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Posted: Jan 4, 2017

Stolen Oklahoma Fire Apparatus Recovered from Ditch

A person was taken into custody after allegedly stealing a brush pumper that belongs to the Oklahoma City Fire Department. On Tuesday morning, firefighters in Brush Pumper 13 were called to Oklahoma Heart Hospital South, located in the 5200 block of I-240.

Officials with the fire department say the firefighter assigned to the unit was inside the hospital when the brush pumper was stolen.

Authorities say an individual drove the brush pumper across the service road and into ditch, where it became stuck.

The alleged suspect was arrested, and no injuries were reported.

However, the brush pumper did sustain damage to the front end and had to be towed.

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Posted: Jan 4, 2017

Fire at Concord (MA) Fire Station Destroys Fire Apparatus

Three Concord firefighters escaped injury Wednesday when a fire broke out on the first floor of the town's Station 2 firehouse, a fire that eventually grew to two alarms and destroyed at least one engine, an official said.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation, although Concord Fire Captain William Noke said preliminary indications are that it started in Engine 4, which was destroyed in the fire. He said replacing Engine 4 could cost about $600,000.


Concord had to call in mutual aid companies to put out the fire, the department posted on its official Twitter account. "2nd alarm struck at 1201 Main Street, our station two,'' the tweet said. "CFD and mutual aid companies working.''

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Posted: Jan 4, 2017

Polk County (FL) Officials Working Against Clock to Repair 12 Fire Apparatus

Polk County is dealing with a costly blow as officials work against the clock to repair a dozen Ferrara fire trucks in their fleet. The fire trucks all have the same issue, failing front suspension. Currently, four trucks are out of service because of the problem.

"Lead time, even on the new axles can be up to five to six months, so it's not one of those quick turn around things," Polk County Director of Fleet Maintenance Chuck Cheatham said.

"It's kind of premature in their life span, so in order to preserve the life of the vehicle, we're going to retrofit a more conventional suspension in it," Deputy Chief of Operations Tony Crouse said.

Spares are being used in place of the trucks out of service, and will continue to be used until all 12 are fixed.

"We need the trucks. We can't afford for them all to go into service. We are stretched a little bit, we have a lot of our spares in service," Cheatham said.

"When we have these component failures on these trucks it kind of cripples us for having a good, safe amount of spares," Crouse said.

This week County Commissioners approved spending $300,000 to replace the front suspension for all 12 firetrucks.

"The trucks are ten years old. They're probably half to two-thirds of their life gone. Do we want to replace them? Then you're talking six to seven million dollars," Cheatham said.

 

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Posted: Jan 4, 2017

Seven forced into cold weather as fire guts Snohomish home

Several people are out of a home after a large fire at a Snohomish County duplex early Wednesday morning. Fire crews responded to 142nd Drive Southeast near Three Lakes Road at a bit after 2 a.m. People who live at the duplex say they evacuated their home after their smoke alarms woke them up. One victim told fire crews that he had to evacuate his family through his garage.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2017 7:41:33 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000
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Posted: Jan 4, 2017

Flu reaching epidemic levels in Wash. state; 4 new deaths reported

The flu is already proving deadly in Washington state - with another four deaths reported in the past 10 days. And now state health officials say we are reaching epidemic levels, with emergency room doctors throughout Western Washington reporting large numbers of patients coming in with flu-like symptoms.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2017 7:41:23 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19
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