Posted: Mar 20, 2017
Aerial photos and video taken by a drone on Friday, March 17, show progress on building the new downtown Fire Station on Oak Grove Avenue, scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. Piloted by Captain Tony Eggimann, the drone provides a
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Posted: Mar 20, 2017
SOUTH FORSYTH -- The dark red, arched doors opened smoothly, beckoning Engine 6 into Station No. 6's expansive bay.
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Posted: Mar 20, 2017
Two Alabaster sisters opened up shop early Saturday to help with an ongoing effort to restore a decades-old fire engine to its original glory.
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Posted: Mar 20, 2017
A veteran of the Watertown fire department died today during a two-alarm blaze while helping rescue an elderly man, the man's niece and their dogs as flames shot out an upstairs window, city officials and a neighbor said. Joseph A. Toscano, 54, a firefighter with the department since Sept. 26, 1996 and a married father of five children, succumbed to injuries after rushing into the single-family home on Merrifield Avenue, the city's deputy fire chief said.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boston Herald
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Posted: Mar 20, 2017
Two Snohomish County fire commissioners apologized Friday night for making racially insensitive comments when they joked about hiring “cheaper” Mexican laborers for a paramedic position. But an attempt to impose disciplinary action failed on a 2-2 tie vote by the commissioners for Fire District 1. Commissioner Jim Kenny asked that the two board members, David Chan and Bob Meador, receive a written reprimand.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seattle Times
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