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Posted: May 25, 2016

Firefighters prepare for fire season with helicopters

Demi Garcia is 21 and a new member of the state’s elite helitack firefighting team, so new she was still awaiting her first real action Wednesday as she and team members participated in their last hands-on training in preparation for fire season. “If there’s a fire today, I’m first out,” said the California native, who’s stationed in Ellensburg.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2016 8:35:58 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic
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Posted: May 25, 2016

No arrests after Mabton brush fire destroys nearly 300 acres

The summer wildfire season started weeks too soon in the Lower Valley. Nearly 300 acres of brush fire burned east of Mabton near State Route 22 late Wednesday evening, according to Yakima County Fire District 5 Fire Chief Brian Vogel. "For this time of year it was pretty intense. It's amazing how dry the light flashy fuels are already," said Chief Vogel.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2016 6:54:19 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima
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Posted: May 25, 2016

No arrests after Mabton brush fire destroys nearly 300 acres

The summer wildfire season started weeks too soon in the Lower Valley. Nearly 300 acres of brush fire burned east of Mabton near State Route 22 late Wednesday evening, according to Yakima County Fire District 5 Fire Chief Brian Vogel. "For this time of year it was pretty intense. It's amazing how dry the light flashy fuels are already," said Chief Vogel.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2016 6:54:19 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima
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Posted: May 25, 2016

Brockton (MA) Gets Loaned Fire Apparatus

The city has received a "loaner" ladder truck from Colorado as it waits for a new $1 million truck to arrive by the fall, officials said. The ladder truck on loan from Connecticut-based New England Fire Equipment was expected to go into service at Station 4 on Crescent Street on Monday, Brockton Fire Chief Michael Williams said.
"That will bring us back up to three ladders in the city, which is our normal operating situation," Williams said Monday afternoon.

The city has been without a third ladder truck for about two years, after a ladder truck from Station 4 on the city's East Side was decommissioned because it wasn't passing safety inspections, Williams said. The ladder truck on loan came from Denver, Colorado, which arrived at no cost to the city, is owned by New England Fire Equipment, he said.

"It's considered a loaner ladder that they offer us to use in anticipation of delivery of our brand new ladder," Williams said.

The ladder has "passed all safety inspections and it's right up to snuff for what we need," Williams said.

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Posted: May 25, 2016

Mukwonago (WI) Ambulance Involved in Accident

Village of Mukwonago - A North Prairie man who was severely injured in a motorcycle accident Sunday, May 15, in the village of Mukwonago died later that night, according to those close to him. The cause of death is still unknown due to the unusual circumstances surrounding his death.
As 48-year-old Danny Weber was being taken to Froedtert Hospital, the ambulance carrying him was involved in a collision near 92nd Street and Oklahoma in Milwaukee, the cause of which is still under investigation.

Weber was being taken to the hospital after a crash on Highway 83 at Black Bear Boulevard in Mukwonago. According to Mukwonago Police Chief Kevin Schmidt, Weber was northbound on Highway 83 on a motorcycle when a 2008 Mercury sedan pulled out from Black Bear Boulevard to head south on 83. Weber's motorcycle struck the rear of the sedan.

The driver of the car, a 91-year-old man from Burlington, was taken to Waukesha Memorial Hospital with minor injuries.

Weber, who was not wearing a helmet, sustained a serious head injury when he was thrown from his motorcycle, said Schmidt.

Mukwonago Fire Chief Jeff Stien said Weber was in very critical condition before he was transported by the Mukwonago Fire Department ambulance, but he is unsure whether "anything after that contributed" to his death.

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