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Posted: May 16, 2017

Danville Fire Station in Need of New Downtown Building

The Danville Fire station on Main Street is in need of a new building. The building is 50 years old, and beginning to show signs of several structural and design problems. "It's still I say safe, we've bolstered it up. But in short time- as engineers have proved our thoughts, it needs to be replaced," Chief Ken Pflug said.

Chief Pflug says the fire department started realizing there were some issues with the building when they started to do some kitchen renovations and they pulled the wall off and that’s when they saw there was a separation between the wall and the floor.

“You can see these poles. This is holding up the deteriorated lentil we put the gray metal back up there but that holds that wall in place. Unfortunately it’s not holding it from tilting out,” Chief Pflug said as he described the building issues to WKYT News Reporter Monique Blair.

Inside the garage, a portion of the cement floor shows several signs of cracking. Because of that, Chief Pflug put down yellow tape. He says that portion of the floor has potential to cave into the basement that is below.

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Posted: May 16, 2017

Firefighter Pulls off Awesome Gender Reveal with Fire Truck

With dozens of friends and family gathered to see the Mother's Day surprise, Brandon Crank with the Gastonia Fire Department released the nozzle to a brightly colored flow of water from a fire truck. Brandon and his wife, Tiffany, planned the big surprise to reveal the gender of their second child due October 3.

Brandon and his wife, Tiffany, planned the big surprise to reveal the gender of their second child due October 3.


| WBTV Charlotte

The only thing was: neither parent knew what color the water would be.

Tiffany’s sister and Brandon’s co-worker were the only ones that knew the gender of the baby. A tough secret to keep, but totally worth it to see the parent’s reactions.

“I was 95 percent sure it was a boy,” Tiffany said. “I just knew that water was going to come out blue.”

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Posted: May 16, 2017

Lowell's Second Fire Station Plans Approved

LOWELL -- Plans for the city's second fire station passed through the Planning Commission's development process and work can now get started. The station will be built on 100 acres at the northwest corner of Bellview Road and Zion Church Road, which is planned to become the Kathleen Johnson Memorial Park.

The latest version of plans include a concrete exit onto Bellview Road as the commission requested. Gatling said plans for the expansion of Bellview into a four-lane street were the reason project engineers previously called for asphalt. It would be an easier and less expensive way to provide a drive knowing it would eventually have to be removed and replaced, Gatling said.



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Posted: May 16, 2017

Show Low EMS Plans for Additional Station

SHOW LOW - Citing steady growth during the past two years and a need for more space, Show Low EMS plans to build a second ambulance station on the outskirts of town. An exact location hasn't been determined as company officials are still in the process of negotiating real estate deals, but it will be located near the City of Show Low's boundary with Linden.

The expansion plans would be a contrast to events a little more than six months ago, when Timber Mesa Fire and Medical District placed a bid to expand ambulance service by seeking a Certificate of Necessity (CON), a system used in Arizona to regulate ground ambulance service and to ensure all locations in the state have adequate emergency medical services.



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Posted: May 16, 2017

Neodesha Fire Department Rebuilding After plant Explosion

NEODESHA, Kan. (KSNW) - They're a tough group of firefighters, the men and women of Neodesha. "It kind of felt like the earthquakes we had been having in Oklahoma. That is what everybody thought it was at first." The group proved it on November 22 when a gas plant explosion shook the town.

For Landon Woodard, it was up close and personal.

“It took out a portion of the wall, the entire roof, it picked me up and threw me against the fire truck,” says Woodard.

The blast threw him face first into engine 632, and he left his mark.

Some gauges on the outside of the truck were not damaged or melted by the heat of the flames because Landon was covering them.

He literally had to pull himself off of the truck.

Woodard recovered but old 632 never really did. The fire left it with melted lights, finicky gauges and a damaged electrical system used to raise the ladder.

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