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Posted: Mar 8, 2016

Snyder (TX) Volunteer Fire Department Reports Equipment Stolen


The Snyder Volunteer Fire Department asked the public for help following the theft of their firefighting gear Monday. According to a post on the Snyder Volunteer Fire Department Facebook page, someone stopped and stole $1800 worth of firefighting gear from a volunteer firefighter's pickup.
Fire crews were busy battling several grass fires at the time just north of Huffman Avenue on U.S. Highway 84.

The white pickup was sitting in a ditch at time of the theft.

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Posted: Mar 8, 2016

New DNRC Fire Boss Prepares for Tough Season

We used to think wildland firefighters hibernated like bears after chasing smoke all summer. If so, Mike DeGrosky would like to know why his Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation firefighters have already responded to 38 wildfires by the first week of March.
Replacing fire-wrecked supplies like that hose and repairing fire equipment is how DRNC fire workers spend their off-season days. DeGrosky said changing climate conditions and growing human encroachment into fire-prone areas has cut into that down-time.

“They’re already expecting to have a terrible time around the Great Lakes and the Northern Plains states,” he said of the national fire forecasts. “And Billings set a temperature record over the weekend. Now, it could start to rain in June and make everything different. But right now, the call is for significant warmth and continued drought, especially in central and southeast Montana.”

Fires in that part of the state differ from the blazes western Montanans are used to. They often strike grasslands and prairies where a stiff wind can char thousands of acres in an afternoon. That puts huge focus on the fire’s early stages, which in turn highlights one of DeGrosky’s strategic challenges.

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Posted: Mar 8, 2016

Keystone Fire Apparatus Joins KME’s Sales Team

Nesquehoning, PA—KME has announced the addition of Keystone Fire Apparatus, Inc., to the KME sales team. Keystone Fire Apparatus’s sales and service facility is located in Kennedy Township, Pennsylvania, in the shadows of the City of Pittsburgh. Keystone Fire Apparatus, which will represent KME in 19 Western Pennsylvania counties, has been providing quality sales and major service capabilities for their customers since 1994, when it was founded by owners Tom and Paula Ball.

After many years working for an apparatus factory service center, Tom and his wife, Paula, took that experience and started Keystone Fire Apparatus Inc. Their dedication to quality work enabled them to quickly establish themselves with local fire departments for all their service needs. They soon expanded their business to include loose equipment sales.

Keystone Fire Apparatus operates out of a recently expanded 18,000-square-foot facility, with on-site pump testing capability. Keystone Fire Apparatus also provides: 

  • Bumper-to-bumper preventive maintenance
  • Non-destructive testing 
  • Collision and body repair
  • Pump service and repairs 
  • Tank repair or replacement
  • Hydraulic repairs 
  • AC/DC lighting and wiring
  • Full fabrication capability 

Responding quickly to customer needs and providing prompt, professional service are hallmarks of Keystone Fire Apparatus. To meet those expectations Keystone Fire Apparatus stocks a large inventory of frequently needed parts to get apparatus back in service as soon as possible.

Keystone Fire Apparatus also represents many of the leading names in firefighting tools, and protective equipment.

With KME’s extensive product offerings and Keystone Fire Apparatus’ customer relationships and services, KME excited about increasing both sales and customer satisfaction in Western Pennsylvania.

For more information, visit fire.kovatch.com.

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Posted: Mar 8, 2016

State Senator Jim Hargrove opposes effort to merge public safety, teacher pensions

State Sen. Jim Hargrove opposes a Senate bill that would merge the pensions of police and firefighters in the state with an insolvent teachers’ pension fund. “I can’t support that,” said Hargrove, D-Hoquiam, on Saturday. “There is the objection that the firefighters paid into this plan and the teachers’ plan is a little bit underwater.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2016 1:53:27 AM - SOURCE: The Daily World
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Posted: Mar 8, 2016

State Senator Jim Hargrove opposes effort to merge public safety, teacher pensions

State Sen. Jim Hargrove opposes a Senate bill that would merge the pensions of police and firefighters in the state with an insolvent teachers’ pension fund. “I can’t support that,” said Hargrove, D-Hoquiam, on Saturday. “There is the objection that the firefighters paid into this plan and the teachers’ plan is a little bit underwater.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2016 1:53:27 AM - SOURCE: The Daily World
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