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Posted: Dec 3, 2018

Kennewick's proposed budget would fund more firefighters, new station

Millions of dollars and a new fire station are up in the air for the city of Kennewick. This week city council will vote on their biennial budget. If it passes, it will bring many changes to the Kennewick Fire Department. Kennewick is a city impacted by fire--it was just few months back the Bofer Canyon fire torched homes and threatened lives in the south Kennewick.
- PUB DATE: 12/3/2018 6:19:01 PM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19
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Posted: Dec 3, 2018

New EMS Building Proposed for Limestone (TN) Community

Washington County-Johnson City EMS Director Dan Wheeley said they're hoping to move forward and  build a new EMS station in Limestone on 11-E across from the industrial park.  

"The county has owned the land for quite a while, EMS has been looking to relocate that station for a couple of years, the county fire service and EMS have been talking about a training facility for about 10 years and it's all kind of come together and hopefully we can make all that happen here on this piece of property," Wheeley said.

The proposed facility would not only include room for EMS but also for a fire truck from the Limestone Volunteer Fire Department.

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Posted: Dec 3, 2018

Woman Crashes into Putnam County (FL) Fire Apparatus

The driver crashed into Engine 142, belonging to the Florahome-Grandin Fire Department, Saturday night. The fire truck was sitting at an intersection of Coral Farms Road and State Road 100, according to a Facebook post by the fire department.  
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Posted: Dec 3, 2018

New Fire Apparatus for Horseheads Fire Department (NY)

Some of the firefighters said the moment is similar to saying farewell to an old friend.  

"All of us have learned to drive it and have used it in many fires. It's done it's service so it's bittersweet," Nicole Wright, a firefighter with the Horseheads Fire Department, said. "It's also kind of exciting because we have something that's much safer that's brand new and something we can use."  

The new truck cost $420,000. The purchase was made possible by the Village of Horseheads.

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Posted: Dec 3, 2018

Medic, Patient Killed in Tennessee Ambulance Accident

Police believe the preliminary cause of the crash was excessive speed on a wet roadway. News outlets report the patient in the ambulance who died was 36-year-old Nyema Jackson of Jackson. The medic was identified as 36-year-old Zachary Pruitt of Humboldt.

Authorities say the ambulance driver, Deborah Schichtel, sustained non-life threatening injuries. She told police the ambulance hydroplaned before it hit the wall.

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