Kussmaul Electronics appointed Damon Lewis as Vice President of Sales.

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The Hamlin Township Fire Department in Ludington, Michigan, had Spencer build this 500/2,000 tanker built on a Freightliner M2 106 cab and chassis.

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West Pierce Fire and Rescue is investigating the cause of a house fire that killed one person in Lakewood and injured another. The fire was reported around 7 p.m. at a home at Military Road SW and 115th St SW, near Washington Park. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Firefighters were able to pull two people out of the home. One was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was taken to the hospital, but their condition is unknown. Central Pierce Fire & Rescue, Joint Base Lewis-McChord Fire and Lakewood police all responded to the incident. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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A small plane crashed Wednesday afternoon into a residential neighborhood in Nashua. The plane crashed at a residential complex in the area of Cannongate Road, which is on the other side of Route 101A from Nashua Airport. The crash happened at about 2:15 p.m., and fire officials said the pilot was the only person on board.

The plane clipped the roof of a home and then crashed upside down near a parking lot. Fire Chief Steve Buxton said the pilot was able to get out of the plane with the help of bystanders. He was taken to a hospital, and the extent of his injuries was unknown. No one else was hurt. Buxton said he believes the pilot was practicing taking off and landing at the airport before the crash. James Fogarty, one of the good Samaritans who helped pull the pilot from the plane, said he noticed signs of trouble before the crash.

“I knew it was going down because it was sputtering, the engine, and once I got over there, it hit the building, and it flipped upside down. He wasn’t really saying much to me. I kinda like backed up once I pulled him away. He had a gash on his head, on the top of his head, probably about 2 inches wide, long, I mean. He was bleeding pretty good,” Fogarty said.

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In a historic development, the U.S. Senate has passed the IAFF-endorsed Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), advancing a long-fought effort by the IAFF to secure federal recognition of occupational cancer as a line-of-duty death.

“We know the devastation occupational cancer has brought to our profession. When a fire fighter dies from job-related cancer, that is a line-of-duty death – and it is long past time the federal government recognized that truth,” said General President Edward Kelly. “Congress’s passage of the Honor Act marks a significant turning point. This legislation ensures our fallen are honored, and their families are not left behind.”

The Honor Act, led by Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Reps. Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.) and Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.), updates the federal Public Safety Officers’ Benefits (PSOB) program to recognize occupational cancer as a line-of-duty death. The bill extends death and educational benefits to survivors and presumes certain cancers are job-related, removing the requirement to pinpoint a specific exposure.

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