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Posted: Mar 6, 2017

SIRE Donates Cutting-Edge CPR Equipment to Lewis Township (IA)

In honor of its service, the Lewis Township Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department was rewarded with a gift members hope they never have to use. Nearly all of the 37 members of the department gathered Wednesday night at the Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy plant for dinner and to accept a new lifesaving device officials said is the first of its kind in Pottawattamie County.
"This is just a thank-you for what we do. We dedicate a lot of hours and meetings to be as up to strength as we can, including for SIRE," Meyers said. "It means a lot to us to get something like this device. We hope it makes a difference, though we hope we don't have to use it at all."
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Posted: Mar 6, 2017

Elm Mott (TX) Raising Funds for New Fire Station

Elm Mott Assistant Chief, Jerry Price said as the fire department is growing, just like the city. "As the community grows and people start moving this way and more industry starts coming this way the need for new services is need."
Right now, the department doesn't have space for some crucial equipment like a refill for SCBA tanks. "Before a firefighter goes into a fire or vehicle they must wear their SCBA. If they don't have that we have to stop operations we can't get anything done." To refill those tanks, the department has to utilize Lacy Lakeview, Waco or Bellmead. Heading that far means lost time for the department. The future site he said will not only be a service to the ares they serve but will be a training area too.
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Posted: Mar 6, 2017

Pflugerville (TX) Fire Department Debuts New Ambulance

Pflugerville Fire Chief Ron Moellenberg announced Feb. 14 that the Pflugerville Fire Department, also known as Emergency Services District No. 2, had acquired its first ambulance, a significant step to improving emergency services in the area, officials said.

PFD getting its own ambulance service has been years in the making, Moellenberg said, and the process began in 2013 when ESD 2 taxpayers approved a 1/2 cent sales tax increase to fund the project.

"This is a direct result of voter support and our strategic planning process," Moellenberg said in a statement. "We created a plan because we saw a clear need in our rapidly growing community, with most of our 8,000 calls a year being medical calls."

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Posted: Mar 6, 2017

Jonesboro (TX) VFD Gets Grant for Fire Equipment

A Central Texas volunteer fire department has more power to fight fires thanks to a grant for a tender. That's a truck that holds and takes water to places where there isn't any nearby. You might remember that was a problem when a roofing company building caught fire in McGregor in February.
When a roofing company building caught fire in McGregor in February. Jonesboro Volunteer Fire Department Chief Bobby Buster said he hopes the department's new tender can help with a problem like that in the future.

Buster said it replaces a 20-year-old, 1,600-gallon tender. Now, Buster said the department has almost double the water to cut running back and forth from a fire in half.

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Posted: Mar 6, 2017

Historic Thomasville (FL) Fire Apparatus to Get Renovation

Just a little more than one hundred years after first arriving in Thomasville, the 1916 American LaFrance Fire Engine Type 12 departed the property of the Thomas County Historical Society Monday, January 9 bound for a full restoration. It was the second motorized fire engine purchased by the Thomasville Fire Department, and the first new one. The fire engine remained in active service until 1955, having undergone several upgrades through the years.
In August 2015, the fire engine was moved back to the Roberts Family Garage, albeit with all accessories removed and in worsening condition. Then President Russ Jinright sought to have the fire engine restored; following Russ’s unexpected passing in 2016, a memorial fund was created in his name by the Jinright family for the restoration work.
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