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Posted: Nov 16, 2018

Update: Veteran South Kitsap fire firefighter was sleeping when run over by pickup truck at California wildfire

A veteran firefighter who came to California from Washington state to fight the Woolsey fire was left with major injuries when he was run over by a pickup truck as he slept at night in a field next to a fire truck in the Malibu area, the California Highway Patrol said Thursday. Terry Geisleman, 46, of the South Kitsap Fire and Rescue Department of Port Orchard, Washington, received crushing injuries to his chest and the left side of his body, a CHP report on the 11:45 p.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Bernardino County Sun
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Posted: Nov 16, 2018

Fire Truck Photo of the Day-KME Tiller Truck

Winston Salem (NC) Fire Department 101-foot tractor-drawn aerial. Severe Service XMFD flat-roof tractor cab; Hendrickson FireMaxx air ride suspension; Cummins ISX12 500-hp engine; Waterous S100 2,000-gpm pump.

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Posted: Nov 15, 2018

Crews investigating cause of house fire in Pasco

Crews from both Pasco Fire and Franklin County Fire District #3 worked to put out a house fire Thursday evening. The house fire was on the 4000 block of Atlanta Lane in Pasco, near Burden Blvd. Pasco Fire officials tell Action News no one was inside the home at the time. They believe the fire started in the garage.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2018 8:41:47 PM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19
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Posted: Nov 15, 2018

West Palm Beach (FL) Opens Fire Station

Fire Station Four is on Parker Avenue near Flamingo Park and Grandview Heights. The remodeled building reflects the look and feel of the community that firefighters protect.

 

The 12,000 square foot facility replaces the original one built in the 1950s.

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Posted: Nov 15, 2018

New Western Nebraska Regional Airport Fire Apparatus Being Tested

The truck is just one piece of positive news at the airport. Assistant Airport Director Cheryl Clause said through Wednesday, Nov. 14, there have been 810 boardings at the airport and on schedule for more than 1,700 boardings this month.  

“That will be the highest (number) since SkyWest took over,” she said. “With everything included other than medical flights, the total for the year will be 11,558.”

Final numbers for October are not yet in for medical flights, but stood at 853 through September. It is expected those flights will be over 1,000 boardings for the year. The medical count includes the passenger, the medical personnel taking care of the passenger and their family member.

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