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Posted: Apr 27, 2017

Pair of Detroit Firefighters Crashed Fire Apparatus During Joy Ride

Some Detroit firefighters are under scrutiny for wrecking a fire truck and then trying to cover it up. Last month when two Detroit firefighters out of Engine 55 decided to use a rig for their personal ride - it did not end well.
Detroit police responded to the accident scene, but the firefighters claimed someone sideswiped the fire rig. Although they initially lied to police and superiors, their stories didn't line up. Eventually they confessed to causing more than $75,000 worth of damage to the vehicle.

The fire truck is now behind locked doors at the Detroit Fire Maintenance Division, considered evidence while Detroit Fire Commissioner Eric Jones tells us an investigation is underway.

In the meantime the two firefighters involved in the wreck and one firefighter who helped cover for them, are on administrative leave without pay.

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Posted: Apr 27, 2017

Lynnwood City Council approves resolution to put RFA measure on August ballot

Lynnwood voters are getting closer to seeing a Regional Fire Authority (RFA) measure on the ballot this August, which would consolidate the Lynnwood Fire Department and Fire District 1 into one entity called South Snohomish County Fire and Rescue. The Lynnwood City Council approved a resolution on Monday night to put the measure on the ballot in a split 3-3 vote, with Mayor Nicola Smith casting a tie-breaking yes vote.
- PUB DATE: 4/27/2017 3:54:18 AM - SOURCE: Lynnwood Today
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Posted: Apr 27, 2017

2nd teen arrested in connection to burglary & arson in South Kitsap School District

Kistap County Sheriff's detectives arrested a second teen on Wednesday night in connection to a break-in and arson in the South Kitsap School District over the weekend. Detectives said the 16-year-old was booked into the Kitsap County Juvenile Detention Center for 2nd degree burglary and arson. Another suspect, a 16-year-old from Port Orchard was arrested on Monday.
- PUB DATE: 4/27/2017 2:44:43 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000
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Posted: Apr 27, 2017

97-Year-Old Man Gets Ride On A Firetruck For His Birthday

Headlines It was a birthday present a boy of any age would appreciate. So what if Bill Grun was turning 97? For most of those years, he dreamed of being a fireman. On Monday, he got to ride in a firetruck. Staff at his Pennsylvania retirement home secretly informed the Doylestown Fire Company No.

Staff at his Pennsylvania retirement home secretly informed the Doylestown (PA) Fire Company No. 1 that Grun had “wanted to be a firefighter all his life.”

Sporting a tie and a green cardigan, Gurn hauled himself into the behemoth Ladder 79 and got a ride for his lifetime, as the fire company’s website put it. 

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Posted: Apr 27, 2017

Firefighters Defend Ambulance Proposal

April 26, 2017 ITEM PHOTO BY OWEN O'ROURKE Members of the Nahant Fire Department: Josh Mahoney, Nick Papagelis, Lt. Dave Doyle, and Austin Antrim, feel the Finance Committee is inaccurate with its information. By BRIDGET TURCOTTE NAHANT - The Nahant Firefighter's Association is knocking down the Finance Committee's opinion that an Ambulance Enterprise Fund is not necessary.

“What is proposed is the creation of a fund that would take all the medical billing revenue collected by the Town of Nahant and use it specifically to offset the costs of providing the service. Currently, the line items in the Nahant Fire Department budget that relate to the ambulance service are funded through the general fund. With the establishment of the Ambulance Enterprise fund, the majority of those line items will be funded directly by medical billing revenue instead of the general fund.”



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