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Posted: Oct 4, 2017

Toronto Fire Apparatus Equipped with Naloxone Kits

A drug that can help reverse the effects of an opiate overdose will now be carried on board all Toronto fire trucks. Toronto Fire Services announced on Wednesday that all of its front line trucks have now been outfitted with Naloxone kits.
"We play a critical role in pre-hospital care in Toronto and we want to make sure at the end of the day that if we have an opportunity to save a life by administering this drug that we are prepared to do that," Deputy Fire Chief Jim Jessop told CP24. "We are blessed with the most robust paramedics system in Ontario but at the end of the day more often than not our firefighters are first on scene for these sorts of calls."

Jessop said that all 3,000 firefighters with Toronto Fire Services have been given two hours in theoretical training and one hour in hands-on training on when and how to use Naloxone.

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Posted: Oct 4, 2017

Danville (KY) Buying New Fire Apparatus for $1 million

Danville will spend a little more than $1 million to buy a new ladder truck for the city's fire department. City commissioners approved the purchase of a Pierce ArrowXT Tandem 107 fire truck at their most recent meeting. "It's top-of-the-line when it comes to firetrucks," said Tim Brumfield, assistant fire chief.
Danville’s current ladder truck is a 1993 Pierce fire truck with a 100-foot ladder tower. Brumfield said some parts are no longer made for the truck and it’s possible if something breaks on it, the city would be unable to repair it.

The new truck will be a 2018 Pierce truck with a 107-foot ladder. The truck will have improved safety features, ladder controls and more that were not available when the city bought its current truck in 1993, according to a presentation by Brumfield.

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Posted: Oct 4, 2017

Auburn firefighter hailed in Vegas massacre: 'You saved my daugther's life'

An off-duty firefighter from Auburn is being credited with saving the life of a teen girl who was wounded among the mass shooting in Las Vegas Sunday night. Dean McAuley with Valley Regional Fire Authority was at the Route 91 concert with several friends enjoying the Jason Aldean concert. "We started moving toward the center of the stage.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2017 3:45:36 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000
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Posted: Oct 4, 2017

1 dead after fire at abandoned building in Tacoma

One person died in an abandoned building fire early Wednesday morning in Tacoma. Authorities say the abandoned building near S. 19th and Tacoma Ave. had become a homeless encampment. Firefighters were called around 3:00 a.m. to reports of fire at a commercial building. Crews discovered mounds of trash inside the building which made it tough for them to get in and attack the flames.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2017 7:52:42 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13
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Posted: Oct 4, 2017

Cheney woman with cancer loses everything in house fire

One week after finding out that she had stage four lung cancer, the unthinkable happened. A Cheney woman lost everything she owned in a house fire. “She just needs help and we’d like to see that happen,” says the woman’s friend, Trina Stout. Stout has known Anita Whitaker for more than 15 years and says she’s like a second mother to her.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2017 4:04:24 AM - SOURCE: KAYU-TV MyFox Spokane
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