Posted: Apr 2, 2018
norfolkdailynews.com
PILGER - On a warm day in June 2014, two firefighters en route to a call turned back to warn residents here that a tornado was about to slam into the town. They saved an untold number of lives but couldn't do anything to stop the destruction of more than 70 homes and other buildings.
The 8,800-square-foot building wasn’t built on the location of the previous hall, but rather at a site with easy access to Highway 15. The dirt work for the building project and placement of water lines was completed already last year.
The building itself was finished this February with room for the department’s five fire trucks and two ambulances. In addition to space for vehicles, the facility also boasts a kitchen, meeting room, EMS storage rooms, office and work rooms, with a second-story mezzanine for storage.
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Posted: Apr 2, 2018
Not long after Greg Altland was promoted to assistant fire chief, commanding a shift of firefighters in York City's fire department, he found himself standing on Texas Avenue at the top of a hill at the city's north end.
From that vantage point, he could see much of the city. At night, it's a beautiful view, the lights like stars, the universe being the 5.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCEN TV
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Posted: Apr 2, 2018
After more than a year of intense criticism following two deadly fires, Oakland Fire Marshal Miguel Trujillo resigned Friday, marking another major shift at the top of the city’s embattled fire department.
Trujillo is leaving to become the fire marshal for the Gilroy Fire Department, city spokeswoman Karen Boyd said Friday.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times
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Posted: Apr 2, 2018
Three people are dead after an ambulance crash in west suburban Bellwood.
The ambulance was transporting 48-year-old Larry Marshall Jr. home from dialysis treatment when police say the driver apparently lost control of the ambulance around 3:45 p.m. Saturday and slammed into a building at 28th Avenue and Washington Boulevard.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago
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Posted: Apr 2, 2018
There were challenges getting water Saturday morning to a trailer fire that killed one and injured a firefighter in a mobile home park off McDevitt Avenue in Summit Township.
Firefighters tried four hydrants within the park, which maintains its own system, and they were broken or disabled, township fire Acting Lt.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mlive.com
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