PHOTOS/VIDEO: A new floating fire station, possibly the first of its kind in the world, arrived at its permanent home in San Francisco Thursday morning. Fireboat Station 35, a two-story, 14,900-square-foot facility sitting on a massive steel float, was towed during the overnight hours from Treasure Island to Pier 22 1/2 along the Embarcadero near the Bay Bridge, according to San Francisco Public Works.
- PUB DATE: 12/4/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNTV NBC 11 San Jose

With talk of COVID-19 vaccines being made available as soon as this month, major firefighter organizations like The International Association of Fire Fighters and the National Volunteer Fire Council are asking to be among the first to receive it. “I would tell the leaders, the politicians that are deciding, the community leaders, the health department take care of the people that care of your people we are the ones that are out there,” a firefighter and paramedic with the Ocean Pines Fire Department, said.
- PUB DATE: 12/4/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMDT-TV ABC/CW+ 47 Salisbury

VIDEO: It's a tradition at the Bonneville Salt Flats to spread the ashes of lost loved ones on the track. A Central California firefighter wanted to honor his father that way - and he set a racing record on the same trip. "It was a dream come true. And we didn't have any intention when we left Fresno of going after record, and we ended up having a lot more fun than we thought we were going to," said Frank Silva, Jr.
- PUB DATE: 12/4/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGO-TV ABC 7 San Francisco

The Longview and Kalama fire departments will hold a memorial procession for Alan Basso on Dec. 11, the agencies announced Thursday. Basso, a Kalama volunteer firefighter, port commissioner and retired Longview Fire Department lieutenant, died Nov. 27 of a heart attack shortly after handling two medical calls in Kalama.
- PUB DATE: 12/4/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News - Metered Site

After a long career as a firefighter/EMT and technical rescue specialist, Lars Mickelson is retiring from the Valley Regional Fire Authority. His career in the fire service spans 20 years, serving first with Mountain View Fire and Rescue and then VRFA, but prior to becoming a firefighter, Mickelson worked in several capacities in the emergency medical field.
- PUB DATE: 12/4/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Auburn Reporter