Posted: Sep 12, 2016
In about six months, the Anniston Fire Department will be able to video conference and train with eight other local full-time and volunteer departments thanks to a $353,978 grant from Homeland Security, officials said Thursday.
The grant, awarded under the 2015 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, will pay for a video equipment that will connect all the departments together for training, meetings and emergency operations, fire Capt. Johnnie Phelps said.
“We’ll have the entire infrastructure put in, all the servers, the gateway, all that stuff, the eagle eye cameras in the classrooms that follow the instructors around and eight departments will all receive those in their stations that will tie them into us,” Phelps said.
Anniston fire Chief Tony Taylor said each department pledged a percentage to match if they received the grant.
“There is a 10 percent match,” he said. “So we’ll get an additional $35,000 bringing the total grant up to $389,375.”
“It works just like a phone system and that nearly $400,000 grant is going to do something really cool for all of us,” Phelps said. “About 75 different classrooms around the state can call in, it’s powerful, the picture is amazing. I am so excited.”
Taylor said Anniston became a regional hub for training about three years ago.
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Seven children were among 11 people who died in a house fire in South Memphis Monday morning, family and friends said.
The children who died were Angel, 16; Cameron, either 8 or 10; Alonzo Ward, 6; Diamond; Precious Rose, 3; Kira; and Ernest Jr. Ages were unknown for Diamond, Kira and Ernest Jr.
The adults were identified as Carol Collier, 56; Lakeisha Ward, 27, mother of Alonzo Ward; and Eloise Futrell, 61.
- PUB DATE: 9/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Tennessean
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The $175 million restoration of the cathedral is largely complete and little has been left untouched. The stained glass is brighter, the ceiling cracks repaired, the pews polished and the organ pipes cleaned.
But one corner of the historic church is still dusty and stained, and it will remain that way forever.
- PUB DATE: 9/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Post
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The Meridian Fire Department is mourning the death of a firefighter following a crash Friday morning while his truck was en route to an emergency call.
Firefighter Eric Gustafson, 40, originally of New Orleans, was killed and two colleagues were seriously injured when their fire truck rolled over around 9 a.
- PUB DATE: 9/12/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Meridian Star
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