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Posted: May 25, 2017

Indiana first responders receive emergency doses of naloxone

First responders in Miami County have access to more of the overdose-reversing antidote naloxone than ever before after officials received 50 dosages last week from the state’s emergency stash of the drug. The Indiana State Department of Health last year set up emergency caches of naloxone kits at five sites around the state in the event first responders ran out of the drug and were unable to obtain it through normal means, according to ISDH Director of Public Affairs Jennifer O'Malley.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kokomo Tribune
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Posted: May 25, 2017

Ohio firefighter shows strength of brotherhood through kidney donation

It’s no secret that firefighters have a special relationship. They spend every other day together and rely on each other to have their backs. Two firefighters from West Licking Fire Department are proving that bond goes further than just the firehouse. One man needed a kidney, so another firefighter gave him one.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCMH-TV Columbus
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Posted: May 25, 2017

Fire Truck Photo of the Day-Pierce Pumper

Wyoming (MI) Department of Public Safety Fire Division pumper. Enforcer cab and chassis; TAK-4 independent front suspension; Cummins ISL 450-hp engine; Waterous CSU 1,500-gpm pump.

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Posted: May 24, 2017

Firefighters stop towering brush fire from spreading to structures at Honeywell plant in Spokane Valley

A wall of flame shut down Sullivan Road outside the Spokane Valley Honeywell plant and prompted a heavy response from the Spokane Valley Fire Department Wednesday afternoon. The fire consumed a long row of tall arborvitae bushes that lined the road. When crews arrived the bushes were a wall of flame and embers were blowing across the busy road, said fire department spokeswoman Melanie Rose.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2017 7:48:38 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review
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Posted: May 24, 2017

Gold Bar Firefighter's Association (WA) Picks Up New Fire Apparatus

Fire District 26 Assistant Chief Ernie Walters and Lt. Scott Coulson flew to Florida to pick up the agency's new fire engine on Tuesday, May 23. The 2015 Pierce Saber Pumper was purchased from Wisconsin-based Pierce Manufacturing, Inc. for roughly $400,000, Walters said. It will take four to five days for Walters and Coulson to drive the vehicle the nearly 3,200 miles back to Fire Station 54 in Gold Bar, he said.
The new engine will serve many purposes, Walters said. It will be used for fire suppression, it will have an extrication tool to assist in car collisions, and will be stocked with the equipment necessary to perform technical rescues, he said.
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