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Posted: Aug 21, 2017

Is Allentown (PA) Neglecting Fire Apparatus Fleet?

On the day fire gutted five row homes on Delaware Street in 2008 and made 19 people homeless, four Allentown fire engines were out of service, including the one at the nearby Mack South Fire Station.
Still, because of widespread equipment shortages at the city’s six fire stations, it would take about 15 minutes for two more engines and a ladder truck to arrive.

Determined to learn from experience, Allentown bought five fire trucks in the next two years and Bob Kudlak, then the assistant fire chief, was tasked with creating a vehicle replacement schedule. He started by taking inventory of every truck, noting age, mileage and location.

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Posted: Aug 21, 2017

Fire Apparatus Lifts Spirits of Sycamore (IL) Child

Whoever said fire trucks are just for boys has never taken a ride on Leslie. On July 28, Leslie the Pink Heals fire truck made a special stop in Sycamore to pick up 7-year-old Caedyn Waxman, and the pink uniform-clad firefighters who stepped off had a special message for her: She's not fighting cancer alone.
Caedyn giggled with excitement as Leslie pulled up to her grandma's house, where a gathering of family and friends watched, wearing their own pink shirts that read, "Caedyn's tougher than cancer."

Sycamore police and firefighters gave Leslie and escort from the station to the house on High Street. They shared hugs and gifts with Caedyn before she signed her name next to hundreds of others on the truck.

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Posted: Aug 21, 2017

Two Years In, Hamilton (NJ) Fire District Consolidation to Minute Details

It started out with sweeping plans and a press conference, public meetings and a state study, then a laborious effort to get 5,000 signatures from residents. Now, two years later, the effort to consolidate the township's eight autonomous fire districts into a unified firefighting force has to do with multi-layered response time maps, subcommittees and more studies.
On Thursday night, at one of the subcommittee meetings - the response time committee - council members, firefighters and union leaders studied how fast fire trucks get to all areas of Hamilton.
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Posted: Aug 21, 2017

Rockford (IL) Fire Department Holds Open House for Renovated Fire Station

The Rockford Fire Department hosts an open house Saturday for their recommissioned newly renovated Fire Station #7, which was originally opened in December of 1978. For the last 26 years, this building has been a repair facility, so now the department says they are recommissioning it with a fire apparatus and an ambulance to serve the community.
They say this will help improve the level of service to the community without adding extra personal or equipment. It is located right in the center of a neighborhood surrounded by several schools, so they can get to know the people around the neighborhood who they are there to protect.
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Posted: Aug 21, 2017

Estimate: $1 Million for Apparatus Bay for Boyceville (WI) Fire Station

Spending $1 million on a new fire station will build an apparatus bay big enough to house the Boyceville Community Fire Department's existing equipment, according to the architect hired by the fire board.
Dave Cihasky of Five Bugles Design spoke to the Boyceville Community Fire District Board concerning the $1 million budget for the new fire station at the fire board’s August 16 meeting.
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