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Posted: Aug 17, 2017

DC Fire and EMS to review complaint of deplorable conditions inside Deanwood fire station

Firefighters at Engine Company 27 in Northeast D.C.'s Deanwood neighborhood are sounding the alarm about what they are calling dirty and deplorable conditions at their fire station. In the District, fire personnel work in 24-hour shifts and then have 72 hours off. During their work shift, these firefighters live, eat and sleep at the firehouse, and these conditions are nothing new to them and have been going on for years, they say.
- PUB DATE: 8/17/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: foxdc.com
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Posted: Aug 17, 2017

Fire Truck Photo of the Day-Toyne Pumper

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Posted: Aug 16, 2017

Tacoma to reopen closed fire station

Budget cuts left one Tacoma neighborhood without a fire station for years. Now the city plans to reopen Station No. 5 in hopes of getting badly needed service in the Tideflats area and northeast Tacoma neighborhood. "The city allowed these homes complicit with that is also the responsibility of taking care of the people that are here and their needs," said Chris Murphy, who moved into a new home in the northeast neighborhood 15 years ago.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2017 7:15:32 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5
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Posted: Aug 16, 2017

Unattended oil pan sparks early morning house fire in Yakima

A home was nearly destroyed after firefighters say an oil pan left unattended sparked flames in the kitchen. Yakima Fire Department (YFD) reports said fire crews arrived at the 1300 block of W Lincoln Avenue around 4:30 a.m., Wednesday to find a fire coming from the home's kitchen. Everyone had left the home safely before firefighters arrived reports said.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2017 3:55:42 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima
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Posted: Aug 16, 2017

East Pierce (WA) Receives Grant to Hire New Firefighters

East Pierce Fire and Rescue will soon be welcoming several new firefighters to their workforce.
On Friday, Aug. 4, Fire Chief Bud Backer sent out a press release stating the Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded East Pierce the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant, roughly $1.7 million for the next three years, in order to hire nine more firefighters to increase the department’s fire suppression abilities.
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