Posted: Nov 21, 2017
observer-reporter.com
More than a decade ago, members of West Alexander Volunteer Fire Company started working on plans to construct a new fire station more suited to accommodate its changing needs. The 10 years paid off this weekend as the firefighters opened the doors to the new station on Main Street to residents, business owners and supporters at an open house Saturday.
The new station features five spacious bays to house the trucks parked on an epoxy-coated floor.
“We actually have enough room to get in and out of the trucks,” the chief said, adding there is also more room to hang firefighters’ protective gear.
The department relied on grants and donations to finance the project. Graham said local residents also helped out. Two members of the community helped, donating time and equipment to raze the building. Other local contractors did carpentry, electrical, plumbing and heating work. The signs on the front of the building were made and painted by a local resident.
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Posted: Nov 21, 2017
Waco Tribune
West Lake Limestone Volunteer Fire Department accepted a $20,000 grant from the Rural Volunteer Fire Department Assistance Program. The grant was used to purchase a slip-on unit that was installed on a 5-ton excess military truck received through the Department of Defense Firefighter Property Program. Both programs are administered by the Texas A&M Forest Service.
“The truck and the slip-on unit are replacing an older, maintenance-troubled truck that the department built many years ago,” said West Lake Limestone VFD Fire Chief Allen McWhirter. “The new truck will take the older truck’s number. We appreciate having a vehicle equipped with a slip-on unit that includes a 500-gallon water tank and has foam capability.”
A slip-on unit is designed to become a fast, initial-attack firefighting unit. It is used in wildland firefighting as well as structure and auto fires and is a complete, self-contained firefighting apparatus designed for a pickup truck or custom-built vehicle platform.
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Posted: Nov 21, 2017
When Oso chaplain Joel Johnson is called to a critical emergency situation or crime scene, odds are someone just lost their home, their life or that of a loved one, and any signs of hope.
Johnson is director of Support 46, a program providing respite to on-scene emergency responders from Arlington Fire and Police departments.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2017 3:26:30 AM - SOURCE: Marysville Globe
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Posted: Nov 21, 2017
Fifty-foot flames flaring down Agua Caliente canyon in the earliest hours of Oct. 9 were about to devour the Mission Highlands neighborhood and race into the backyards of Boyes Hot Springs. That’s when Glen Ellen Cal Fire Capt. Sean Jerry studied the situation from a crest on High Road and said, “OK, this is what we’re going to do.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Santa Rosa Press Democrat
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Posted: Nov 21, 2017
Emergency crews responded to the scene of an explosion and fire that killed one man and injured more than 30 people, including firefighters, at a manufacturing plant in New York's Hudson Valley.
The explosion happened at around 10:15 a.m. Monday in the north section of Verla International -- a business that makes cosmetics, primarily nail polish.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV 7online.com
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