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Posted: Aug 22, 2016

VIDEO: Bizarre Police Incident in Coquitlam Captures Suspect Vehicle Rolling Into Fire Apparatus

Coquitlam RCMP and Fire and Rescue were on scene Friday to deal with a shooting that turned into a fiery multi-scene incident. Just before 6 p.m., police responded after reports came in about shots being fired from one vehicle to another around Guildford Drive and Johnston Street.
Shortly after, police found the suspect vehicle fully engulfed in flames on Charter Hill Road. Coquitlam Fire and Rescue arrived on the scene, but before the fire could be put out, the engulfed truck rolled down a hill and crashed into a fire truck.

A video shows the dramatic moment authorities ran from the flames in fear the fire truck would catch fire.

RCMP are now investigating the three locations. There is currently no one in custody and no suspect description available.

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Posted: Aug 22, 2016

Choctaw (AR) Volunteer Firefighter Injured After Fire Apparatus Overturns

A Choctaw volunteer firefighter is recovering after his fire truck overturned. The firefighter was responding to a fire when he lost control of the truck, rolling it several times before landing in a creek. The accident happened on highway 9 West about 10: 30 a.m. Sunday.
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Posted: Aug 22, 2016

New Cowiche Fire Station Could Play Crucial Emergency Role

The newly opened fire station in Cowiche isn't just an upgrade for Yakima County Fire District 1. It also could play a critical role in the county's response to emergencies.

Washington state recommends that counties have a backup emergency operations center, but Yakima didn't have the money for one, said Scott Miller, director of the county's Office of Emergency Management. o when the new station was approved in Cowiche and Fire District 1 administrator Bob Merritt approached with an idea to house a backup center there, Miller jumped at it.

“It took me about a millisecond,” Miller said. “Especially when he said ‘rent-free.’”

The station, which opened in May at 300 Cowiche City Road, will mostly function as the old Fire District 1 station in Cowiche functioned — as a frequently vacant volunteer-run fire station in rural Upper Yakima Valley. But in the event of a significant emergency such as a flood or widespread fire, it could spring to life as an operations and communications base for county Emergency Management.

A report from the Yakima Herald took a closer look at the new fire station in Cowiche, an unincorporated community northwest of Yakima, Washington.
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Posted: Aug 22, 2016

Vicksburg (MI) Looks to Build New Fire Station

Vicksburg officials have begun negotiations with a local company to build a new fire station on the east end of town.

The Vicksburg Post reported the Board of Mayor and Aldermen have authorized city attorney Nancy Thomas to begin talks with Fordice Construction Co., which had the low base bid of $1.5 million.

It and one other company submitted bids higher than the $1.1 million budgeted for the project.

Mayor George Flaggs Jr. said the board would shift money from other projects in the city's $9.2 million capital improvements bond issue to make up the difference.

WAPT looked at the potential development of a new fire station in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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Posted: Aug 22, 2016

Seville (OH) Fire/EMS Deals with Roof Collapse Aftermath

SEVILLE, OHIO - Scott Naftzger has been vending vegetables and fruit in Seville for decades. When he heard the Medina County village's fire station had collapsed, it hit home.

"It was sort of heartbreaking", said Naftzger. You see, the station was named after Scott's grandfather, Richard Naftzger, the longtime fire chief for Seville.

News of the collapse spread quickly through the small town. It took around 10 minutes for the building's roof to buckle, then collapse.

Fire Lt. Brock Lemmon says gear and all but one truck were removed from the building and there were no injuries.

It has caused some adjustments in how they cover the Seville/Guilford area. Lemmon continues, "For right now, our vehicles are a little spread out. We've had great help from the city and township and storing the vehicles in the local PD."

WKYC reported on the situation in Seville, Ohio, after the village's fire station sustained a roof collapse.
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