Don Kivner has been a member of the Lake Silkworth Fire Department for 53 years. Â
"There's no other place to go we are landlocked building and we are right on 29. It's a real hazard when you are pulling out with the trucks." He told us.
That will all change thanks to a $600,000 dollar federal grant. The money allows the fire company to build a new fire station just down the road.
  "It means a quicker response time." Said Chief Jerry Walker, Â
The Fire chief says the current firehouse is so small...there just not enough room inside the bays for their fire trucks..
  "When we set up our apparatus in the bays now we have apparatus behind one another. If we need an engine or a truck I have to take a piece out that's parked in front of that which is time-consuming." Said Chief Walker.
The new location will eliminate that problem and allow for fire trucks to get into and out of the station much more quickly.. Marion Deangelis lives near Lake Silkworth and helped push for the grant.Â
Posted: Oct 19, 2018
Gulf County Fire Coordinator Brad Price, firefighter and paramedic, was helping to clear some of the debris Hurricane Michael left behind Thursday when a tree fell on his tractor.
"We are heartbroken to announce the loss of one of our own," the Gulf County Sheriff's Office announced on social media, hours after colleagues found the 49-year-old father of two and youth softball coach from Wewahitchka dead.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Local10news.com
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Posted: Oct 19, 2018
The FDNY will be celebrating a five-alarm milestone on Friday.
Fifteen women are set to proudly walk across the stage and receive their graduation certificates at the Greater Allen A.M.E. Cathedral of New York in Jamaica, Queens — the highest number the department’s seen since 1982, when the FDNY opened its doors to 41 women following a groundbreaking discrimination lawsuit.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News
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Posted: Oct 19, 2018
A Saint David Fire District firefighter died in training Wednesday.
According to Saint David Fire District, 36-year-old Joshua Eugin died during a multi-department training exercise. Eugin was taking part in a "blackout drill," in which firefighters simulate rescuing victims inside a dark structure with fake smoke.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGUN9.com
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