The Effingham (NH) Fire Department recently took delivery of an all new HME, Incorporated, MiniEvo mini pumper. Built on a 2016 Ford F-550 chassis with a Powerstroke 6.7-liter V-8 OHV turbo diesel engine, this truck combines HME Hydra Technology™ with a Hale 1,500-gpm DSD pump. The fire truck features an FRC “Turbo Foam” system with a 15-gallon foam tank, a 400-gallon T-tank, 139 cubic feet of compartment storage space, 40 cubic feet of hosebed storage, painted roll-up doors, ladder storage above the right side compartments, FRC body quartz lighting, and shelves located throughout.

Salesman: Glenn Davis

Dealer: Lake Regions Fire Apparatus, Inc.

Dealer Location: West Ossippee

Nearly 15 years after he was killed on 9/11, a fire chief will get the department funeral his family has been waiting for all that time. The remains of Chief Lawrence Stack of Safety Battalion 1 were never recovered after he died when World Trade Center’s North Tower collapsed, which is why the full honors funeral was never held, FDNY sources said.
- PUB DATE: 6/10/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york post

Senior members of the Providence Fire Department have issued a report recommending the city move back to a four-platoon system and increase staffing, but Public Safety Commission Steven Pare is accusing the fire union of playing politics. The report, prepared by Battalion Chief Kenneth Rainone, acting Battalion Chief Stephen Capricotta and acting Battalion Chief Kevin Jutras, focuses on two large fires – one on Eaton Street and the other on Laurel Hill Avenue – on March 31 that left 26 firefighters injured, some with cyanide poisoning.
- PUB DATE: 6/10/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPRI-TV Providence 12

Valencia County Fire Chief Steven Gonzales is being investigated by Los Lunas police after he pulled over a driver on I-25. It happened on Saturday afternoon near Exit 203 off of northbound I-25 in Los Lunas. On recorded dispatch audio obtained by KRQE News 13, you can hear Gonzales’ radio in what would normally be a routine call.
- PUB DATE: 6/10/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: krqe news 13 Albuquerque

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has released its annual U.S. Firefighter Fatalities report, which showed that a total of 68 firefighters died while on duty in the United States in 2015. This represents the fourth time in the past five years that the total number of deaths has been below 70.
- PUB DATE: 6/10/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Fire Protection Association