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Posted: Dec 6, 2018

Two fires displace four Longview families

Four Longview families were displaced by two different fires Wednesday evening, according to the Longview Fire Department. Three of those families were involved in an apartment fire reported at 5:45 p.m. in the 1900 block of Dorothy Street. Battalion chief Troy Buzalsky said the department “redeployed” fire crews from another potential fire reported in West Longview, and units from as far away as Kalama were also sent to help.
- PUB DATE: 12/6/2018 11:03:05 AM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News
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Posted: Dec 6, 2018

Abilene ISD Fire Academy Utilizes Old Fire Station To Give Students Hands-On Experience

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB) - Abilene Independent School District students are getting a head start on becoming certified fire fighters. Now using olf Fire Station 3, the Abilene ISD Fire Academy is giving students hands on experience.

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Classes are underway at old Fire Station 3.  Taught by a former Abilene Fire Fighter who worked for the department for almost 22 years, the academy takes the lecture from the classroom out into the field. 

"We have an old fire truck here. We are able to pull it out and spray water. we are able to put on bunker gear, we are able to get out ladders and do all the things that you would do at a fire station," Miller said.

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Posted: Dec 6, 2018

New Fire Engine Will Hit The Streets Later This Month

Other equipment upgrades expected to increase signal connection, safety NORTH SMITHFIELD - A new arrival has made its way into town in the form of a brand new fire engine housed at the St. Paul Street Fire Station.

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According to North Smithfield Fire and Rescue Services Chief David Chartier, the $550,000 engine arrived the day before Thanksgiving to replace a 17-year-old engine previously based out of the St. Paul Street Station. The new arrival brings the town’s total fire engine fleet to three, with two frontline engines and the old engine kept on at St. Paul Street Station as a spare.

 
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Posted: Dec 6, 2018

County celebrates opening of newest fire station

Facility is located on County Road 5500 in West Hammond SAN JUAN COUNTY - Officials celebrated the opening of the newest San Juan County Fire Station Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, cake and cookies. The $1 million fire station located on County Road 5500 in the West Hammond area southwest of Bloomfield is the second station serving District 6, which is the Lee Acres District.

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The new station will serve about 8,000 people in the West Hammond area.

District 6 has received approximately 1,200 calls for service over the last year, according to County Commission Chairwoman Margaret McDaniel.

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Posted: Dec 6, 2018

D.C. Firetruck Shortage Connected To Woman's Death

A 96-year-old woman died after a fire consumed her house in Shaw late Tuesday as her neighborhood's assigned firetruck was covering Southeast amid a shortage of reserve emergency vehicles. "It's alarming to hear a citizen has died because of a lack of coverage," a senior official in the D.C.

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The truck company that is normally first due was covering for another truck company as part of a rotation of apparatus to cover for the out-of-service company whose rig has been out for repair since November 11.
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