A proposed special election in February would lift a levy lid to raise $3.6 million annually, but if it fails the city would likely cut police and fire positions and close a fire station.

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Lowe’s associates and Enterprise firefighters began a $35,000 renovation at Eastside Fire Station, upgrading the kitchen and bathrooms to improve conditions for 24-hour shifts.

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McAlester EMS will add a Power Load lifting system to a new ambulance to reduce manual lifting and back injuries.

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A fire apparatus caught fire along a Massachusetts highway early in the morning of November 12, snarling rush-hour traffic along a major commuter route near Worcester. Initial news reports indicated there was a tow truck fire on Interstate 90 (also called the Massachusetts Turnpike) eastbound near the town of Millbury, and that fire service was […]

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PHOTOS: At least eight people were confirmed dead early Thursday after a Brooklyn building collapsed — as rescuers continued the desperate mission to find survivors.

Six bodies were pulled from the rubble while two more died after being transported to a local hospital.

At least 19 others were wounded — four critically — after the side of the three-story building fell into an adjacent open construction site in Flatbush just after 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to the FDNY.

Seven children are among the wounded, while at least four people suffered critical injuries and five suffered serious or non-life-threatening injuries, according to officials who warned that the death toll was likely to rise.

None of the dead have been identified by officials; however, a man identified his brother, Jose Luis Caguana, as one of the victims. The 26-year-old construction worker had a young child and his wife was heavily pregnant with their second child, the heartbroken sibling, Carlos, told Univision.

Caguana was the sole provider for his family. “Her husband has passed away; he was the sole provider for the family,” Carlos said.At least three firefighters were also injured when 69 units and 250 fire and EMS personnel were scrambled to the scene on the corner of Flatbush and Bedford Avenues, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.

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