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Posted: Oct 20, 2017

Valley Regional uses $13K grant to purchase tripod rescue device

The two pieces of equipment purchased with the grant are a first for the lower half of Luzerne County, Valley Regional Deputy Fire Chief Kevin Tarapchak said.

Valley Regional applied for the Firefighters Support Foundation grant in the spring, he said, and by August was informed the money was approved.

A portion of the grant was used to buy a more agile tripod, a TerrAdaptor brand, to be used on rope rescues and in confined spaces. They bought the tripod, he said, because it can lean at an extreme angle over a steep cliff or guard rails — places Valley Regional finds itself rescuing people from at least six times a year.

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Posted: Oct 20, 2017

Fire District Beefs Up Water Supply

Currently, the department has one tanker that runs on all first-alarm fires.

Once the new tanker is in service, most likely in January, it will immediately double the amount of water available at a rural fire in areas without fire hydrants.

“We are the only fire district in the area to only have one tanker,” Halmich said. “We purchased the tanker we have now in 2001.”

The chief added, although the frequency of fires requiring tanker shuttles had decreased over the past few years, they still have between six and eight calls per year that require extra water to be hauled in.

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Posted: Oct 20, 2017

Fire Trucks at Cicero and Chicago, Illinois, Incidents

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Posted: Oct 20, 2017

Washington gets REAL ID extension

Washington is among 17 states that have been granted a yearlong extension from the enforcement of federal requirements for state driver's licenses and ID cards. The state Department of Licensing announced the news Wednesday, and Department of Homeland Security's REAL ID website showing the current status of each state has been updated.
- PUB DATE: 10/20/2017 3:49:56 AM - SOURCE: iFiberOne
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Posted: Oct 20, 2017

Follow Up: Eastside Fire spent week helping California crews

Firefighters have been pushing themselves past exhaustion to make progress on California's deadly fires that have done so much destruction. More than 40 people were killed. About 5,700 homes and structures are gone. The images of the relentless fire that raged through wine country captured the attention of Eastside Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Dave McDaniel.
- PUB DATE: 10/20/2017 3:22:01 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5
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