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Posted: Oct 27, 2016

Webb City Budget Includes Purchase of New Fire Truck

Council members decided to buy a new fire truck for the fire department, but instead of paying for it upfront, city leaders agreed to finance it over the next ten years. That means the purchase of the near $500,000 fire truck will only cost the city between $40,000 and $50,000 a year.
Arvest Bank agreed to offer the city a 1.6% interest rate on the purchase which city leaders say frees up some cash for unexpected incidents.
 
"It's such a large purchase -- it's just a big hit on your budget and your bank account basically. It can really get you into a situation where if an emergency arises you wouldn't have any funds to take care of an emergency situation, such as a large storm or tornado or something like that," said Webb City City Administrator Carl Francis. 
 
Francis says the truck will be purchased in Louisiana at the beginning of next month. It will then be driven to Springfield where it will be outfitted with necessary equipment.
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Posted: Oct 27, 2016

New $14 Million Fire Station Unveiled In Montgomery County (MD)

It's bigger than we need today, but it will be where we need in five, 10, 15 years, said Captain Robert Rutten. For much of his career, Rutten ran calls out of the old Glenmont fire station.Built during the 1950s, it was cramped and crumbling.You know, th

"You know, they just couldn't imagine the growth of Glenmont back then," Rutten said.

This new structure — a firehouse Taj Mahal — is a monumental improvement.

"It's just fantastic."


Yellow switches will allow crews to control traffic at the often congested corner of Georgia Avenue and Randolph Road, while digital timers will help them keep track of that precious response time.

Amenity-wise, the new firehouse boasts a T.V. lounge with ten heavenly leather recliners, an oversized kitchen with stainless steel appliances and an outdoor patio.

There's also a professional gym with treadmills, weights and a jacobs ladder cardio machine.

Fire Chief Scott Goldstein says in the last eight years, Montgomery County has built and remodeled seven fire houses, plus a robust training academy.

Goldstein contends the $14 million cost is the cost of of keeping a budding population safe.

"As this community, which has around 55,000 residents, accounts for over 5,000 emergency calls today, continues to grow, we need the capacity to grow," Goldstein said.

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Posted: Oct 27, 2016

Scott Safety’s Scott Sight Wins Prestigious Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Award

Monroe, N.C. (October 27, 2016) - Scott Safety continues to receive top industry and innovation honors with recognition by Frost & Sullivan for superior leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. The April 2016 launch of Scott Sight, the first in-mask, hands-free thermal imaging camera, has earned Scott Safety Frost & Sullivan’s 2016 Competitive Strategy Innovation and Leadership Award.

“Scott Sight’s situational awareness capabilities go well beyond other competing products,” said Frost & Sullivan Analyst Sanjana Prabhakar. “The company has successfully set the stage for future innovation in a market that has been historically underserved.”



Scott Sight provides visibility in smoke-filled environments, reducing the chance that hazards such as hot spots are missed, decreasing the time it takes to locate and rescue victims, and assisting firefighters in finding an escape route, all while leaving their hands free for other critical tasks. Firefighters are armed with situational intelligence to perceive the threat, understand the danger, and calculate their reaction.

Scott Safety’s Firefighter of the Future initiative, an internal “lean startup” team launched in 2014, was tasked with developing innovative, lifesaving solutions for firefighters. Working out of a technology “garage” hub, the team developed Scott Sight to provide always-on, always-available, and hands-free visibility to every firefighter.

Frost & Sullivan also recognized Scott Safety’s efforts to make this lifesaving technology affordable.  “We knew developing the technology wasn’t enough and that it also had to be affordable for an industry that is consistently facing budget constraints,” said Kim Henry, Scott Safety’s director of growth initiatives and lifesaving products.

Scott Safety will be presented the award at the Frost & Sullivan gala to be held Jan. 11, 2017, in San Diego.

Scott Sight was also recently awarded the 2016 Best of What’s New award from Popular Science. For more information, visit www.ScottSight.com.

ABOUT SCOTT SAFETY
Scott Safety, by Johnson Controls, is a premier manufacturer of innovative respiratory and personal protective equipment and safety devices for firefighters, industrial workers, police squads, militaries, homeland security forces, and rescue teams around the world. With five global manufacturing locations, Scott products protect thousands of individuals each day from environmental hazards including smoke, toxic fumes, combustible gases, falling objects, and contaminants. The Scott Safety product line includes self-contained breathing apparatus, supplied air and air-purifying respirators, PPE, gas detection instruments, thermal imaging cameras, and firefighter locators. For more information, visit www.scottsafety.com.

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Posted: Oct 27, 2016

Highline students learn from Port of Seattle first responders

A potentially new generation of Port of Seattle Police and Fire Department members got to learn up close what it takes to be part of the Port’s first-responder team. The Port welcomed around 100 students from several Highline School District high schools for the “Careers in Public Safety” day. The program’s goal is to help stimulate learning by having students speaking directly with industry professionals about the rewards of a career in public safety.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2016 2:39:52 AM - SOURCE: Highline Times Des Moines News
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Posted: Oct 27, 2016

Poulsbo: Children uninjured after school bus and pickup collide

For the third time in the last eight months, the stretch of Highway 305 between Hostmark Street and Lincoln Road was the scene of a vehicle collision — and this time it involved a school bus with 48 children. At about 2 p.m. on a gray, rainy Oct. 26, a silver Toyota pickup truck going south on Highway 305 tried to turn across traffic into the Subway parking lot.
- PUB DATE: 10/27/2016 1:49:21 AM - SOURCE: Kingston Community News
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