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Posted: Mar 21, 2018

Fayetteville (NC) Fire Department to Start Administering Opioid Overdose Antidote

“The Fayetteville Fire/Emergency Department wants to help to mitigate and reduce opioid overdoses in our community,” Fire Chief Ben Major said. “Our first responders assist with a wide range of emergency response, and we are happy to use naloxone as another tool to help save lives so that those affected by opioid abuse can get on the road to recovery.”
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Posted: Mar 21, 2018

Auburn (AL) Fire Department Bids Farewell to Fire Station

The temporary Station One is a ranch style home, located on the corner of West Thach Avenue and Hemlock Drive, said Fire Chief John C. Lankford IV, and believes the home could have been built sometime in the 50s or 60s.  

The police division will remain in its existing building until the new structure is complete and ready for occupancy, said city manager James Buston. However, that wasn’t the original plan.

Initially, the city was considering moving the police division to a different location but ultimately decided to move the fire department Station One for cost efficiency and logistic reasons.

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Posted: Mar 21, 2018

Iowa Fire Apparatus Manufacturer To Roll Out Country Music Video

MCB manufactures various emergency apparatus, including fire trucks. Maintainer Marketing Manager Todd Karolczak says MCB approached the artist, John Riggins, about the idea of a music video. Karolczak says MCB partnered with an Ohio fire department to have one of their trucks, which had been built by MCB, appear prominently in the video.
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Posted: Mar 21, 2018

Champaign Fire Department Receives Brand New Engine

The new truck can hold twice the amount of water and spray foam, which the fire department said is better at suppressing vapors like from a gasoline fire.

The engine cost about $500,000 and was funded by the city.

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Posted: Mar 21, 2018

Unofficial Totals Show South Elgin-Area Voters Approve Of New Fire Houses, Tax Increase

The new stations are needed to replace the aging, landlocked Station 21, fire officials said.

That building was cobbled together over the years, and does not fit the current firefighting equipment, officials said. An architectural review of the building performed in 2016 indicated the building needed $1.4 million in work to bring it up to standards.

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