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Posted: Jan 8, 2018

Sauk Prairie Ambulance purchases three new defibrillators after 15 years

The new machines not only offer cardiac support, but also measures how well an individual is breathing, replacing a separate blood pressure machine by monitoring a person’s oxygen saturation, auto checks a person’s carbon monoxide levels, conducts EKG monitoring, measures blood pressure and more.

Darling said the department will keep its older devices that check carbon monoxide levels, because often when dealing with carbon monoxide poisoning, the crew is dealing with multiple victims. This would be the case when a home’s furnace malfunctions, or for use to bring up a firefighter’s oxygen levels.

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Posted: Jan 8, 2018

2 rescued after their SUV crashes into Puyallup River

Two people have been rescued after their SUV crashed into the Puyallup River Monday morning. Several rescue agencies were called to the scene near 116th Street E and McCutheon Road East in Orting just after 11 a.m. after getting a report of a car in the river. Orting Valley firefighters said they arrived to find the two in the water attempting to swim to shore.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2018 12:57:43 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000
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Posted: Jan 8, 2018

Zico Launches Line of Brackets for Improved Tool Mounting

Zico Slotted Variable Mounts

Ziamatic Corp. (Zico) introduces Slotted Variable Mounts, a new line of brackets for the mounting of handheld tools, designed to provide improved flexibility and customization when laying out and mounting to 1”x1” tool board grids.

With their easy-to-use slotted bases, Slotted Variable Mounts eliminate the positioning restrictions of pre-drilled holes and increase total mounting options, even allowing for diagonal mounting—something difficult to do with “track” style boards.

“There wasn’t a lot you could do with tool and track boards. There was a rigidness there. You either mounted the tools horizontally or you mounted them vertically or maybe a little of both. The holes only lined up so many ways,” said Brian McGinty, Chief Engineer. “With our new Slotted Variable Mounts, it’s such a simple change, but one that I think can really open up the options for departments looking to get the best use of the space they’re given on the apparatus.”

Mount bases are solid cast aluminum that will not crack, break, or pull free from the wall like some vinyl brands. Flexible draw latches are thick, UV-stabilized rubber capable of withstanding time in harsh outdoor environments. Each draw latch secures a range of tool diameters.

Available now. For more information please call 1-800-711-FIRE or visit ziamatic.com

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Posted: Jan 8, 2018

Springdale Township repossesses truck from Allegheny Valley fire department

Firefighters stripped their gear — hoses, hand tools, extinguishers, fans, nozzles — from the 2001 Kenworth in preparation for turning it over to the township, company President Chuck Miller said.

Firefighters drained the truck of water before surrendering it to the township around 6:45 p.m. Friday. Assistant Chief Dennis Stiokis drove it the short distance up Pillow Avenue from their station to the township building.

No one from the township was there to accept the truck. Firefighters said they were told to lock it and drop the keys in the mail slot.

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Posted: Jan 8, 2018

Police: Gun-wielding man shot, killed by Tacoma officers outside burning home

A man was fatally wounded by a Tacoma police officer who originally responded to block off streets for a reported garage fire in Tacoma late Sunday night. Oficers and the Tacoma Fire Department came to the 400 block of S. 59th St. just before 11 p.m. after neighbors called to report a garage on fire, according to Loretta Cool with the Tacoma Police Department.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2018 7:27:28 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000
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