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Posted: Nov 20, 2018

Pennsylvania state auditor general to begin audit of volunteer fire department finances after theft charges

State Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said Monday a team from his office will begin auditing the Delmont Volunteer Firemen’s Relief Association as four former members of the fire department are charged with stealing tens of thousands of dollars in recent years. “I was deeply troubled by the theft charges filed against several former members of the fire department,” DePasquale said.
- PUB DATE: 11/20/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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Posted: Nov 20, 2018

Fire Truck Photo of the Day-Pierce Pumper

Naperville Fire Department pumper. Enforcer cab and chassis; Cummins L9 400-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pump.

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Posted: Nov 19, 2018

Yakima firefighters reminding community how to avoid cooking fires on Thanksgiving

VIDEO: The Yakima Fire Department says they are more likely to be called to a house on fire on Thanksgiving than any other day of the year. Fire Prevention Captain Jeff Pfaff said most of the calls come in the morning to mid afternoon when people are cooking their Thanksgiving dinners. "About four times greater in one day and it's because there are so many things going on," Pfaff said.
- PUB DATE: 11/19/2018 6:36:20 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima
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Posted: Nov 19, 2018

Olympia firefighters fix up van for woman and her disabled son

On Sunday, firefighters in Olympia presented a woman with a special gift: a wheelchair van customized for her disabled son. It was a moment a year and a half in the making. And it all began with a routine aid call. Olympia firefighter Rick Leo spearheaded the project after meeting Lupe Rodriguez while on the job.
- PUB DATE: 11/19/2018 5:58:02 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000
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Erie Bureau of Fire (PA) Readies for New Fire Apparatus
Erie Bureau of Fire (PA) Readies for New Fire Apparatus
Posted: Nov 19, 2018

Erie Bureau of Fire (PA) Readies for New Fire Apparatus

Fire Apparatus Magazine

Erie City Council is scheduled to vote on Wednesday on the final readings of two ordinances that would appropriate $743,603 for the purchase of a 2019 rescue pumper for Engine Co. 6, replacing a 1999 rig. More than half of the amount, $400,000, is from a grant Erie received through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, with the balance coming from unappropriated and unanticipated revenue with the city’s capital fund budget, according to language in both ordinances council will vote on.

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Once the money is approved, and city administration gives the OK to make the purchase, it’s just a matter of making a phone call to get the ball rolling in having the city’s newest fire engine built, Fire Chief Guy Santone said.  

“It’s all spec’d out and ready to go,” Santone said, adding that he hopes to see the new rig put in service by summer.

The truck the city fire bureau wants to buy is a Pierce Manufacturing rescue pumper. The 1999 Kovatch Mobile Equipment rig it will replace as the front-line vehicle at Engine Co. 6 will become a reserve truck at the station.

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