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Posted: Sep 28, 2016

Fire in Pasco being investigated as suspicious

An early morning fire kept Pasco Police and Fire crews busy throughout most of Wednesday morning. The fire, being investigated as suspicious, happened around 3:30 a.m. in the 1000 block of South 4th Street. When firefighters got on scene they found a 10-by-10 shed completely engulfed in flames. Authorities say a man had been living in the shed, but say no one was in the out-building at the time of the fire.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2016 9:39:22 AM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com
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Posted: Sep 28, 2016

Equipment Stolen from Volunteer Fire Department, Suspects Seen on Surveillance Video

BLACKSBURG, S.C. (WSPA) - After more than 10 years as a volunteer fireman, Antioch Fire Chief Lucas McDaniel remains passionate about serving his community. "You're trying to do what's right by your community," he said. "Just the thought of being able to help somebody in a way that nobody else can."

Now he says that help may take longer after a medical bag, and ropes used in rescues were stolen.

“If you were to have a car wreck down an embankment – either to help us get to you or to help you get out,” he said.

He says the ropes are valued at more than $10,000, and the medical bag about $1,000.

“You already barely have enough money to buy everything you want to buy everything you want to take care of everybody.”

He says now — they’d have to contact a neighboring department for help if the ropes were needed.

“You’ll have a delayed response because of course they’re farther away so ultimately it’s hurting the community.”

This wasn’t the first theft there; thieves broke in earlier this year as well.

“They took all the power equipment.”

This time the suspects were caught on tape, though they tried to avoid that by spray painting one of the outdoor cameras.

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Posted: Sep 28, 2016

Local Fire Department Sports New Million Dollar Fire Truck

HOUGHTON - The Houghton Volunteer Fire Department has a new fire truck. The 2015 model comes equipped with a 100 foot aerial platform and has 7,000 miles on it. The cost of the vehicle is $1,017,500. Houghton City took out a loan through the USDA Rural Development for $462,000 of that and paid the remaining balance out of the city's equipment fund.
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Posted: Sep 28, 2016

City Of Henderson Considers Three Fire Station Concept

Though the city plans to build a new fire station, the question remains whether or not they will combine two stations. Henderson city commissioners approved a resolution Tuesday evening to purchase the Immanuel Baptist Temple building and property on Second Street for $625,000, with the goal of locating a fire station there.

The purchase consists of six property tracts, including Immanuel Baptist Temple building and the church's three-story education wing. According to the resolution, the city will enter into a five-year lease agreement for the Answer Center property next door.

"The Answer Center is still using that building," said Mayor Steve Austin. "As a help to that organization to low-income families in our community, we are going to continue their lease on that property just so they'll have a place to operate out of and do their services."

Looking to consolidate with Audubon Baptist Church, IBT listed their 48,114-square-foot church and three-story education wing for $2.5 million through Hahn Kiefer Real Estate Services in Evansville when it first came onto the market in 2015. The adjacent, two-story Answer Center building and the adjoining property on First Street were part of the offer as well.




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Posted: Sep 28, 2016

Two New Fire Trucks to Be Delivered to Palm Coast; Officials Consider Buying Third

Palm Coast will be getting two new fire trucks in the coming weeks, and might get a third next spring. The purchase of the third truck has not yet been formally approved by the City Council, but council members didn't voice objections during a City Council workshop Sept.

Council members will vote at a future City Council meeting on whether to buy the $259,678 truck.

The two trucks the city has already purchased and that will soon be delivered will be used at Palm Coast Fire Station 25 — the main station at 1250 Belle Terre Parkway — and at Fire Station 23 at 5150 Belle Terre Parkway. Both of those trucks cost $256,678.

Beadle traveled to the South Dakota manufacturing plant that is building the two trucks earlier this month.

“We did the final inspection on those two trucks. We’re just waiting for them to come to Florida,” Beadle said. “We should have them in the station probably within the next month or so. …  We’re very impressed and very happy with the two trucks we just went up and saw.” 

The third truck, if the council decides to buy it, will be used at the Indian Trails station to replace Engine 21, which the city will keep but move into a backup position, Beadle said. Backup fire trucks are used when all of the frontline trucks are out on calls, or are being repaired. 

The two trucks that will soon be delivered and the proposed third truck are all built on a commercial chassis, like those used for long-haul trucking. Buying commercial chassis trucks, rather than custom-built fire trucks, saves the city about $200,000 per truck — bids for custom trucks ranged from $424,301 to $472,921 — but the commercial trucks last about half as long as custom trucks for daily frontline work, Beadle said. 

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