anvplayer video="WBAY:1016236"] GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) -- Dozens of firefighters in Northeast Wisconsin are joining forces to help make the work of fellow firefighters in Central America a little easier and a lot safer.
It may not look like a state of the art truck to us, but this 1970 tanker is about to go back into service.
The Abrams Fire Department doesn’t use the truck anymore, so it’s donating it to firefighters all the way in Nicaragua.
“They’re very, very spread out, very mountainous, very hard to get to, so this six-wheel drive truck that Abrams Fire Department is furnishing to them is going to come in very handy for them up in the mountainous area,” says Green Bay Metro Fire Captain Eric Johnson.
Through the Firefighters United Project of the Wisconsin Nicaragua Partners, the truck and dozens of pieces of equipment and old gear are on their way south.
Green Bay Metro Firefighters loaded up some 50 sets of turnout gear Thursday morning. They’re more than 10 years old and considered expired by U.S. safety standards, but firefighters think they’re too good to just throw away.
“There’s still a lot of life left in it. There’s firefighters down in Nicaragua that aren’t so fortunate to have the gear that we have here in America and may not be useful here, but down in Nicaragua, they’re going to get a lot of use out of it,” says Johnson.
Posted: Jul 8, 2016
A 23-year-old Yakima man is dead today as a result of a crash yesterday that started a wildfire.
Cody J. Gadley died after beingthrown from a 1994 Nissan Pathfinder he was riding in at about 1:30 p.m. yesterday. The Washington State Patrol said he was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.
- PUB DATE: 7/8/2016 9:29:07 AM - SOURCE: Sunnyside Sun News
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Posted: Jul 8, 2016
In Honor of the Victims of the Attack in Dallas, TX
Pursuant to the Presidential Proclamation issued on July 8, 2016, Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff immediately, in honor of the victims of the attack in Dallas, Texas.
Please notify all of your field offices and facilities around the state.
Flags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on Tuesday, July 12, 2016.
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Posted: Jul 8, 2016
A rollover accident north of Soap Lake sparked a brush fire Wednesday afternoon and caused the closure of state Route 17.
Firefighters with Grant County Fire District No. 7 responded to the scene, about nine miles north of Soap Lake on SR-17, about 1:10 p.m. The unidentified driver of the vehicle was reportedly ejected as it rolled, with sparks igniting brush near the road and wind causing the fire to spread.
- PUB DATE: 7/8/2016 7:31:40 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Basin Herald
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Posted: Jul 8, 2016
Bob J. Schmitt, age 64, died on Tuesday, June 21, 2016 in the British Virgin Islands, while swimming in the beautiful waters and living life to the fullest.
Bob was born on Jan. 29, 1952 in Auburn, Wash., to Jim and Joanne Schmitt. He was a 1970 graduate of Auburn High School. Bob married Sini on March 24, 1984, and they were happily married for 32 years.
- PUB DATE: 7/8/2016 6:41:14 AM - SOURCE: My Edmonds News
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