Posted: Oct 24, 2017
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Murfreesboro Fire & Rescue Department will be at Oaklands Mansion (900 N. Maney Avenue) at 2:00 o'clock this Wednesday, afternoon (10/25/2017) to unveiling a restored steam fire engine along with a brand new 100-foot aerial apparatus.
Funds were allocated in the 2016 CIP for replacement of the department's 1977 Snorkel truck with equipment. With City Council's approval, the Sutphen company was selected to build the custom 100-foot mid-mount aerial after completing the bid process. The apparatus will be the frontline engine for the future Station 4, but will be housed at Murfreesboro Fire & Rescue Department's Special Ops station (Station 7 located on N. Thompson Lane) until new the station is built. This apparatus will enhance aerial coverage for the city and help the department maintain its ISO 2 rating.
The 1892 Ahrens steam fire engine was the City's first piece of firefighting equipment. For years, it was stored in one of the sheds at Cannonsburgh Village.
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Posted: Oct 24, 2017
A building in McCleary that was once home to Mark Reed Hospital caught fire just before 6 a.m. Monday, according to Grays Harbor Fire District 5.
The damage to the building in the 300 block of South Birch Street was not extensive because a working sprinkler system helped to put out the fire.
McCleary Fire Department responded to the fire and was assisted by Grays Harbor Fire District’s 5 and 12.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2017 3:20:46 AM - SOURCE: Olympian
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Posted: Oct 24, 2017
Last night's NBC News segment featured an in-depth look at firefighter occupational cancer.
The segment featured an interview with a Boston firefighter who is battling blood cancer and Fire Commissioner Joseph Finn, who called cancer rates in the fire service an "epidemic." According to the segment, three active or just-retired firefighters are diagnosed with cancer each month.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1
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Posted: Oct 24, 2017
The end of a nearly yearlong dispute between Mayor Lloyd Winnecke's office and the police and fire departments was reached Monday with a six-figure settlement.
City Council approved using $300,000 of income tax revenue to end the lawsuit between the unions and city over the changes to the 2017 health insurance plan the city offered employees.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Evansville Courier & Press
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The motorist who first reported the Canyon Fire 2 said Monday, Oct. 23 that he described the Oct. 9 incident as a fire, not as smoke.
The distinction matters because Orange County Fire Authority officials confirmed Monday that the dispatcher’s first response was to send a single fire engine with lights and sirens off, a deployment known as a low-priority “smoke check.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Orange County Register
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