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Posted: Mar 9, 2017

Fire Stations Added to Places to Get Addiction Help in LaPorte (IN)

Early results of a recent expansion of a program allowing heroin users to get help without being arrested are encouraging, public officials say. The idea is to eliminate any fear that some individuals have of the police so more addicts come forward.
About a half dozen heroin users went to the police station to get help since the program, with its guarantee of not being arrested or interrogated, started in June, Klimczak said. On March 1, all three of the city's fire stations were added as safe places to go to seek help and on Monday, the first individual showed up at the fire station on the city's southwest side.
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Posted: Mar 9, 2017

New Harlingen (TX) Fire Station to be Unveiled Friday

A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held Friday for the new substation at Stuart Place and Brennaman roads on the city's west side. The $1.5 million, 7,000-square-foot fire station is located on a 6.09-acre site and will significantly reduce response times to the rapidly growing area by as much as four or fire minutes.
The new station will have two large truck bays and a response radius of 1.5 miles in all directions, city officials say.
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Posted: Mar 9, 2017

Phoenix Fire Apparatus Damaged at Fire Station by Trespassing Woman

A woman was found sitting in a fire engine after damaging another fire truck while it was parked at the station. Court records show that on March 5, a woman who was found sitting in a fire truck had already cut wires on one fire truck and damaged other equipment.
It appears the woman, who police say has mental health issues, either jumped the gate or snuck in as a fire truck was leaving. While inside the fire station the woman sat in all four fire trucks, cutting wires on a hazardous material truck. Police say the wires went to the radio, chemical detectors, headsets and other equipment.
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Posted: Mar 9, 2017

Klickitat County EMS District grant request for equipment turned down

It was a good news, bad news kind of meeting for Klickitat County Emergency Medical Services District No. 1’s board of directors. On Feb. 23, the directors learned that the EMS District’s grant application to a federal agency for funding to pay for equipment replacements and one new advanced life support ambulance had been turned down.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2017 1:14:47 PM - SOURCE: White Salmon Enterprise
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Posted: Mar 9, 2017

Plans underway for Monte High School fire cadet program

Montesano High School may soon have a number of fire cadets walking the halls. The Montesano Fire Department has partnered with the high school to offer a fire cadet program set to begin at the start of the next school year. “It’s an idea I had back in 2015. We started talks with the school but couldn’t get it all together in time for this school year,” Montesano Fire Chief Corey Rux said.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2017 1:03:42 PM - SOURCE: The Vidette - Metered Site
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