To help reduce response times for calls that have increased in the south part of the city, Broken Arrow has temporarily reopened a fire station that closed more than three years ago.

The station at 2900 S. Elm Place, which closed in 2012 after a station was built to replace it, will remain open until the construction of another new building, Fire Station No. 3, is completed. The city is in the process of acquiring land for Fire Station No. 3, which will be located in the southeast part of Broken Arrow.

In December 2012, all personnel and equipment from the old fire station on Elm moved to the new location at 2300 W. Norfolk Drive, now known as Fire Station No. 2.

Initially, the Elm Place station, which was built in the 1970s, will be staffed 24/7 by three firefighters with an Advanced Life Support Fire Engine. An ambulance will be added as staffing and other equipment becomes available.

In November, Broken Arrow voters approved two propositions that will redirect a majority of funds from the expiring countywide Vision 2025 sales tax. One of the measures will devote a 0.3 percent sales tax to public safety personnel and equipment, which would allow for 20 new firefighters and 20 new police officers.

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One man was trapped following a crash on Interstate 71 Wednesday morning involving a Cleveland fire truck.

It happened in the southbound lanes near West 150th Street just before noon.

"We had reports of a vehicle on the freeway driving sporadically on the off ramp," Cleveland Fire Department spokesperson Larry Gray said. That driver was having a medical issue.

Gray said a fire truck responded to the scene and was blocking the car when it was hit by a second vehicle.

"Apparently, this driver lost control or did not see that the ladder (truck) was actually stopped and crashed into the back of the ladder," Gray said.

The driver of the second car was trapped inside. He was removed and taken to MetroHealth Medical Center. Paramedics also transported the initial driver to the hospital.

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Three people were hurt when a fire truck crashed into the side of a Dairy Queen restaurant in Farmersville. The incident took place at around noon along East Audie Murphy Parkway.

According to Chief Michael Sullivan with the Farmersville Police Department, the fire truck was being delivered to the City of Greenville, located east of Farmersville, after being serviced in Denton. The vehicle was heading eastbound along the roadway when it somehow crossed over into the westbound lanes of traffic and ultimately crashed into the fast food restaurant.

Officials are still trying to determine what caused the truck to leave the road. It was being driven by a worker from the Denton service center.

The truck traveled through a front patio area, destroying much of the restaurant’s facade in the process. A vehicle in the Dairy Queen parking lot was also damaged. Work crews moved fast to begin clearing away the crash debris.

Three people were injured during this incident -- the person driving the fire truck, the customer inside of the damaged vehicle in the parking lot, and one Dairy Queen employee. Their exact injuries are not known, but all of the victims are expected to be okay.

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A fire truck crashed into a Dairy Queen today in Famersville, Texas.

FOX 4 had images from the scene. According to the city of Greenville, the fire apparatus was being returned to the city by an employee from Siddons-Marton, a dealer and service center.

A customer and an employee were reportedly injured in the crash, but their injuries did not appear to be life-threatening. No firefighters were injured.

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A woman alleged to have set fires in three different Aberdeen businesses last Thursday appeared in court Tuesday during a somewhat off-kilter hearing. Emily Ann Williams is charged with three counts of first-degree arson for her involvement in a fire at the Aberdeen Hotel, Goodwill in the Olympic Gateway Plaza and more than one small blaze in Wal-Mart that saw employees and shoppers evacuate the store.
- PUB DATE: 1/20/2016 10:24:25 AM - SOURCE: The Daily World