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Posted: Aug 29, 2017

Scottsdale (AZ) Upgrading, Replacing Fire Stations to Boost Response Times

Nearly two years after Scottsdale voters approved a $16.35 million public-safety bond, the city is renovating one fire station and replacing three others. The projects should improve citywide response times. Two of the stations are in south Scottsdale, and two are in the more sparsely populated north.
The fire department's average response time citywide was 5 minutes and 36 seconds last fiscal year, according to city records. Executive Assistant Fire Chief Ryan Freeburg said he'd like to see the city shave six seconds off that average with the new stations.

Only one of the four stations being renovated or replaced beat the 5-minute-30-second-goal last fiscal year.

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Posted: Aug 29, 2017

New Fire Apparatus for Three Holland-Area (MI) Fire Departments

Zeeland, Holland and Park townships will receive the engines. After a nearly two-year process, Park, Holland and Zeeland townships are ready to receive their brand new fire engines.
Zeeland, Holland and Park townships will receive the engines.

After a nearly two-year process, Park, Holland and Zeeland townships are ready to receive their brand new fire engines.

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Posted: Aug 29, 2017

St. Tammany (LA) Fire Apparatus Flips in Single-Vehicle Accident

A St. Tammany Fire Protection District 7 engine was involved in a single-vehicle rollover accident Monday night (Aug. 28) in Talisheek. The engine rolled over several times and came to rest upside down in the front yard of a residence, the fire district said in a news release.
The lone occupant, a 30-year-old driver/operator who was not identified, was able to get out of the vehicle without assistance and was not injured. The vehicle was not responding to an emergency when the accident occurred, according to the news release.

The engine was in the northbound lane of Louisiana 435 near Bob Levy Road near the eastern edge of St. Tammany parish when it ran off the road and rolled over several times at around 8:30 p.m. The accident is under investigation by the fire district and the Louisiana State Police.

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Posted: Aug 29, 2017

Thousands More Needed to Restore Blackman Township (MI) Fire Apparatus

For 40 years, Blackman Township's 1946 Chevrolet fire truck sat in storage in Onsted. And the truck likely will sit for another year before being shown off at local parades and events, as fundraising continues.
The truck was purchased for $7,700 by Mike Jester, Blackman-Leoni Township Department of Public Safety director, and David Elwell, former township police officer and firefighter and current Jackson County commissioner and Columbia Township Police chief.

Because buying and restoring the township's former pumper truck wasn't an appropriate use of taxpayer dollars, public donations have been sought to reimburse Jester and Elwell and handle restoration costs. The truck is the property of Blackman Township.

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Posted: Aug 29, 2017

Ashland (OR) Fire Apparatus a Legend

Old fire trucks hate to die. The big old things have a lot of romance and memories attached to them - and have helped save many a home and life. Ashland's long-abandoned 1946 Ford fire truck is no exception.
Among its legends is that it fell into Ashland Creek during the big flood of 1948 when the bridge it was on collapsed, but its red warning light continued burning for hours, earning it the nickname of “the amphibious fire engine.”

The rugged but worn-looking beast, bristling with chrome handholds so fire fighters could just jump on bumpers and running boards and go for it, served Ashland for three decades and was auctioned off about 1976, says Ben Truwe, a member of the Southern Oregon Historical Society Board of Trustees.

The 1-1/2 ton fire truck, powered by a Ford flathead V-8 engine, was last used for a 1992 wedding in Jacksonville. It passed through many hands and was put out to pasture for 10 years in Shady Cove, where it seriously degenerated.

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