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Posted: Sep 8, 2016

Update: Spokane Firefighter injured in apartment fire posts update: 'I did what every guy on this job would do'

Charles McKenzie, the Spokane firefighters injured in an apartment fire in north Spokane Wednesday was transferred to Seattle's Harborview Hospital for treatment of his burns. McKenzie was injured the during the two-alarm fire at the Rosewood Club Apartments trying to save two people. Those people, a man and a woman, unfortunately, didn't make it.
- PUB DATE: 9/8/2016 8:41:09 PM - SOURCE: kndu
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Posted: Sep 8, 2016

Follow-up: Spokane Fire Department says deadly fire could have been prevented

A fire at a North Spokane apartment complex killed two people Wednesday afternoon. Officials said the blaze was hotter than most other fires. Wednesday, fire officials explained how one of their men was hurt as he tried to rescue two people inside the Rosewood Club Apartments on Magnesium Road. Firefighters said the heat from the fire blew the glass out of a rear sliding glass door and allowed a lot of oxygen to get inside.
- PUB DATE: 9/8/2016 7:47:16 PM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2
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Posted: Sep 8, 2016

St. Joseph Fire Department (MO) Fire Stations See Repairs

Half of the St. Joseph Fire Department's Downtown headquarters truck bay is empty. The department is waiting on a contractor to do finishing touches and ensure recently poured concrete is ready to hold the weight of a firetruck. The department repaired the flooring this week as part of routine maintenance.
The city allocated $75,000 of the fire department’s budget to concrete repair projects this budget cycle. Old concrete flooring at the Downtown headquarters was torn up and new concrete poured.

Bids came in lower than the budgeted amount, Dalsing said, which allowed the department to do further repairs to Station No. 6.

The entryway at Station No. 6 will soon get a face-lift as well. Dalsing said the Fire Department regularly makes repairs to all of its stations.

The Downtown station was built in the 1940s, and several of the fire stations in St. Joseph were built in the early 1900s.

The Fire Department has plans to build two new fire stations, replacing two of the city’s oldest fire station buildings: No. 9 will move to 3200 Faraon St., and No. 11 is moving to South 22nd Street, near Walnut Street.

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Posted: Sep 8, 2016

Grand Opening of Westhaven (TN) Fire Station

The city of Franklin will celebrate the grand opening of its newest fire station this Saturday. Fire Station 8 is located in the Westhaven subdivision. The $3.8 million station will shorten response times to the western areas of Franklin and will provide back-up to downtown Station 1. The building officially opened August 22.
Building features include three apparatus bays, living and sleeping quarters, a gathering space, a kitchen and eating area, underground utilities and landscaping.

When: Sat. Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Where: 200 Front Street Franklin, TN

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Posted: Sep 8, 2016

Woman Attempting to Park Hits Jefferson Township (OH) Fire Station

A Jefferson Twp. firehouse was taken offline tonight after a woman crashed into the building.
The crash was dispatched around 7:10 p.m. to the fire station at 6963 Germantown Pike after a woman trying to park at the adjacent Liberty Baptist Church went over a concrete parking space block and into the fire station, Moraine police Sgt. Jason Neubauer said.

The woman's brakes either failed or her foot somehow missed the brake pedal, Neubauer said. She and her passenger, a child, were both taken to a local hospital to be checked out for minor injuries, the sergeant said.

Two fire engines worked out of the fire station, which was being secured with wooden panels by a crew from A.E. Fickert. A structural engineer is planned to inspect the facility, built in 1953, to assess the structural damage, a Jefferson Twp. fire official said.

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