A Depression-era fire truck got a piggy-back ride on a flatbed trailer and rolled through downtown Hopkinsville with cellphone cameras clicking as a small caravan brought the American LaFrance firetruck back to its first home on East Ninth Street.

The 1928 pumper truck rolled easily from the trailer to the street, and with traffic blocked for a few minutes Thursday afternoon, more than a dozen city firefighters surrounded the truck and pushed slowly toward open doors.

Firefighters helped Christian County Historian William T. Turner climb into the driver’s seat, and Alissa Keller, executive director of the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County, climbed up next to him. Then Turner came down to help screw the truck’s metal nameplate to the front of the vehicle.

 

Spokane County Fire District 10 has a new fire chief, but Ken Johnson is no stranger to the district. He started his career there as a volunteer firefighter when he was 16. Because of his age he wasn’t allowed to volunteer at building fires. “At the time you could do wildland fires,” he said. As a teenager he worked with someone who was a volunteer firefighter and often disappeared when his pager sounded.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2019 5:22:07 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

The Kirkland Fire Department recently celebrated promotions and awards, honoring recent advancements to battalion chief, lieutenant and captain, while recognizing Firefighter of the Year, Officer of the Year, and two Medal of Valor award recipients. The Medals of Valor went to firefighter Jesse Martindale and Lt.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2019 3:24:49 AM - SOURCE: Kirkland Reporter

VIDEO: A Minquas fireman critically injured last March was one of several firefighters who were not wearing proper equipment while battling a Mill Creek house fire, according to a report obtained by The News Journal. An investigation into a series of errors in battling the blaze also found that two firefighters were unfamiliar with equipment used to fight the fire, and firefighters disregarded orders to exit the burning house.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News Journal - Metered Site

VIDEO: Authorities say a massive explosion has killed at least one person in Lincoln County early Thursday morning. The Lincoln County Coroner's Office has identified the victim as Lisa Denise Derringer, 58, of Stanford. The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office says the explosion happened in the are of Bowens Loop Road in the Moreland community near Junction City and Hustonville.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKYT-TV CBS/CW 27 Lexington