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WFC News

Posted: Jul 26, 2017

Pierce Manufacturing, IAFC Honor 2017 Fire Chiefs of the Year

The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and Pierce Manufacturing Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE: OSK) company, today announced the 2017 winners of the annual “IAFC Fire Chief of the Year” awards at Fire-Rescue International (FRI) in Charlotte, N.C. Career Fire Chief Marvin Riggins of the Macon-Bibb County Fire Department in Macon, Georgia and Volunteer Fire Chief Brian Wade of the North Lenoir Fire & Rescue Department in Kinston, N.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs

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Fire Truck Photo of the Day-SVI Rescue Truck

Posted: Jul 26, 2017

Fire Truck Photo of the Day-SVI Rescue Truck

Cal Fire/San Diego County Fire USAR rescue. Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Command Light CL series light tower; 20-foot walk-around rescue body.

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Kansas Woman Tries to Kill Bug with Lighter

Posted: Jul 25, 2017

Kansas Woman Tries to Kill Bug with Lighter

A woman in Topeka, Kan. tried to kill a bug with a cigarette lighter. She wound up setting her apartment on fire, forcing an evacuation of the building and causing extensive damage. Topeka Fire Marshal Mike Martin confirmed that the blaze, which caused $140,000 in damages and the displacement of 17 people, resulted from an "occupant trying to kill a bug with a lighter."

Topeka Fire Marshal Mike Martin confirmed that the fire, which caused $140,000 in damages and the displacement of 17 people, resulted from an “occupant trying to kill a bug with a lighter.”

Monique Quarles told the Topeka Capital-Journal that shortly before 3:45 Monday morning, her daughter Ausha Scott and 2-year-old granddaughter were on the third floor of their Fairlawn Green apartment complex.

In a video interview with the Capital-Journal, Quarles said her daughter alerted her to the bug. “I found the bug, picked the bug up and I put it in my hand and lit it on fire,” Quarles said.

$60M to Repair Pittsburgh's Fire, Police and Medic Stations

Pittsburgh would need $60 million to repair rundown police, fire and Emergency Medical Services stations, public works facilities, recreation centers and other buildings, according to a report the Mayor's Office released Tuesday. Mayor Bill Peduto's office in 2015 commissioned Massaro Construction Management Services for $1 million to assess all buildings owned by the city.

Massaro assessed about 300 structures and identified six buildings in need of immediate attention because they operate 24 hours per day: station No. 24 in the South Side, Zone 4 police station and fire station No. 18 in Squirrel Hill, station No. 7 in Stanton Heights, station No. 17 in Homewood, and the Medic 8 station in Allentown.

Peduto spokesman Tim McNulty said the city would focus on those six buildings, because they are critical to public safety.

Henderson (NV) Fire Department Uses Open House Events to Push Safety

The Henderson Fire Department held an open house July 14 at Station 86, where parents and children got safety advice from firefighters. "We don't want the first time (kids) meet our firefighters to be when that disaster happens," said Henderson public information officer Kathleen Richards.

Fire Department partners, such as Get Ready Stay Ready and Check Your Seats in the Heat, set up booths to offer safety tips to families exploring the station. Kids could have their photos take in firefighter uniforms and in the station’s pumper engine truck while firefighters milled around and answered questions.

Fire Station 86, 1996 E. Galleria Drive, is one of nine stations at which the Fire Department holds monthly open houses January through September. Station 86 serves an area of Henderson covering about 9.8 square miles and more than 6,478 residents as of 2016, making it one of the slower stations.

WFC News

Pierce Manufacturing, IAFC Honor 2017 Fire Chiefs of the Year

Fire Truck Photo of the Day-SVI Rescue Truck

Kansas Woman Tries to Kill Bug with Lighter

$60M to Repair Pittsburgh's Fire, Police and Medic Stations

Henderson (NV) Fire Department Uses Open House Events to Push Safety

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