Nearly a year after the village cut all eight of its paid firefighters, officials finally released documentation that drove that controversial decision — kind of. When the village voted to go to an all-volunteer department last May, it claimed to have 300 volunteer firefighters, a number that was cited to justify the change.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NY Journal News (Lohud.com)

Stationing firefighters and medics 24 hours a day at Trump Tower costs New York City taxpayers $4.5 million a year — none of which has been reimbursed to the FDNY, agency officials said Thursday at the City Council. A pair of firefighters constantly monitors the alarm panel of President Donald Trump’s namesake building and investigates alerts, said FDNY chief of department James E.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NewsDay

West Liberty (IA) Fire Department, pumper. Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pump

 

Tacoma Fire will investigate what sparked an intense fire that burned a waterfront home to the ground. Firefighters arrived at a home on the 3600 block of North Waterview Street just after 9 p.m. on Wednesday. Crews fought the flames from the outside of the home because it was too unsafe to go inside.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2017 7:25:07 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5