The Bowens purchased the County Building across the street and now the equipment sale side of the business now has a beautiful showroom, located at 134 E. Crawford St. in Van Wert.

“We joke that we tried to put 50 pounds of stuff in a 20 pound bag,” Jenni Bowen said. “We decided to purchase the county building across the street and took all the operations as far as extinguishers and hydro-testing across the street.”

Van Wert Fire Equipment offers everything from fire safety gloves, fire safety clothing, tools, flashlights and more. Bowen says most of this equipment can be found in a retail store, but buying straight from Van Wert Fire Equipment has one unique benefit.

Residential services include fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, escape ladders, whole house and portable Generac generators, recharge of CO2 cylinders including paintball and home beverage dispenser cylinders.

Van Wert Fire Equipment also offers commercial and industrial services including hydro testing of SCBA and cascade cylinders, fire extinguisher sales, recharging and annual maintenance done on site.

A white pickup truck was traveling through a green light on Mountain Road when it slammed into the ambulance in the intersection. Paramedics pulled the baby out of the ambulance in an incubator and rushed the infant to UNMH. Police said the baby is still alive and is undergoing emergency surgery.

It will also create three new full-time firefighter and paramedic positions.

The Joint Fire District serves both the township and the city of Canfield.

Fire Chief Don Hutchison said the new department will give the community better peace of mind.

Three individuals in the van were trauma alerted,  one via ground transportation and the other via Bayflight.

At around 11:20 a.m., two vehicles — one a New Braunfels Fire Department Fire Marshal SUV — were involved in a minor crash in the 900 block of Interstate 35, north of Walnut Avenue.

The two vehicles pulled over to the inside shoulder and waited for emergency crews to arrive.

A responding New Braunfels fire engine blocked two lanes of traffic leading up to the crash site. At around 11:35 a.m., a 33-year-old Austin woman was driving southbound in an SUV at a high rate of speed, New Braunfels police say.

The woman swerved into the inside shoulder to avoid hitting the fire truck and came to a sudden stop. A three-wheel Harley Davidson motorcycle driving behind her, also taking evasive action, slammed into the back of the SUV at a high rate of speed.

The driver of the motorcycle, a 68-year-old Austin man, was thrown from the motorcycle. Police say he was not wearing a helmet.

All southbound lanes were closed as an AirLIFE medical helicopter landed on the highway and flew the motorcyclist to San Antonio Military Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.