PHOTOS: While things have begun to change in recent years, female firefighters are still relatively rare. But what’s even more uncommon is to have two female firefighters, in the same small department, expecting babies at around the same time. Heather Jones thought it was rare enough that she decided to ask fellow firefighter, Cindy Simon, to join her in a photo shoot that turned out to be an excellent recruiting tool for the Gibraltar Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 3/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News-Herald

VIDEO: A man suspected of setting fire to St. Charles Catholic School in North Spokane has been caught on surveillance footage. Now, the Spokane Police Department is asking for help identifying him. Police and firefighters responded to the school early in the morning on March 18 to find flames coming from inside the building.
- PUB DATE: 3/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

It’s a bit of a complicated year-long story, but the outcome is that a Mexican town is benefiting from some local fire equipment donations. This began in March 2020 when the commissioners of North Whatcom Fire & Rescue at a board meeting surplused four ambulances that were at the end of their useful life span by U.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2021 7:04:16 PM - SOURCE: Lynden Tribune

City of Red Bluff welcomed a 100-foot ladder with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, reports KRCR.

The brand new 2020 ladder truck is an upgrade from their 1998 fire engine.

Next came the ribbon-cutting for the newly-finished Sacramento River Boat Ramp that’s now open to the public at the city’s River Park.

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The Decatur Fire Department has welcomed a $1 million fire truck, reports Herald & Review.

The fire department posted to Facebook, “New Truck 2 has been delivered. Should go in-service in a couple of weeks. 107’ ladder provides greater reach than the previous one. It will serve the east side of Decatur from station 2.”

Two fire trucks in the current fleet have either just been repaired or are about to be repaired due to accidents.

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