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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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Posted: Aug 21, 2017

2 suffer minor injuries in West Seattle house fire

Two people suffered minor injuries when a fire broke out inside their home Monday morning. Firefighters were called to the 4700 block of 26th Ave SW around 4:15 a.m. when a fire was reported in the home's kitchen. Flames eventually spread to a steel storage structure in the back yard. An elderly man and woman were inside the home and made it out safely, but had to be treated for minor smoke inhalation.
- PUB DATE: 8/21/2017 10:16:43 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000
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Posted: Aug 21, 2017

Man rescued following embankment fall at former Elwha Dam site near Port Angeles

First responders from multiple Clallam jurisdictions took part in a rescue of a man who fell over an embankment at the Elwha River near Highway 112. At around 7 p.m., the man was hauled to safety using ropes, a harness and litter, according to Assistant Chief Mike DeRousie of Clallam Fire District No.
- PUB DATE: 8/21/2017 7:41:42 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News
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Posted: Aug 21, 2017

Firefighters Ready for Eclipse-Related Emergencies

Emergency management agencies throughout Kentucky are used to being storm ready--but now they're eclipse ready. First responders have spent the past several months preparing for potential threats that come with large events. Melissa Moore, with the Warren County Emergency Management Agency, says they've been trying to anticipate problems before they happen.
WKYU reported on steps first responders in the state of Kentucky are taking to be ready for today's much-anticipated eclipse. Nashville is the largest city int he path of totality and crowds are expected.

“We’re pre-staging all of our fire apparatus. We’ve talked to the police department, the sheriff’s department," said Melissa Moore of the Warren County Emergency Management Agency. "They’re going to be pre-staging people in order to reduce response times. The ambulance service is doing the same thing.”
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