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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Posted: Nov 21, 2017
In Onalaska, the volunteer fire department is dealing with an emergency of its own.
Brothers Chris and Craig Franklin say small town politics are putting everyone in jeopardy.
"Now I am standing here, watching everything fall apart," said Chris. "I'm worried for my safety, my family's safety, and the safety of all the citizens of Onalaska.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5
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