Posted: Feb 10, 2016
A new firetruck with life-saving equipment for car accidents was ordered by the village at the end of December 2014 and is expected to be delivered in the spring. A new firetruck could be rumbling through the streets of Mamaroneck and making rescues on the highway by the spring.
The new pumper truck will come equipped with rescue tools for cutting and extrication that will make it a valuable asset for car accidents in the village and sections of Interstate 95 that fall under the village's jurisdiction, officials said.
Village Manager Rich Slingerland said the truck was ordered in December 2014 for nearly $940,000 and is expected to arrive in the village in the coming months.
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Posted: Feb 10, 2016
The Island County commissioners may soon have the flexibility they so desired last year to temporarily ban fireworks in times of extreme drought.
House Bill 2348, which would essentially reduce a one-year delay in the implementation of fireworks rule changes to 30 days or less, made it out of committee late last month.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2016 1:47:34 AM - SOURCE: South Whidbey Record
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Posted: Feb 10, 2016
The Island County commissioners may soon have the flexibility they so desired last year to temporarily ban fireworks in times of extreme drought.
House Bill 2348, which would essentially reduce a one-year delay in the implementation of fireworks rule changes to 30 days or less, made it out of committee late last month.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2016 1:47:34 AM - SOURCE: South Whidbey Record
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Posted: Feb 10, 2016
She was brought in to help reform the EMS wing of the D.C. Fire Department. Seven months later, Dr. Jullette Saussy is done. Not with the reform but with the department after she says her attempts, as medical director and assistant fire chief, to make even basic changes to the troubled agency have been met with resistance from the top down.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WUSA-TV 9 DC
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Posted: Feb 10, 2016
Several of the FDNY’s busiest engine companies across all the boroughs are finally getting one more firefighter.
As part of a contract agreement between City Hall and the Uniformed Firefighters Association last summer, the department has added a fifth firefighter to five of the most swamped engine companies throughout the city — something the union has been clamoring for since 2011.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: new york daily news
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