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Posted: May 10, 2017

Five residents lose home to fire in East Yakima

Five residents are without a home after a house became engulfed in a fire in East Yakima. Yakima Fire Department (YFD) responded to a brush fire Wednesday around 8:07 a.m. at 1623 S. 16th Street. Two additional crews responded along with two initial fire crews after callers later reported the fire had spread to the nearby house.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2017 4:45:23 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima
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Posted: May 10, 2017

Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Fire Station in Edinburg (TX)

The city of Edinburg has moved forward with construction of Fire Station No. 5. A groundbreaking ceremony took place at the site in north Edinburg.
The new station will be located at 8502 North Jasman Road near the city's solid waste department and the landfill. This is the first fire station on the north side of town.

The $1.4 million facility is the fifth location for the Edinburg Fire Department. It is being constructed with funds set aside for this project.

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Posted: May 10, 2017

Houston Fire Department Fire Apparatus Fleet Reaching 'Critical State'

The Houston Fire Department’s fire truck fleet is “reaching a critical state,” according to the fire chief. "It's already affecting our availability. It's already affecting our response times," Chief Sam Pena said.
Across the entire fleet, fire trucks marked active in pumpers, boosters, ladders and towers categories have an average age of 8.7 years.

But the oldest third of the Houston Fire Department’s active fire trucks, including pumpers, boosters, ladders and tower trucks, average 14.1 years old, according to data provided by the Houston Fire Department.

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Posted: May 10, 2017

Tiverton (RI) Fire Apparatus Involved in Crash

Three people were taken to the hospital and a car and a fire truck were heavily damaged in a head-on collision on Bulgarmarsh Road Monday. Tiverton police are investigating whether the Westport woman who hit the fire truck was driving under the influence.
Tiverton police Capt. Patrick Jones said Borges, who was still in the intensive care unit Tuesday at Rhode Island Hospital, has a “significant history” of motor vehicle offenses, including a 2014 arrest in Massachusetts for operating under the influence of alcohol. Jones said investigators will be seeking to obtain Borges’ medical records from the hospital in order to determine if she was impaired while driving.

Jones also said the Tiverton Police Department will also be stepping up patrols this summer to deter impaired driving. In the past two weeks, there have been at least three suspected drunken driving incidents in Tiverton, including an April 18 crash on Route 24 where a 41-year-old Fall River woman suffered serious injuries after crashing into a guardrail near the Fish Road exit.

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Posted: May 10, 2017

Duluth (MN) Fire Apparatus, Police Car Struck While at Scene

A Duluth fire truck and police squad car were struck by a vehicle Tuesday night while on the scene of an earlier crash on Central Entrance.
While police and fire crews continued to work that crash scene at about 9:30 p.m., a minivan driven by a 35-year-old man struck a squad car and fire truck. The driver of the minivan was transported to a local hospital, police said; the extent of his injuries was not immediately known.
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