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Posted: Jul 20, 2018

'Pop can alarms' shelved, new fire alerting system live in almost every Nebraska city's fire station

VIDEO - Most of Omaha's fire stations are now equipped with state-of-the-art equipment to alert them to emergencies. It's been five months since KETV Newswatch 7 first reported on firefighters at two stations using a "pop can" alarm as a backup to the broken system. Firefighters placed pop cans on top of a printer and listened for the sound of the cans falling to the floor to alert them to an emergency.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KETV-TV ABC 7 Omaha
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Posted: Jul 20, 2018

Wildfire near Kittitas grows to 70,000 acres; eastbound I-90 closed

Eastbound I-90 remains closed in Kittitas County due to a 70,000-acre brush fire. Westbound I-90 reopened Friday about 7 a.m. Fast-moving flames are blowing heavy smoke over the roadway. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) says eastbound I-90 is closed at exit 115 in Kittitas, eight miles east of Ellensburg.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV
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Posted: Jul 20, 2018

Man attacks off-duty Seattle firefighter, 2-year-old daughter with pepper spray at Green Lake Park

An off-duty Seattle firefighter and his 2-year-old daughter were attacked with pepper spray at Green Lake Park on Wednesday night, according to Seattle Police. Officers were called to an area near East Green Lake Way N. and NE Ravenna Blvd around 5:30 p.m. When they arrived, the firefighter told them he and had been sprayed in the face with pepper spray by a man who was walking around the park.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000
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Posted: Jul 20, 2018

Fire Truck Photo of the Day-Marion Pumper

Mountain View Fire Company, Troy, NY, pumper. Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins L9 400-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pump.

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Posted: Jul 19, 2018

Homeowner thankful to firefighters for protecting home from Upriver Beacon fire

On Tuesday afternoon Kyle Matson was working from home when he noticed something wasn’t right “I saw some smoke and not more than a half hour later I was evacuated,” said Kyle Matson That’s when the Upriver Beacon Fire started to approach his father’s house and the new one he and his wife were building right next door.
- PUB DATE: 7/19/2018 8:35:49 PM - SOURCE: KAYU-TV MyFox Spokane
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