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Posted: May 16, 2018

Gladys (VA) VFD Gets New Fire Apparatus

Their new truck cost $250,000 and is built to go off of the road.  

The fire chief says it can hold 1,500 gallons of water, compared to a normal truck that can only hold 250. This truck is the first in Virginia and the second on the east coast.  

They were able to get it by saving, fundraising, and with some help from Campbell County kicking in about one-third of the funds.

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Posted: May 16, 2018

10 Hospitalized, Including Four Firefighters, After Accident Involving Fire Apparatus

Austin-Travis County EMS said multiple emergency assets responded to the scene, including STAR Flight. ATCEMS said there were ten total patients involved in the crash. EMS said two of the eight patients were transported to the hospital with serious potentially life-threatening injuries and the other eight went to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Lake Travis Fire Rescue confirms that two Lake Travis firefighters were taken to the hospital via STAR Flight while two others were taken via ATCEMS.
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Posted: May 16, 2018

Alaska Man Arrested for Lying Down in Front of Fire Apparatus During Wildfire Response

Derek Jokay-Szilagyi, 45 of Nikolaevsk, was arrested at around 5:30 p.m. on May 14. Troopers said he impeded fire trucks from responding to the fire when he "laid down in the middle of the road and impeded a fire truck which was responding to a wild land fire."  

That fire was eventually calmed by fire fighting efforts including helicopters dumping industrial bucket loads of water as well as fire retardant being spread on nearby homes. However, for a good portion of the response time, authorities considered the fire to be "threatening occupied residences in Nikolaevsk."

Jokay-Szilagyi was arrested and remanded into the Homer Jail for multiple charges, including disorderly conduct and reckless endangerment, as the fire was threatening homes.

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Posted: May 16, 2018

Fire damages Marysville home, 3 cars

The Marysville Fire District quickly extinguished a blaze that damaged a home and three cars Tuesday evening. Total damage is estimated at $140,000 with smoke and heat damage throughout the home. A neighbor reported flames coming from the garage in the 5300 block of 138th St NE just after 6:40 p.m. A man was inside sleeping.
- PUB DATE: 5/16/2018 1:01:07 PM - SOURCE: Arlington Times
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Posted: May 16, 2018

SVI Trucks to Launch East Coast Demo Truck Route

HARRISBURG, Pa. — SVI Trucks, a Colorado fire truck manufacturer, is partnering with dealers Campbell Supply, Co., RedStorm Fire & Rescue and Atlantic Coast Fire Trucks to launch an East Coast demo truck tour from May 18 to Aug. 11.  

The truck will make three show stops, starting May 18-20 at the Pennsylvania Fire Expo in Harrisburg, Pa., stopping June 13-16 at the N.Y. Chiefs Expo in Verona, N.Y., and wrapping up Aug. 8-11 at the South Atlantic Fire Rescue Expo in Raleigh, N.C. Additionally, SVI is working with these area dealers to coordinate individual demos for departments that want to see a private viewing of the truck. Night demos of the tower can also be arranged. To schedule a demo, contact Rafe Briges at rafeb@svitrucks.com. 

The SVI Medium Rescue demo truck is built on a Freightliner M2 106, four-door chassis and features ROM roll-up doors, OnScene Solutions LED compartment lights, Command Light CL Series light tower and a host of other features. To view the full specs, svitrucks.com/portfolioitems/2017-medium-rescue-demo-1011.

About SVI Trucks 

SVI Trucks, a Super Vacuum Manufacturing Company located in Fort Collins, Colo., builds custom fire apparatus, including rescue trucks, hazmat units, command vehicles, fire engines, tanker trucks, law enforcement vehicles and more. To see SVI’s full fleet, visit svitrucks.com. To browse drawings, features and specifications of a truck, visit SVI’s Apparatus pages and click on any truck image. 

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