Elwood "Tim" Deeg, 83, will serve as grand marshal for Columbia Borough's firefighters parade, celebrating his decades of service.

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Minneapolis firefighters assisted VFW Post 246 in replacing a worn flagpole and flags.

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Sean Tracey and Mayor Ken Branner received the Bringing Safety Home award for their advocacy of home fire sprinklers, promoting public safety and education in North America.

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The same intelligence we see being built into emergency warning lighting is also finding its way into audible warning systems, more tightly integrating visible and audible warning.

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For fleet managers, technicians, and shop supervisors, the challenge is no longer just “fixing trucks.” The challenge is keeping pace with technology that changes faster than traditional training cycles, budget planning, and staffing models were ever designed to support.

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