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Posted: Jul 19, 2017

Plans Drawn Up for Police and Fire Service to Share Stations in Leicester (UK)

Emergency services bosses are drawing up plans for a major overhaul of police and fire stations in Leicester which could see them sharing premises to save money. Senior officers from both 999 services are looking at proposals to work out of the same buildings in move that could save hundreds of thousands of pounds.
In 2015 there was a public outcry when the fire service proposed to close Central Fire Station and re-deploy its engines and aerial ladder platform to other stations outside the city centre.

Those plans were dropped after 13,000 people signed a petition concerned that the city centre was being stripped of a potentially life-saving emergency service.

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Posted: Jul 19, 2017

Naked Woman Found on Battle Creek (MI) Fire Apparatus

Battle Creek police are trying to determine how a naked woman ended up on a fire truck parked in the fire station. It happened at Battle Creek Fire Station No. 6, located at 2401 Capital Ave. SW, according to the Battle Creek Fire Department.
The agency confirmed crews found the naked woman on a fire truck when they woke up around 6 a.m. Wednesday. Her condition is unclear.
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Posted: Jul 19, 2017

Man falls from Camas waterfall, rescued by raft, ropes

Firefighters used a raft and ropes system to rescue a man who suffered possibly serious injuries after falling from a waterfall near Round Lake in Camas. A man, whose name was not released but described as in his 30s, fell from the falls in the area known as the Potholes at about 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, Camas-Washougal Fire Department Battalion Chief Greg Payne said.
- PUB DATE: 7/19/2017 11:16:47 AM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian
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Posted: Jul 19, 2017

Yakima firefighters and police investigating three suspicious fires

Yakima Police and Firefighters are investigating three suspicious fires that started Wednesday morning. Firefighters tell NBC Right Now they were originally responding to a dumpster fire near Walnut and 7th Street around 4:00 a.m. On their way, they found a house on fire on the 200 Block of South 7th Street.
- PUB DATE: 7/19/2017 10:52:39 AM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com
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Posted: Jul 19, 2017

Elderly woman found safe after early morning house fire in Federal Way

A 92-year-old woman who originally was reported missing early Wednesday after her home was gutted by fire has now been located alive and safe. Fire crews rushed to the scene, in the 700 block of SW 310th Street, at about 5 a.m. after receiving a 911 call about smoke and flames spewing from the single-story home, said Deputy Battalion Chief Dave Mataftin of South King Fire & Rescue.
- PUB DATE: 7/19/2017 10:33:44 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000
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