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Posted: Feb 15, 2016

Prichard: One Working Fire Truck on Sunday and Two Fires

The Prichard Fire Department is investigating two separate fires that burned early Sunday morning. The Mobile Fire Department helped put one of them out, and FOX10 News has learned that's because Prichard only had one operating fire truck Sunday.

Around the same time, the Mobile Fire Department was dealing with a fire on Peterson Road, two streets down from the first fire. We're told it's normal for Mobile firefighters to help with multiple fires in Prichard. However, Prichard spokesman, Phillip Stiell says since last week, Prichard only has one operating fire truck for the whole city, while the other two are getting repairs.


"As I understand it, the repairs that are necessary now are because something is worn out and needs to be replaced, but it's nothing that we aren't used to."


Stiell also says the department will be getting two more, bringing the total number of trucks for the city to five. One of them is from the Daphne Fire Department. In the meantime, Stiell says, the Mobile Fire Department or other city departments will help when needed.


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Posted: Feb 15, 2016

Fire Truck Ends Up in Ditch After Being Cut Off by Civilian

TOWN OF CLAY, N.Y. -- Slick roads sent a lot of vehicles sliding in Central New York Saturday morning; among them was a firetruck from the Moyers Corners Fire Department. The department says one of its firetrucks was responding to an assistance call from the Liverpool Fire Department when a car pulled out in front of it.

All of the firefighters on board had their seatbelts on and nobody was hurt. The firetruck itself was also unharmed, it just needed a tow out of the ditch.


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Posted: Feb 15, 2016

Mini Cooper Driver Injured After Collision with Denver (CO) Fire Truck

No charges have been filed yet in the case. Posted: 02/13/2016 09:01:26 AM MST Updated: 02/13/2016 04:11:12 PM MST A Denver fire truck responding to a call was involved in a crash with a Mini Cooper that resulted in injuries, officials said Saturday morning.

The driver of the Mini Cooper, whose age has not been identified, suffered a broken arm, said Denver police spokesman Eranda Piyasena.


The driver of the Mini Cooper pulled out in front of the fire truck and was hit, Piyasena said.


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Posted: Feb 15, 2016

Fire Truck Involved in 2 Vehicle Accident, Police say

JERSEY CITY -- A firetruck responding to an emergency was struck when the driver of another vehicle failed to stop, according to a police report. At about 10:30 this morning, the firetruck was traveling north on Kennedy Boulevard with flashing lights on near Boyd Avenue, the report states.

As the truck traveled through the intersection, a black Chevy Colbat traveling east on Boyd Avenue did not see the truck and slammed into the side of the vehicle, the report states.


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Posted: Feb 15, 2016

Head-on Collision with Yonkers Fire Truck Kills Off-Duty Detective

Yonkers police are investigating a head-on collision involving a fire truck and an SUV early Sunday morning. The accident occurred at Sunnybrook and Palmer roads around 3 a.m. News12 reported Sunday that the driver of the SUV had been killed.

Authorities said the detective's Suburban struck a Yonkers Fire Department Ladder truck. Four firefighters were treated and released for minor injuries at a nearby hospital. the SUV's driver was alone was alone in his car.


Yonkers Police and the Westchester County District Attorney's Office are investigating the cause of the accident.


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