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Posted: Nov 22, 2016

For women wildland firefighters, the job carries risk of abuse

The burn boss scanned the snaking trail of the Swasey Recreation Area through thick black sunglasses. She saw firefighters scurrying on a hill above in a smoky blue haze. They were setting dozens of fires to burn away piles of sticks and shrubs that a lightning strike or cigarette butt could use to grow into a wildfire.
- PUB DATE: 11/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Marin Independent Journal
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Posted: Nov 22, 2016

Dallas Stares Down a Texas-Size Threat of Bankruptcy

Picture the next major American city to go bankrupt. What springs to mind? Probably not the swagger and sprawl of Dallas. Indeed. Dallas has the fastest economic growth of the nation’s 13 largest cities. Its streets hum with supersize cars and its skyline bristles with cranes. Its mayor is a former chief executive of Pizza Hut.
- PUB DATE: 11/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Times
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Posted: Nov 22, 2016

Fire Truck Photo of the Day-Pierce Pumper

Berwyn (IL) Fire Department PUC pumper. Enforcer cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 400-hp engine; Pierce 1,500-gpm single-stage pump.

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Posted: Nov 22, 2016

Fire Truck Photo of the Day-Ferrara Rescue-Pumper

Warriors Path (TN) Volunteer Fire Department rescue-pumper. Cinder cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Waterous CSU 1,750-gpm pump.

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Posted: Nov 21, 2016

Goreville (IL) Fire Department Gets New Fire Apparatus

The Goreville Fire Department celebrated the addition of a new fire truck Friday. The gently-used truck comes from Winnetka City Fire Department, just north of Chicago. The department also sold Goreville walkie-talkies, turnout equipment, a generator, and an almost new set of extrication equipment.
Goreville Fire Chief Ken Swisher says it only cost the department $10,000, which is much less than its value.

"A truck like this and everything on it would have cost us way over $100,000. We don't have that kind of money. It would have taken years to get that much money...so we could afford the $10,000," says Swisher.

The new fire truck will eventually go to a new subdivision outside Goreville called "The Peninsula."

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