Chelan County Fire District 8 crews were awoken early Thursday morning to fight a fire at their own fire station on Entiat Way in Entiat. Captain Adam Jones says they were dispatched around 4:00 a.m. to the unmanned building which is used by volunteers. “First two responders got here. They opened the door that goes from the station to the bay and ran into a wall of smoke that was about six inches off the ground.
- PUB DATE: 1/21/2021 6:19:39 AM - SOURCE: KPQ-AM 560

KME—Godfrey (IL) Fire Department pumper. Panther MFD cab and chassis; Cummins L9 380-hp engine; Hale DSD 1,500-gpm pump; 750-gallon polypropylene water tank; 20-gallon foam cell; FoamPro 1600 single-agent foam system. Dealer: Russ Campbell, Mac’s Fire & Safety, Litchfield, IL.

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Cy-Fair firefighters rescued two people from a house fire overnight after a father was desperately trying to save his family, and the entire rescue was caught on helmet camera video. Northwest Harris County neighbors noticed a garage fire at a home in the 21500 block of Wellsford Glen Dr. before 11 p.
- PUB DATE: 1/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTRK-TV ABC 13 Houston

Oakland, Calif., will begin deactivating some of its fire engines and shuttering stations temporarily on Thursday in a budget-cutting move that drew criticism from firefighters and neighboring communities that contract with the city for fire protection. The fire department will deactivate three engines for six days at a time over the next five months, effectively closing three of the city's 25 stations, each of which operate with one engine.
- PUB DATE: 1/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Government Technology

VIDEO: Bonita Springs Fire Control & Rescue District confirmed Wednesday one of its fire engines flipped over on the way to a kitchen fire. According to the fire district, firefighters were heading to the scene of a kitchen fire at a home in the city when the truck they were in rolled over on Snell Lane.
- PUB DATE: 1/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WINK-TV CBS 11 Fort Myers