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Posted: Oct 19, 2016

City Breaks Ground for West Napa's Fire Station No. 5

Eight years after the city purchased land for a fire station at the entrance to Browns Valley, the golden shovels were finally put into the ground on Tuesday afternoon. "It's been a long time coming," said Fire Department Division Chief John Callanan. The west side fire station, which will be called Fire Station No.

“We’ll be up and running in a year,” he said.Eight years after the city purchased land for a fire station at the entrance to Browns Valley, the golden shovels were finally put into the ground on Tuesday afternoon.

“It’s been a long time coming,” said Fire Department Division Chief John Callanan.

The west side fire station, which will be called Fire Station No. 5, was just all talk until the city of Napa finally bought a piece of land at Browns Valley Road and Laurel Street in 2008. When design development was beginning in 2014, contaminated soil was discovered. It took another two years to resolve the soil issues, according to Ernie Cabral, civil engineer and project manager.

Meanwhile, planners reached out to the neighborhood to see what they wanted the firehouse to look like, Cabral said. “We wanted the outside to fit in with the neighborhood,” he said. The majority of people liked a Craftsman-style design.

“It’s beautiful,” Fire Chief Mike Randolph said of the design.

“This day is much anticipated and much appreciated,” said Randolph, who appreciated that the city and City Manager Mike Parness had made this project a priority. He also wanted to thank fire crews and the community for their patience.

“We’ll be up and running in a year,” he said.

The new station will not only help firefighters serve the west side of Napa faster, which can potentially save lives, but it will also provide service back into the core of the city, Randolph said.

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Posted: Oct 19, 2016

City to Apply for Fire Department Grants

The Breckenridge Fire Department is in need of a new tanker truck to replace its 30-year-old piece of equipment, which requires regular repairs as well as the need for replacement of personal protective equipment. On Monday, Oct.
On Monday, Oct. 17 the Breckenridge City Council approved a resolution supporting a matching grant through the federal government’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant program to purchase a new tanker truck for the fire department. The grant is a 95/5 match, meaning the city would only be responsible for 5 percent of the cost of the purchase, which would be approximately $25,000.

The fire department uses SCBA packs and bottles that are approximately 14 years old. After 15 years the bottles will expire and need to be replaced.

The Assistance to Firefighters Grant program offers a 95/5 matching grant for the personal protective equipment, which would cost the city approximately $7,500. The council also agreed to support this matching grant program and will hire a grant writer at a cost of $595.

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Posted: Oct 19, 2016

Folsom Fire Department Gets Grant for Defibrillators

The Folsom-area fire department has been awarded a $15,000 grant, which it will use to buy six automated external defibrillators, the agency announced Sunday (Oct. 16). The Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation awarded the grant, Fire Chief David Pittman said in a news release.

The purchase of the AEDs will allow the department to equip more vehicles with the devices, he said.

According to the American Heart Association, about 326,000 people suffered an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest event last year, continuing to make sudden cardiac arrest one of the leading causes of death in the United States, the release said. AEDs are a crucial part of first responder gear because most fire departments can respond to a sudden cardiac arrest event quicker than an ambulance, it said.

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Posted: Oct 19, 2016

Student-Made Fire Prevention Logos Featured on Camden Fire Trucks

CAMDEN - Camden-Rockport Middle School and Children's House Montessori School students fire prevention awareness logos, now painted on Camden's Engine 4 and ladder truck, will be a moving reminder all year of how to help prevent fires. The winners were announced, and the logos displayed Oct. 14 at the middle school.

The Camden Fire Department came up with the idea of involving students in Fire Prevention Week outreach, by offering to paint the students' logos on a real fire truck, according to Camden Fire Chief Chris Farley.

Firefighters visited the schools and made presentations during lunch time, and supplied rolls of butcher paper, paint and markers. The students did the rest.


CRMS Principal Jaime Stone said she got reports from the students that they worked on their submissions for "hours and hours," taking the materials home to put in the extra time. Farley said both the students and the firefighters are excited about the results.

The Fire Department received 18 submissions from the four grades at CRMS, and one submission jointly worked on by students at the Montessori school.

Judges, who looked for clear and colorful safety messages included. State Fire Marshal Investigator Mary-Ann MacMaster, Camden Town Manager Patricia Finnigan, firefighter Matt Heat, Assistant Fire Chief John Wickenden, as well as Farley and Stone.

The CRMS fire prevention logo winners are: Ryan Anderson, fifth grade, Rachel Rademacher, seventh grade, and Shauna Murray, eighth grade.

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Posted: Oct 19, 2016

Texas Attorney General challenges City of Austin's labor agreement with firefighter union

Attorney General Ken Paxton has intervened in a lawsuit filed against the City of Austin, challenging the city’s labor agreement with the Austin Firefighters Association, his office announced Tuesday. Paxton’s office said the agreement with the firefighters association allows for “release time” and therefore allows firefighters to work for the union at taxpayer expense.
- PUB DATE: 10/19/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KVUE-TV ABC Austin
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