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Posted: Sep 20, 2018

Edgartown (MA) Fire Apparatus Rolls Onto the Vineyard

“They did a great job of mounting new equipment,” Chief Schaeffer said. Prior to Engine 2 entering service, fire personnel will mount some old equipment on the pumper. Engine 2 cost $615,000, Chief Schaeffer said, but the department was able to defray the cost by pulling in $175,000 from the sale of the old pumper.  

Among the features of the pumper are a 720 gallon capacity water tank and a 20 gallon Class A Foam tank. Engine 2’s pump rate is 1,500 gallons per minute.

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Posted: Sep 20, 2018

Skagit County Fire District 6 receives grant for fill station

Skagit County Fire District 6 will no longer have to rely on neighboring departments to fill its breathing apparatus tanks after receiving a $69,000 Federal Emergency Management Agency grant. The money will be used to purchase an air compressor and filling station for the district’s self-contained breathing apparatus packs.
- PUB DATE: 9/20/2018 2:39:56 PM - SOURCE: Skagit Valley Herald (GoSkagit.com)
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Posted: Sep 20, 2018

Battle Ground man tried to save victim from fiery fatal crash

Steven Gorbet doesn’t know why he decided to try to rescue an apparently unconscious man stuck in a vehicle that veered off Interstate 5 on Tuesday night, hitting a tree and catching fire. Gorbet simply jumped into action. “I don’t know,” Gorbet said in a phone interview. “I just kind of did it.” The Battle Ground resident was southbound on the freeway shortly before midnight, headed home from a hunting trip in the Leavenworth area, when he noticed what he thought was a small brush fire.
- PUB DATE: 9/20/2018 12:54:36 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian
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Posted: Sep 20, 2018

Frankenmuth (MI) Fire Muster Rigs by Steve Redick

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Posted: Sep 20, 2018

Gallery: Frankenmuth (MI) Fire Muster Rigs by Steve Redick

Fire Photographer Steve Redick attended the August 2018 Frankenmuth Fire Muster and returned with these photos of some antique rigs.

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