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Posted: Nov 8, 2017

Hidden Camera Found at Killearn (FL) Fire Station

The trail camera, commonly used by hunters and triggered by motion detectors, was located above the lieutenant’s dorm and bathroom and a dorm and bathroom for female firefighters.

There is no indication the camera was used to peep on people in the rooms below. TFD Deputy Chief Richard Jones said the camera, which took still photos only, did not shoot into private quarters.

But Dowdy said he was shocked to discover the camera, which he considered a violation of his employee rights and an invasion of his privacy.

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Posted: Nov 8, 2017

Plans Scrapped for New Tamarac (FL) Fire Station

The city pitched the plan earlier this year as a remedy to response times that were clocking in over its eight-minute goal in almost 20 percent of the calls.

The city wanted to move one of the city's ambulances from the station on Hiatus Road to a new station, at first created from trailers, on Kings Point property at a parking lot. Although the ambulance could be sent anywhere, the city expected the bulk of calls to be from within Kings Point.

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Posted: Nov 8, 2017

Boise (ID) Mobile Equipment Increases Fire Apparatus Production

 In the last 12 months, the company has grown from 28,000 square feet to 103,000 square feet of manufacturing space, said Adam Garrett, a marketing assistant at BME.
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Posted: Nov 8, 2017

Norwich (CT) Referendum Approval for Fire Apparatus

The referendum questions received little attention throughout the campaign, other than a support rally Saturday, hosted by the Yantic volunteer fire department. Democrats, however, used the bond questions to criticize the Republican-majority City Council for cutting money from the annual capital budget in order to show a budget cut, while shifting the items to bond measures.
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Posted: Nov 8, 2017

Sunset (UT) Fire Apparatus Failed to Start in Emergencies Before Volunteer Department Closed

By all accounts, the fire had been burning for a while before a neighbor called 911. The Sunset City fire station is just a block and a half away from the home but problems with the department's fire engine delayed the firefighters. "That did happen, the fire truck didn't start, but as we know we can walk out to our own cars every day and turn the key and it not start, it just one of those fluke things," former Sunset city councilman Kevin Snow told 2News. The "fluke" failure meant the closest working fire engine was approximately two miles away in Clinton. Clinton Fire and several other agencies responded to the fire as Sunset's volunteers jumped in the ambulance and went to the home. "My first response was 'why?' what happened, what went down?," Sunset City councilman Chad Bangeter said.
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