San Francisco. The latest incident that left an Asian victim injured in a violent robbery where she was dragged behind the suspect vehicle has given the group of former and current firefighters another reason to respond.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPIX-TV CBS 5 San Francisco
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