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Posted: Jun 6, 2017

High-Priority Work Needed at Kingston's Central Fire Station Would Cost $2 Million

KINGSTON, N.Y >> City officials released a report last month that detailed about $3.8 million worth of improvement work needed at the Central Fire Station in on East O'Reilly Street. The report, by Latham-based consulting firm C.T. Male Associates, outlined significant repairs that are needed as well as work that should be done to bring the Midtown building up to code.

But more recently, a new document has been created by C.T. Male that breaks the initial report into high-, medium- and low-priority needs in the 110-year-old structure.

The high-priority work alone would cost less than everything suggested in the initial report, but still in the neighborhood of $2 million — more than half of C.T. Male’s total estimate of $3,796,868.

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The C.T. Male reports came on the heels of one prepared by Peak Engineering that said reinforcements to the firehouse’s concrete floor, where fire trucks are parked, had deteriorated significantly.

Inside the building, cracks where moisture seeps can been seen throughout the floor, causing continued damaged to the steel reinforcements. From the basement, deterioration is visible on the floor’s underside.

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Posted: Jun 6, 2017

Boy Critically Injured in Crash with Maury County Fire Engine

MAURY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) - A little boy was critically injured Saturday after the SUV he was riding in collided with a Maury County fire truck. The awful accident happened on Mapleash Avenue in Columbia, not far from a fire hall when witnesses say the mother was asking for directions.
According to District Fire Chief Richie Schatz, the engine weighs 30,000 pounds and was carrying 1,000 gallons of water. It’s a non-emergency truck that was returning back to the station from a funeral for a former EMS worker.

Chief Shatz said the firefighter driving the engine was the only person on board. He suffered minor injuries but still rendered aid to the child and made a calm call to 911.



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Posted: Jun 6, 2017

Federal Fire Trucks, Procedures Under Review Following Freeway Hose Mishap

The Federal Fire Department is reviewing all of its fire trucks and procedures following an incident this weekend that blocked lanes of the H-1 Freeway. On Saturday morning, a fire hose fell off the truck in the middle of the freeway viaduct. Navy Region Hawaii told us the truck was not responding to an emergency at the time.

On Saturday morning, a fire hose fell off the truck in the middle of the freeway viaduct.

Navy Region Hawaii told us the truck was not responding to an emergency at the time. Officials were unable to speak to us Monday, so we reached out to other fire officials.

The Hawaii Fire Fighters Association says there are different ways to secure equipment on a fire truck. There are no set regulations on how fire hoses are stored, just best practices.

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Posted: Jun 6, 2017

2 arrested, charged with involuntary manslaughter in Oakland's Ghost Ship fire that killed 36

Ghost Ship master tenant Derick Almena and his second-in-command, Max Harris, were arrested Monday and charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter in conjunction with the Dec. 2 Ghost Ship fire that killed three dozen people. Alameda County prosecutors found the pair hoarded flammable materials from floor to ceiling in the warehouse, created an illegal party space, and even blocked one of only two exits from the second floor the night of the fatal fire.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: East Bay Times
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Posted: Jun 6, 2017

North Carolina city wants independent review in firefighter hiring practices

The city of Fayetteville will seek an outside review of its recruitment practices at the Fire Department, which lags behind many other cities at hiring minorities. City Manager Doug Hewett announced Monday night he has asked the Raleigh office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to review the department’s hiring practices, after several Fayetteville City Council members have grown concerned that only about 3 percent of firefighters are black or another minority.
- PUB DATE: 6/6/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Fayetteville Observer
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