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Posted: Aug 30, 2017

San Diego (CA) Fire Station Rehab Nearly Done

Fire Station 17 is scheduled to be complete in late November. "It will be beautiful," said Sandra. "[It's] another gem in the community, like the police station." Sandra, 63, was referring to the almost-completed Fire Station 17 at 4206 Chamoune Avenue in City Heights.
This is San Diego’s busiest fire station, covering four square miles. In 2016, Fire Station 17 had 6530 responses from their temporary location at 4000 41st Street (across the street from Aibertos on University Avenue); 4673 were for emergency medical reasons and 434 were for fire-related calls.

The new construction cost about $11 million to build, which is part of the “$120 million ‘megabond’ whose proceeds will go toward fixing San Diego’s crumbling infrastructure,” as reported by NBC 7 San Diego in early 2014.

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Posted: Aug 30, 2017

Flint (MI) Celebrates Re-Opening of Fire Station

The Flint Fire Department began staffing Station 8 on Sunday, Aug. 27, manning it with four-person crews working 24-hour shifts. Those crews serve as first responders for fires and medical emergencies in Flint south of Interstate 69 and Lippincott Boulevard.
A staffing shortfall forced the Flint Fire Department to shutter Station 8 in 2014. Afterward, crews from Station 1, in downtown Flint, took up the slack, with other stations responding as necessary.

With Station 8 back online, the department hopes to shave minutes off of response times in South Flint, said Sgt. Brody Dietzel, who was overseeing the station on Tuesday. "The response time is going to be drastically cut," he said. "Station One was getting ran to pieces."

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Posted: Aug 30, 2017

Three Firefighters Working Miller Fire (OR) Injured in Fire Apparatus Crash

Three firefighters working on the Miller wildfire complex burning around the area of Applegate Lake were injured in a fire-engine crash Sunday afternoon.One firefighter was seriously injured, while two others received minor injuries, according to a news release. 
The crash happened when the engine rolled off the road near the junction of U.S. Forest Service roads 1030 and 1035.

The names of the injured, along with details about their condition and specific time of the incident, were not immediately available.

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Posted: Aug 30, 2017

Officials investigating petroleum spill on Green River in Kent

State officials are investigating the source of a petroleum spill on the Green River in the Seattle suburb of Kent. The Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority Capt. Kyle Ohashi says a tip led to a hazardous materials response to the river Tuesday afternoon for a spill that started in Kent and floated to Tukwila.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2017 9:41:23 AM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian
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Posted: Aug 30, 2017

Wildfire along State Route 410 growing, knocks out power to Naches residents

A wildfire burning along Highway 410 has scorched 120 acres of grass and brush since igniting Tuesday afternoon, and so far there's no estimate on when it will be contained. The Horseshoe Bend fire started around 4 p.m. Tuesday nearly four miles north of the intersection of SR 410 and U.S. 12. Fire crews from local agencies, the state Department of Natural Resources and the U.
- PUB DATE: 8/30/2017 9:37:42 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic
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