A segment of road was dedicated to fallen firefighter Joshua Laird during a ceremony that also marked the groundbreaking for a new Green Valley (MD) Fire Station.

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Blanchat Manufacturing built this 1,200-gallon tanker for the Hasty-McClave Fire Protection District, Hasty, CO, on a 1997 Stewart Stevenson M-1088 cab and chassis.

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Through the cooperative purchasing agreement, entities like fire departments and law enforcement agencies, can purchase SVI rescue vehicles, wildland apparatus, command vehicles, and other emergency vehicles through a streamlined procurement process with preferred pricing.

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VIDEO: Residents in Central Tacoma are on edge after a series of fires broke out across the neighborhood on Sunday night, including two on the same residential property just hours apart. The Tacoma Fire Department says as many as eight small fires ignited overnight. They said between 7:30 p.m. and 8:40 p.m., crews responded to about a half dozen small fires within a small area. Then between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m., firefighters put out two more small fires. The department said none of the fires caused any injuries or burned any homes or businesses.

The Tacoma Police Department is investigating at least three of those as arson. One of the fires erupted in the yard of a home on South 19th Street around 8:30 p.m., sending large flames into the air as the fence and large bushes in the yard ignited. “It just is like one of the scariest things I’ve ever seen,” said Rachel Aflleje, who lives at the home where two fires ignited in the same night. Before firefighters arrived, neighbors and people driving by rushed into the yard to help, some helping with buckets of water, hoses, and fire extinguishers.

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A massive fire burned through a large warehouse in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood early Wednesday, vaulting fire into the night sky as the emergency response intensified.

The fire broke out just after midnight, at a factory-type building on 53rd Street between First Avenue and Dead End, officials say.

When firefighters arrived, the fire had already spread to two other factory-type buildings, according to Kevin Woods, the FDNY’s chief of fire operations.

Woods said the response quickly escalated to five alarms, which is when all available units are requested on scene.

In an update shortly before dawn Wednesday, Woods said fire boats came in handy, given the fire’s proximity to the water. Firefighters were using 15,000 gallons of water a minute on the blaze, he said.

Two minor injuries were reported to firefighters, mainly related to smoke inhalation.

The smoke didn’t lift even after the flames were doused. People who live in the area were advised to keep their windows closed.

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