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WFC News

Coachella Donates Fire Apparatus to Mexicali

Posted: Mar 1, 2016

Coachella Donates Fire Apparatus to Mexicali

The Mexicali Fire Department has a new engine courtesy of Coachella, whose delegates traveled to the Mexican city Friday in order to strengthen the relationship with its sister.

The donation of the 1989 E-One fire engine is the fourth of its kind made to a city in Mexico, according to Mark Weber, the city's economic development manager. In 1995 and 2010, the city donated engines to Empalme and in the early 1980s, an engine was donated to Ejido Hermosillo.

Mayor Pro Tem Emmanuel Martinez said the donation symbolizes Coachella's interest in the health and welfare of the Mexican people after the two cities established as "sister city" relationship last year.

Newport News Ambulance Involved in Crash

Newport News, Va. - Police and medics responded to a crash involving a Newport News Fire Department ambulance and a 2004 International truck. On March 1 at around 1 a.m., officers found the ambulance with major damage and the truck with less significant damage.

The firefighter medics and the patient in the ambulance were taken to a hospital to be treated for injuries related to the crash. All were released.

The driver of the truck was not injured.

Police say the ambulance was traveling north in the left lane on Warwick Boulevard in the area of Mercury Boulevard. The ambulance had no emergency equipment activated.

The International truck merged onto Warwick Boulevard from Mercury Boulevard and tried to turn in front of the ambulance.

The driver of the ambulance tried to avoid the crash, but the truck continued to come into the ambulance’s lane, causing the crash.

The ambulance veered into the median, where it stopped.

East Pierce fire chief saves dog from burning car

Forget firefighters rescuing stranded cats in trees. East Pierce Fire Chief Bud Backer was washing his car outside the Bonney Lake Wal-Mart when dispatch alerted firefighters there was a car fire in the store parking lot. Backer saw the car with light smoke coming out of the passenger compartment with a smoldering fire on the center console, between the driver and passenger seats.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2016 1:09:24 PM - SOURCE: Bonney Lake-Sumner Courier-Herald