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Posted: Dec 16, 2016

Fire destroys Sparta fire station

Firefighters with the Sparta Fire Protection District responded to a blaze at one of their own stations Thursday evening. The building in Bruner - one of two stations the district operates - is considered a total loss, Assistant Chief Dusty Colyer told the News-Leader. Colyer said that someone drove by the station at approximately 10 p.m.

Colyer said that someone drove by the station at approximately 10 p.m. Thursday and noticed light smoke coming from the building. That individual called the fire chief, who called emergency dispatch.

The fire protection district is all volunteer. The stations are not manned. Firefighters only go when they need to respond to a blaze.

Colyer said that about 10 Sparta volunteers responded to the blaze and that other districts nearby also contributed aid.

"When we first got there, we thought we'd be able to get it under control pretty quick," Colyer said.

Colyer said he believes the fire started at the building's gas heater. It ignited a nearby wall, and the blaze then spread to the ceiling and the attic, he said.

There were four fire trucks in the building when the blaze started, Colyer said, and one of the first priorities upon responding was getting them out. Three were successfully extracted, although they suffered smoke damage. The fourth fire truck was still inside when the roof of the building collapsed.

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Posted: Dec 16, 2016

Paulding firefighters 'push in' county's first platform fire truck

Paulding County today officially unveiled new equipment to allow it to fight fires at higher elevations than ever before. The county's Fire and Rescue Department officially put its new E-ONE platform truck into service today with a "push-in" ceremony modeled on the tradition of community members pushing new, horse-drawn fire trucks into stations before gas-powered trucks were invented.

The truck, which cost more than $1 million, was mostly funded with a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant. The department took delivery in October and has been training crew members in anticipation of today’s event, spokesman Steve Mapes said.

It is the department’s first platform truck, which allows a firefighter to stand on an elevated platform behind a heat shield rather than on an exposed ladder. The truck will allow the department to fight fires and do rescue operations at higher elevations, including in such locations as apartment complexes, big-box retail stores and high-rise buildings, officials have said.

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Posted: Dec 16, 2016

Santa trades his sleigh for a fire truck

Santa traded in his sleigh for a fire truck in Luray. On Thursday, the Luray Fire Department took to the town, spreading Christmas cheer and blaring sirens for all the boys and girls to hear. The fire department has passed out toys to kids for over 20 years in the community, and even the cold couldn't keep the young and the old from greeting Santa.

"Over the years they've come to know that when the siren is blowing and it's coming in to their subdivision, Santa's coming on a fire truck. And we actually have a lot of older people who enjoy seeing that too," Santa said.

The fire truck made its rounds on Monday and Wednesday as well, and folks in Luray say they look forward to this event every year.

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Posted: Dec 16, 2016

Sunrise Beach firefighters hospitalized after fire truck flips in icy conditions

SUNRISE BEACH, Mo - The Sunrise Beach Fire Protection District confirms one of its fire trucks flipped in icy conditions Friday morning. It happened on HWY MM near State Road TT. Officials tell us one firefighter was trapped, but crews were able to free him. They say he suffered a broken arm.

Officials say the other firefighter who was in the vehicle is okay. They say he was taken to the hospital for observation.

The crash was blamed on ice and slick conditions.

Chief Dennis Reilly posted about the crash on the department's Facebook page.

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Posted: Dec 16, 2016

Osage Beach fire truck damaged in chain reaction crash

Icy roads kept Osage Beach fire crews busy, and left one of the department's trucks damaged. The department handled more than a dozen vehicle crashes Friday morning. In one chain reaction, Fire Chief Jeff Dorhauer was on the scene of a crash on the side of U.S.

Fire Chief Jeff Dorhauer was on the scene of a crash on the side of U.S. 54, near the east bound on-ramp at highway 42, when a second vehicle spun out of control and hit the guard rail behind the chief’s vehicle.

A tow truck pulled up and as the driver was walking up to assist, a second vehicle spun out of control and hit the tow truck. One of the department’s engines arrived on the scene, and a third vehicle lost control and hit the side of the fire truck. The engine and all the other vehicles involved suffered extensive damage, but no one was hurt.

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