The truck crash that sparked a massive fire of rail tankers near the St. Johns Bridge is a “wake up call” for shipping crude oil from the Midwest, an environmental group said. Dan Serres with the Columbia Riverkeeper told KOIN 6 News he thinks if something more volatile than asphalt would have been in the parked rail cars the consequences could have been much higher.
- PUB DATE: 12/15/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: koin

Truck 20 went into service with Dallas (TX) Fire-Rescue in January, 2015. This unit was part of a multiaerial order which was delivered in the fourth quarter of 2014.

The Spokane County Fire District 4 Board of Fire Commissioners unanimously approved a $5.5 million operating budget for 2016 at its meeting last month. Most of the district’s funding – approximately $5.3 million – comes from two levies for fire and emergency medical service (EMS). The district also anticipates receiving a small amount (less than $50,000) from new construction and an estimated $150,000 for assisting the state during wildland fire season.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2015 6:56:04 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

The Spokane County Fire District 4 Board of Fire Commissioners unanimously approved a $5.5 million operating budget for 2016 at its meeting last month. Most of the district’s funding – approximately $5.3 million – comes from two levies for fire and emergency medical service (EMS). The district also anticipates receiving a small amount (less than $50,000) from new construction and an estimated $150,000 for assisting the state during wildland fire season.
- PUB DATE: 12/14/2015 6:56:04 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

Escambia County is moving forward toward new fire station for the Beulah community.

The Escambia County Commission has approved the purchase of the current 6,000 square foot fire station on six acres on West Nine Mile Road from the Beulah Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. for $300,000. The purchase price was the average of two appraisals for the county.

The county plans to replace the aging Beulah Fire Station with a modern facility, using Local Option Sales Tax (LOST) funds.

Unless most other county fire stations, the Beulah station has no showers, no bunk room or other facilities for firefighters to sleep as they man the station.

Current firefighters describe the station as a "big shed" that proved its inadequacies during the flooding last year and previous hurricanes. Many of Beulah’s 20 volunteer firefighters  were crammed inside with no showers and no place to sleep.

For more information, view www.northescambia.com