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Posted: Aug 19, 2016

Fire Apparatus on Scene at Silver Spring, MD, Explosion with Collapse

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Posted: Aug 19, 2016

Dewey Fire Department's New Rescue Truck Has Room for More Gear

The truck is the second and final purchase connected to a bond that was approved in May 2015 and brings the Dewey Fire Department's fleet up to eight vehicles. Dewey Fire Chief Dale Little said the department has two brush trucks, two tankers, three pumper trucks and one rescue truck.

DEWEY — The city of Dewey’s has received its new rescue truck for the Fire Department.

The truck is the second and final purchase connected to a bond that was approved in May 2015 and brings the Dewey Fire Department’s fleet up to eight vehicles. Dewey Fire Chief Dale Little said the department has two brush trucks, two tankers, three pumper trucks and one rescue truck.

“The truck is going to make a lot of difference,” Little said. “We feel pretty solid with the trucks we have now.”

The rescue truck and a used pumper truck that the department received in February are the result of a bond passed in May 2015. The bonds, which total $1.2 million, included wastewater collection system improvements, street and road repairs, and a new Police Department and Municipal Court facility, in addition to the $210,000 allotted for the fire trucks.

The Dewey City Council eventually voted to add $10,000 from the general fund and $10,000 from the fire fund to pay the remaining amount on the used pumper truck.

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Posted: Aug 19, 2016

New Fire Truck Set for Beaverton

A new fire truck is ready to roll in Beaverton, according to Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue, which offers protection in the area. The truck - known as a tiller truck - is the first of three new trucks TVF&R is getting that are tractor-drawn aerial ladder trucks.

It will be assigned to Farmington Road Station 67 in downtown Beaverton and goes into operation on Thursday.

These trucks have separate steering in the front and back to make it easier to work its way through skinny streets, sharp turns, tight curves.

Eighteen apparatus operators - who drive the front - have been trained to drive the 60-foot-long truck.

Eighteen apparatus operators have been trained to drive the 60-foot-long truck with an apparatus operator driving in the tractor and a tiller operator driving in the back.

The rig has a 100-foot aerial ladder and includes 24 compartments.

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Posted: Aug 19, 2016

Orange City Breaking Ground on Fire Station Expansion Friday

ORANGE CITY, Iowa | The Orange City Fire Department will break ground Friday on a $3.15 million expansion that will nearly quadruple the size of its station. The project will expand the station from its current size of approximately 4,000 square feet to nearly 15,000.

ORANGE CITY, Iowa | The Orange City Fire Department will break ground Friday on a $3.15 million expansion that will nearly quadruple the size of its station. 

The project will expand the station from its current size of approximately 4,000 square feet to nearly 15,000. Crews will remodel approximately 3,840 square feet of the existing structure, which was built in 1973.

The groundbreaking, to be held at 10 a.m. Friday, follows the Orange City Council's approval of a $2.64 million construction contract Monday.

"It's another big step forward," said Orange City Fire Chief Denny Vander Wel. "You get these hurdles and you go through them, and then you get the real positive feeling that everything just seems to click."

Vander Wel said the current station's size limits the fire department's work space, training space and storage space for larger, newer equipment. 

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Posted: Aug 19, 2016

Police Searching for Suspect in Fire Station Shooting

by: Jeremy Pierre Updated: Forrest City police are looking for the shooter who shot up a fire substation that's set to open in August. The shooting happened Monday, and today police announced a major reward in the case. FOX13's Jeremy Pierre learned residents in Forrest City are tired of people who misuse guns and cause unnecessary damage.

Forrest City police are looking for the shooter who shot up a fire substation that's set to open in August.

The shooting happened Monday, and today police announced a major reward in the case.

FOX13's Jeremy Pierre learned residents in Forrest City are tired of people who misuse guns and cause unnecessary damage.

Longtime Forrest City resident Henry Peacock is behind fixing the plumbing in the city's newest fire substation.

He said it's a mystery why anyone would want to damage the building by shooting it.

Peacock told FOX13 the shooting of the building comes as no surprise.

"It makes no sense," said Peacock. "It's too many guns."

Forrest City Police said they discovered the exterior of the substation shot multiple times Monday.

The Forrest City police and fire departments declined to comment on camera about the shooting.

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