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At its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission is due to take the next step toward the multimillion-dollar renovation of the downtown fire station and adjacent senior center. As part of its consent agenda Tuesday, the commission will vote whether to finalize the funding contract with the county to pay for renovation of Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical Fire Station No.
The funding contract requires the county to pay for about 26 percent of the fire station renovation and 32 percent of the senior center renovation. That leaves the city’s share of the renovations at about $4.8 million, with a total price tag of about $6.4 million due to relocation costs, according to the city staff memo to the commission.
Since August, the ambulance service has been working out of Lawrence’s oldest standing fire station, at 1839 Massachusetts St. That location is not big enough for the fire trucks, and firefighters have been working out of a trailer on the site on Kentucky Street.
Fire Station No. 1 is a midcentury modern structure built in 1950 as the city’s public safety building. The senior center is housed in the eastern portion of the building. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the commission will also vote whether to finalize a cooperation agreement between the city, coun
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The gunman behind the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history had in-laws who attended the church he targeted, the local sheriff said.
"We know that his ex- in-laws or in-laws came to church here from time to time," Wilson County Sheriff Joe Tackitt told CNN Monday. "They were not here yesterday. So we don't know why he actually showed up yesterday.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN
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A beloved former fire chief and city councilman who spent his retirement dedicated to philanthropy died Saturday.
Robert “Buddy” Bagley, 86, served 16 years as fire chief before he retired in 1986. He had been with the department for 35 years, according to his obituary, and was the city’s longest serving chief.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Norfolk Virginian-Pilot/HamptonRoads.com
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Lockland Firefighter Michael Allen said he could feel his heart beating in his chest when he heard a 10-month-old was trapped in an apartment fire.
A mother had been cooking at her apartment on North Wayne Avenue Sunday when a fire started in the kitchen. She was able to get three of her children outside, but the smoke was too thick for her to get to her baby.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCPO-TV ABC 9 Cincinnati
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VIDEO - A veteran firefighter is doing his part to help first responders come to terms with post-traumatic stress.
In a video by Starbucks, 29-year veteran firefighter Mike Washington, with the Seattle Fire Department, said keeping stress in after difficult calls is like holding a “ticking time bomb.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1
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