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Posted: Jul 13, 2017

Lead Mines Rescue Squad (VA) Receives Grant to Replace Ambulance

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"They're going to be driving through creeks and very bumpy rolls and maybe going through cow pastures. That takes wear and tear on vehicles. So you might say the ambulance is a 2006 model with X miles but at the same time those are hard miles," said Jeremy Farley, grant coordinator.

A grant totaling $156,632 will enable The Lead Mines Rescue Squad to buy a new ambulance. The grant was awarded to them by the Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services.

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Posted: Jul 13, 2017

Fort Kent (ME) Ambulance Driver Falls Asleep, Crashes into Ditch

The Maine State Police are investigating an accident involving an Ambulance that happened Wednesday.
According to Maine State Police Sergeant Jeffrey Clark, Russell Jandreau, was drivng a Fort Kent Ambulance heading northbound on Rt 11 in Masardis when he fell asleep in the middle of a curve.

Jandreau woke up and tried to correct the ambulance but it was too far into the ditch.

The ambulance hit a utility pole and rolled over. Police says Jandreau and one other ambulance attendant were transported to TAMC with non-life threatening injuries.

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Posted: Jul 13, 2017

Ambulance Stolen from Maryland Hospital Recovered

An ambulance stolen from a hospital in Washington's Maryland suburbs has been recovered outside a convenience store. Local news outlets report a Prince George's County fire department transport unit with no patients inside was stolen on Tuesday from a hospital in Cheverly, and tracked to a 7-Eleven store two miles away.
Fire department spokesman Mark E. Brady says a suspect had been taken into custody, but further details were not released.

This is the second reported time in less than two months that an ambulance has been stolen from Prince George's Hospital Center.

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Posted: Jul 13, 2017

Fire Apparatus Collides with Van En Route to Harris County (TX) House Fire

A fire truck on the way to a house fire collided with a van in northwest Harris County. It happened on Antoine and Breen just before 6:30 a.m. The Northwest Volunteer Fire Department fire truck was on the way to a house fire on the 9000 block of Bold Forest.
SkyEye video showed the intersection where the crash occurred. There's damage to the front of what appears to be a service van.
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Posted: Jul 13, 2017

Wildfire near Columbia River is 35 percent contained; highway reopens

Firefighters are grateful for cooler weather Thursday as they continue battling the Dry Creek Fire burning on the Washington state side of the Columbia River near White Salmon. As of Thursday morning, the wildfire measured 337 acres and was 35 percent contained. According to Northwest Incident Management Team 6, the fire is burning on Washington State Department of Natural Resources and private timber company lands in southern Klickitat County.
- PUB DATE: 7/13/2017 12:04:08 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000
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