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Posted: Oct 19, 2018

Arsonist strikes during church service in Seattle; Molotov cocktails used

About fifty people were worshiping inside a Seattle church when someone threw Molotov cocktails at it starting a small fire, the Seattle Fire Department said. Witnesses began calling 911 just after 8 p.m. Thursday to report a fire outside the Iglesia ni Cristo Church at 7100 42nd Avenue South. By the time the Seattle Fire Department arrived the fire had already been extinguished.
- PUB DATE: 10/18/2018 11:31:19 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13
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Posted: Oct 19, 2018

Fire Truck Photo of the Day-Ferrara Fire Apparatus Rescue-Pumpers

Bixby (OK) Fire Department MVP rescue-pumpers (2). Inferno cabs and chassis; Cummins ISX12 500-hp engines; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pumps; UPF Poly 750-gallon tanks; 30-gallon foam cells.

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Posted: Oct 18, 2018

Centralia Dad with Olympia firefighter brings tragic lessons to classroom

"What I do for a living is communicate with people," said Brad Tower in front of an elementary school class in Olympia. "I actually work to change laws." But, with Olympia firefighter Dave Frost, Brad Tower is helping this class brainstorm a project to start a fire safety campaign at their school. "I was nervous about it," confesses Brad after it was over.
- PUB DATE: 10/18/2018 6:51:47 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13
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Posted: Oct 18, 2018

Finley (OH) Fire Equipment Donates Fire Apparatus

Finley said this process all started when he reached out to Chief Craig Clark about possibly donating a truck to them because Reinersville’s fire department budget is very tight. It was then Finley learned that their first-out engine was broken down.  

Mr. Finley said he and Bailey Buchanan delivered the pumper truck to the Reinersville Volunteer Fire Department at around 10 a.m. in the morning, on Sunday, Oct. 7. The truck is lettered with “Reiners­ville” on the cab’s front and on the doors.

Finley mentioned that Finley Fire Equipment had recently purchased a vinyl printer and cutter for all of the company’s lettering needs. The Reinersville truck was the first project for the new printer and cutter.

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Posted: Oct 18, 2018

North Carolina Firefighters Flooded Fire Station, Homes

A volunteer fire department in Duplin County near Wallace was flooded with a full five feet of waters, courtesy of Florence.  

North East Volunteer Fire Department Chief Kenneth Cavenaugh said one firetruck was destroyed. All the department’s other trucks and as much equipment as they could grab was moved and saved.  

The NEVFD will need to endure a year before the building is back to its former glory, and the walls have already been torn out, according to WITN.

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