In any fire department, there are so many things that make up the dynamic of an engine crew, certain shift or even the department as a whole. Firefighters tend to say brotherhood and family defines their core being. So when this small paid department of 33 looked back on the year and saw that six of their brothers had newborn babies, it was time to show the public what was at the core of their department.
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The husband of a woman struck and killed by a fire truck is suing the fire department and one of its firefighters. A lawsuit seeking at least $50,000 has been filed on behalf of Paul L. Riehm, administrator of the estate of Lorri J. Riehm, in Seneca County Common Pleas Court against Green Springs Rural Volunteer Fire Department and Seth T.
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Crown Point (IN) Fire Rescue 100-foot platform quint. Velocity cab and chassis; Detroit DD13 500-hp engine; Waterous CSU 2,000-gpm pump.

Plans for a new fire station on Eau Claire’s north side are moving forward. Tuesday, the city took the first step to acquire land at the corner of Birch St. and Malden Ave. for the new building which would replace Fire Station 10.

The station was built back in 1949 and the city says its outdated and in need of replacement.

“We are at a point in time where the building has reached the end of its useful life,” Fire Chief Chris Bell said.

After identifying five potential sites, the city has narrowed its top picks down to three but they are now taking a closer look at one site in particular.

The current station is located at the corner of Hastings Way and Birch Street. The city's preferred location for the new fire station is just a few blocks away at the corner of Birch Street and Malden Avenue. Tuesday night, city council members voted on a relocation order to purchase the land off Malden Avenue.

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The fire chief wants the town to consider replacing the 97-year-old Central Fire Station – plans for which have been in the town’s capital improvement plan for more than a decade.

The request to the Finance Committee prompted town councilor to wonder aloud why the project has “been bumped and bumped and bumped.”

At a Dec. 1 workshop, Chief Ken Brillant listed several maintenance problems in need of immediate repair at the 21 Town Hall Place building, including cracks in the first-floor bays where equipment is parked. The cracks allow water and moisture to leak into the basement, where firefights exercise and eat meals.

Brillant’s presentation followed a memo he sent to the town manager Nov. 7, when he argued that routine maintenance and repairs won’t resolve the larger issues that make the station inadequate.

“There are many issues with the building and, for nearly 20 years, the town has recognized the need to plan for its replacement,” Brillant wrote.

Back when the floor was designed “they had horses in here,” he said in an interview Monday. The floor was replaced three times between 1963 and 1994.

Today, the concrete floor bears the weight of six emergency vehicles, which have difficulty passing through the station’s narrow doors and are housed like sardines in the cramped station, leaving inadequate room for cleaning and maintenance. 

Brillant enumerated problems both large and small. He pointed to areas where the building is not up to health, safety, and accessibility codes, has leaks, or where public safety staff are pressed for storage space.

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