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Warner Robins Fire Dept. spending $1.2 million on new training center
Warner Robins Fire Dept. spending $1.2 million on new training center
Posted: Apr 6, 2018

Warner Robins Fire Dept. spending $1.2 million on new training center

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The Warner Robins Fire Department is building a new training center they say is needed to keep their firefighters and the public safe. Fire Chief Ross Moulton says parts of the current training center are more than 30 years old and that makes it harder for their firefighters to prepare for the real world.

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The department is spending $1.2 million in 2012 and 2018 SPLOST funds for a new three-story tower that will have simulated residential floors, indoor and outdoor staircases, and a simulated elevator shaft.

It also will have more than ten times the space dedicated to burn exercises, all for better training that Moulton says could save lives.

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Posted: Apr 6, 2018

Richland firefighters handing out free food to community

Firefighters in Richland are helping those who need some extra food on the table. Richland Fire & Emergency Services is joining 2nd Harvest Friday, April 6, at the Uptown Parking Lot to hand out free produce and nonperishable products to the community. The firefighter's Community Outreach Program partnered with 2nd Harvest to organize the mobile market, which includes nearly 8,500 pounds of food items.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2018 11:50:30 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19
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City Commission OKs alerting system contract for fire department
City Commission OKs alerting system contract for fire department
Posted: Apr 6, 2018

City Commission OKs alerting system contract for fire department

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This week, Shawnee Fire Chief Dru Tischer made a request to City Commissioners for permission to enter into a contract with U.S. Digital Designs for installation of a needed Fire Station Alerting System (FSAS) at Fire Station No. 2 (as part of the current renovation project) and in the City of Shawnee Dispatch Center.

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In addition to providing for the emergency radio speakers and amplifier for Station No. 2, he said this system will provide a commercial station alerting system that will allow Station No. 2 to receive redundant emergency traffic from COS Dispatch over both 800 MHz emergency radio system and IP infrastructure providing redundancy in the event that one of these systems fail.

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Omaha upgrades fire station alert systems
Omaha upgrades fire station alert systems
Posted: Apr 6, 2018

Omaha upgrades fire station alert systems

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Fire Stations 52 and 23 are the first to receive a new dispatch alerting system. The system will bring the latest technology for our first responders. "Our fire alerting system was aging and was going to eventually going to need replaced," said Assistant Fire Chief Tim McCaw.

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The new system will receive digital information from dispatch, displaying it on screens throughout the building along with an automated tone.

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Posted: Apr 6, 2018

Follow Up: Welding is possible cause of shed fire in Kennewick

Benton County Deputies say welding could be a factor in a structure fire on the 900 block of east 23rd Avenue in Kennewick. When Benton County Fire District 1 and the Kennewick Fire Department arrived to the scene around 5 p.m. they heard gas cans and paint cans popping. The street was blocked off for over an hour as police and fire engines filled the street in front of the home.
- PUB DATE: 4/6/2018 7:29:28 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews
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