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Ellenville Fire District received $55,000 in state funding for a new firehouse and emergency shelter, with plans to replace outdated facilities at 203 South Main Street.

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Vacaville Fire Department received a $60,000 California Office of Traffic Safety grant for crash response and extrication tools, training and traffic safety education through Sept. 2027.

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VIDEO/PHOTOS: Three people are dead after a crash involving two helicopters Thursday afternoon near the McMinnville Municipal Airport, causing the closure of all eastbound and westbound lanes on Highway 233 a mile west of Dayton.

Yamhill County Sheriff Sam Elliott held a press conference Thursday night to go over initial details from the investigation. He said that around 2:15 p.m., two helicopters — a 1995 Robinson R22 and a 2018 Airbus H125 — crashed into each other midair above a farm field not far from the airport.

Elliott said the collision happened near Highway 233 and Southeast Cruickshank Road, southeast of McMinnville. The helicopters crashed down into a private farm field along the highway.

Three people were killed in the crash, Elliott said, two aboard the Robinson and one aboard the Airbus. Initial information from a Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson had the number of occupants per aircraft swapped.

Killed in the Airbus, by Elliott’s account, was a 38-year-old pilot from Newberg, Tyler Delane Sturdevant. In the Robinson was a 22-year-old flight instructor from Texas, Maddie Aasbo. Also aboard was a 31-year-old student pilot from the United Kingdom who has not been identified. Elliott said they were still attempting family notifications through the British consulate, with help from the FBI.

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VIDEO: The Bath Township Fire Department has received a grant to help firefighters communicate better when they go inside a burning building.

The Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation awarded the department more than $30,000. The department is using the money to buy voice amplifiers that attach to firefighters’ breathing masks. Bath Township firefighter Ben Zeeb said talking during a rescue is extremely difficult.

“It’s just very chaotic, it’s very noisy and it’s very hard to communicate,” Zeeb said. Zeeb said smoke, noise, and masks can muffle their voices. If firefighters cannot hear each other over the flames and equipment, it can slow down a rescue and put crews at risk.

“If I get trapped or there’s a changing fire condition that I see that can’t get communicated to him, that could change the situation for both us inside and what operations are happening outside,” Zeeb said. Special voice amplifiers exist to help with that situation.

Bath Township Fire Chief Mark Koonter said the department does not have any of its own. “Not having that is like trying to talk to somebody over the radio and they’re talking through a window,” Koonter said.

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