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Ambulance Involved in Allegan County (MI) Crash

Posted: Aug 8, 2016

Ambulance Involved in Allegan County (MI) Crash

Police say a head-on crash involving a drunk driver and an ambulance shut down part of Blue Star Highway in Allegan County early Sunday morning. The crash happened just before 4:30 a.m. near the corner of Blue Star Highway and 141st Avenue south of Holland.

The ambulance was not transporting any patients at the time of the crash. Its occupants were Kevin Jongekryg, a 23-year veteran of AMR, and Tim Hoffman, an 11-year veteran, an AMR spokesman said.

The driver of a pickup truck was pinned in his vehicle when first responders arrived on scene. The driver of the ambulance, Jongekryg, also was trapped inside the vehicle and needed rescue.

Hoffman, who was in the back of the ambulance, was severely injured. Authorities say he was not wearing a seatbelt.

Richmond (VA) Fire & Emergency Services Puts Four KME Pumpers In Service

By Alan M. Petrillo

When the city of Richmond (VA) city council allocated enough funds through it' Fleet Services Department for Richmond Fire & Emergency Services to purchase four new pumpers, the fire department got busy developing specs, looking at what other departments were doing with pumpers, and deciphering trends in the market. The end result, says a captain intricately involved in the process, was determining precisely what the department needed to allow firefighters to do their jobs well.

"With this set of specs, we decided the pumpers had to perform exactly what we needed them to do," says Richard Lewis, Richmond's captain. "We looked at what we needed in terms of pump flow, the overall layout of the engine, and the equipment it would carry. We built our specs around what we have to do with the apparatus, not what we would like it to do. We ended up building four safe, sturdy, functional pumpers."

Richmond (VA) Fire & Emergency Services recently got four identical KME pumpers built on Predator Severe Service chassis with a Waterous 1,500-gpm pump and a 500-gallon United Plastic Fabricating Poly water tank. (Photo courtesy of KME.)

The resulting pumpers, built by KME, are all identical, Lewis points out. Each pumper is built on a KME Predator™ Severe Service 4x2 LFD chassis with a flat-roof cab and 22.5-inch front bumper extension and powered by a 400-hp Cummins ISL 9 engine, and an Allison 3000 EVS automatic transmission. Each pumper has a Waterous 1,500-gpm Waterous CSU-C20 single-stage pump, a United Plastic Fabricating (UPF) 500-gallon Poly water tank, and a manual Task Force Tips deck gun.

Lewis says the truck committee considered adding a compressed air foam system (CAFS) to each vehicle, but decided against it because a number of the department's other apparatus already had CAFS or foam capabilities. "It was a price issue, but we also looked at the history of how we use foam in the city," Lewis points out. "We have a foam unit, two foam tenders, and a couple of quints that already have foam capability. With the excellent water grid in the city, there is no shortage of water for us, so foam was an expense we couldn't justify on the engines."

The hose bed floor on the four new KME pumpers for Richmond Fire & Emergency Services is 54 inches off the ground. Each vehicle has three discharges and a rear suction at the back. (Photo courtesy of KME.)

Richmond Fire & Emergency Services covers the city’s 62.5 square miles, with a population of 220,289, from 20 stations with 57 pieces of front line fire apparatus. "We recently switched back from a total quint concept to a truck and engine concept," Lewis notes. "Now we run six truck companies (mostly quints) and 16 engines, along with three rescue companies that specialize in hazardous materials, high angle and technical rescue, and water rescue."

Ryan Slane, product manager for pumpers and tankers at KME, says Richmond Fire wanted a very ma

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Edwardsville Has Big Plans for New Fire Station

Posted: Aug 8, 2016

Edwardsville Has Big Plans for New Fire Station

A new Edwardsville city fire station is almost ready at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, while bids are rolling in on its parent station planned for downtown. The SIUE station is in the later stages of construction, according to Edwardsville Fire Chief Rick Welle.

Exterior walls are in place and interior walls are framed, with work continuing daily at the site just off the main loop in the central campus.

Intended as a satellite station, the SIUE fire station will be primarily dedicated to the college campus and the warehouse distribution district in west Edwardsville near Interstate 255. The $3.8 million, 8,300-square-foot station is intended to improve response times and bolster service to the growing western side of the city. The land, located next to the Early Childhood Center, has been promised to the city since 1995.

Initially, the station will have one engine, one truck and one ambulance, with a staff of two to four people, Welle said. “We’re still building up our staffing,” he said.

One extra feature of the new fire station is a “safe haven.” The west side of the station will have a small lobby open 24 hours a day with an emergency phone, and anyone who is in trouble or needs help can get immediate help from the paramedics on staff.

“We want students or anyone else to know they can stop in and seek help if necessary,” Welle said.

Read more here: http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article94116042.html#storylink=cpy

Town of Burlington Fire station Renovations Nearly Complete

TOWN OF BURLINGTON - Renovations and remodeling on the Town of Burlington Fire Department's Station No. 2 in the Bohners Lake neighborhood are expected to be completed this week. Town Fire Chief Ed Umnus said most of the renovation and construction is complete with only some cosmetic things left to be finished.

He said the station, located at the corner of McHenry Street (Highway P) and Fish Hatchery Road, will be open as a voting site for Tuesday’s primary election.

“We are just about done with it,” Umnus said. “We have a lot of contractors in there finishing things up.”

The Town Board and residents approved the $885,000 expenditure in October. The amount was $315,000 more than the initial $550,000 authorization.

The department added 3,100 square feet to the existing 2,500-square-foot building, which was constructed in 1969.

The additional space gives the renovated station four taller apparatus bays, all of which face north toward Fish Hatchery Road. Previously, the station had three bays that opened toward busier Highway P.

The original part of the structure was remodeled to accommodate meeting and office space.

The station houses an engine, the department’s brush fire units, an ATV, and a boat.

This Is the Fire Station of the Future--And It Costs $32 Million

From the 1960 plane crash in Park Slope to the 2001 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, Rescue Company 2's firemen have always responded to New York City's most dangerous emergencies. For the last 31 years, they have worked and trained at their station in Brownsville, Brooklyn.

By summer 2018, they will get a massive, new, state-of-the-art home.

Designed by architecture and urban design firm Studio Gang, the 20,000-square-foot station will feature an obstacle course and a pit to practice underground rescues. On the edge of the roof terrace will be hooks to practice scaling the building — which firemen often need to do in real-life situations.

"It strikes a balance between being inviting to the community yet robust and secure enough to withstand training so they can do their job," the station's project designer, Weston Walker, tells Business Insider.

On July 28, the studio and FDNY's Rescue Company 2 celebrated the $32 million station's ground breaking.

To design the new station, the architects asked the firefighters what they needed from the new station.

Rescue Company 2 is one of five elite rescue companies in New York City, which means that in addition to fires, they also respond if there's an emergency situation like a collapsed buildings or people trapped underwater or under a car.

According to the Company's feedback, the new station will have a large, open central area, so that firefighters have room to drag their rigs, Walker says. Several training rooms will be located off of that main atrium. The station will also be the first in NYC to include large garage doors in the front and back, so that trucks can drive in and out quickly.

WFC News

Ambulance Involved in Allegan County (MI) Crash

Richmond (VA) Fire & Emergency Services Puts Four KME Pumpers In Service

Edwardsville Has Big Plans for New Fire Station

Town of Burlington Fire station Renovations Nearly Complete

This Is the Fire Station of the Future--And It Costs $32 Million

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