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Posted: Dec 4, 2017

Woman Rescued With Jaws Of Life After Crash With Fire Truck

In the course of trying to reach the fire, a fire truck and the woman's four-door vehicle crashed on West Seven Mile, just east of Evergreen. Firefighters jumped out of the truck and used extrication tools to free her. It took about 10 minutes to pull the woman from her vehicle, Fornell said.

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Posted: Dec 4, 2017

White Lake Fire Department celebrating new fire engine

The new truck was constructed by Rosenbauer America in Lyons, and Heiman Fire Inc. will supply the equipment for the engine on Thursday.

Paid for largely through fundraisers, Doering said, the truck will have several community benefits, including decreasing the cost of fire insurance. It will also have traffic control lights and signage to be used when responding to fires on or along roadways, Doering said.

And it will be equipped to handle more than just structure fires, though that will be its first priority.

The engine will be available for use on grass fires, house fires, car fires and more, Doering said, making it more versatile than the department's other fire trucks.

The fire department paid for approximately $100,000 of the truck's cost out-of-pocket and $215,000 through a United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development Grant.

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Posted: Dec 4, 2017

Driver Hurt After Crashing Into Harrisburg Fire Engine

Dispatchers say just after 5:45 pm, a minivan hit the fire engine South 25th and Market Streets. Dispatchers said they did not know the severity of the driver’s injuries.

Harrisburg Fire Chief Brian Enterline said no emergency responders were hurt. Enterline said the engine that was hit was Harrisburg’s brand-new Wagon 4, which runs from Station 2 in Allison Hill.

The engine was towed from the scene.

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Posted: Dec 4, 2017

Rare 1924 Fire Truck Back Home In Jefferson After Near 50-Year Journey

The antique vehicle went on auction on Saturday, Oct. 21, at VanDerBrink Auctions LLC in Lawton, Okla., as part of the John Lewis Collection. The Jefferson Fire Department was able to secure it with an $8,500 bid courtesy of a loan from the City of Jefferson.

“Since being awarded the truck, Yvette VanDerBrink (owner of VanDerBrink Auctions LLC) has reached out to me twice in two separate emails,” Jefferson Fire Chief Ron Wegner said. “The first one was to tell me, the second one, to me, was kind of to drive the point home: … this is an extremely rare piece and there may not be another one.

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Posted: Dec 4, 2017

Lexington Officials Unveil New Fire Truck for Specialized Emergencies

Fire Chief Kristin Chilton says it would be cost prohibitive to train every firefighter for these particular emergencies. “Detailed operations like I said like rope rescue in confined space and high and low angle rescue, large animal rescue, a lot of extrication, like we had a bus or a tank truck that was turned over on the interstate,” said Chilton.  “This carries a lot of heavy duty equipment that could be used in those types of situations”

Since 2011, Lexington government has spent almost $18 million to improve firefighting equipment, including just over $14 million on trucks. 

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