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Posted: Sep 18, 2017

White Bluff-Rye Hill Volunteer (AR) Fire Department Shows Off Fire Station, Vehicles

A local fire department provided residents the opportunity to become better acquainted with one of its stations this weekend.The White Bluff-Rye Hill Volunteer Fire Department held a meet and greet at its station at 14711 Rye Hill Road South in Fort Smith from 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
A fact sheet provided at the event states fire department members began the remodeling project with members of the Sebastian County maintenance staff after the Sebastian County Quorum Court assigned the station to the department in April. Members of the department put in over 790 man hours from April through August in station remodeling and cleanup, not not including time spent training and working at its other two stations or on the trucks there. It also does not include the hours county maintenance staff contributed helping with painting, plumbing, electrical and other facets of the project.
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Posted: Sep 18, 2017

Wichita (KS) Auction Includes Christmas Decor, Fire Apparatus, Airline Signs

The city of Wichita is conducting an online auction of its surplus vehicles, equipment and other property.
Trucks from the Wichita Fire Department and police cars are among the vehicles listed. City departments that have items in the auction: Parks and Recreation, Wichita Airport Authority, Central Maintenance, Water Utilities and Transit.
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Posted: Sep 18, 2017

Manchester (NJ) Fire Apparatus Dedicated To 9/11 Victims, Emergency Responders

Two of Manchester's volunteer fire companies are adding new trucks to their arsenals and honoring those who risk their lives every day to protect the lives of others.
The bright red aerial ladder truck and black and yellow pumper truck were dedicated to Manchester Volunteer Fire Company #1 and Ridgeway Volunteer Fire Company in honor of all emergency service personnel, as well as the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks – including 343 New York firefighters and paramedics.

The two trucks drove out to the September 11 town council meeting for their dedication, and residents took a field trip out to the cul-de-sac of the Municipal Complex to hear the dedication.

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Posted: Sep 18, 2017

Car Crashes into Chico (CA) Fire Station

At approximately 5:28 a.m. Monday, a vehicle crashed into the garage door at Fire Station One in Chico. Chico police said Sadaat Cruz-Felton, 20 of Chico, was tired, reversed too intensely and drove up the fire station driveway, into the garage door.
They determined that Cruz-Felton was not driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The bottom half of the garage door sustained significant damage. Cruz-Felton's vehicle sustained minor damage.
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Posted: Sep 18, 2017

Cause of Washington state line barn fire under investigation

Spokane Valley fire crews say they are still investigating the cause of a fire that fully engulfed a large barn near the Washington state line Monday afternoon. Firefighters say a neighbor called the fire in, and when fire crews first arrived they found the barn on E. Wellesley fully engulfed in flames.
- PUB DATE: 9/18/2017 3:46:27 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6
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