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Posted: Dec 21, 2022

Burlington (MA) Fire Department Awarded $14K for Safety Equipment

The Burlington Fire Department is one of over 300 fire departments across the state to have been awarded a grant as part of the Department of Fire Services Fiscal Year 2023 Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant Program.

The $14,923 grant awarded to the Burlington Fire Department will be used to purchase structural firefighting gear such as coats and pants for new firefighters, as well as provide a second set of gear for existing firefighters, HomeNewsHere.com reported.

The Firefighter Safety Equipment Grant Program provides local fire departments with a variety of equipment that makes the dangerous job of firefighting safer. This is the third year that funding has been awarded for this purpose as part of a five-year, $25 million bond bill filed by the Baker-Polito Administration to support firefighter safety and health in the coming years.

Fire departments in Massachusetts were able to apply to this program for 121 different types of eligible equipment, including ballistic protective clothing, thermal protective clothing, gear washers and dryers, thermal imaging cameras, assorted hand tools and extrication equipment, communications resources, hazardous gas meters, fitness equipment and more.

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Posted: Dec 21, 2022

VIDEO: Fire at Kentucky strip mall draws more than 50 firefighters to scene

A fire that started in a strip mall early Wednesday morning drew more than 50 firefighters and a dozen fire engines to respond to the scene, according to the Louisville Fire Department. The firefighters were dispatched at 4:04 a.m. to a facility with an attached garage and multiple stores at S. 18th and W.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Courier Journal - Metered Site
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Posted: Dec 21, 2022

Fire department in Oklahoma moves to new physical test in employment process

VIDEO: The Tulsa Fire Department (TFD) has updated their physical ability test for any candidate who wants to be a part of the department. It’s a test of physical and mental strength, and it must be passed before candidates can move on to the interview portion of the process. Up until January 2022, TFD did a candidate physical ability test of its own, but now the Oklahoma State Firefighter’s Pension Board requires every department in the state to align with these tests.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOKI-TV FOX 23 Tulsa
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Posted: Dec 21, 2022

‘It Rained Oil’: Remembering the Explosive 1958 Hancock Refinery Fire in California

PHOTOS: It was May 22, 2:00 p.m., I'm 9 years old, waiting on a Thursday afternoon for the school day to end. I've lived my whole— short —life in Lakewood, a new suburb incorporated in 1954. There are square miles of the same kind of neighborhood in every direction. I rode my bike to school and will ride it back.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCET-TV PBS 28 Los Angeles
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Posted: Dec 21, 2022

Mobile Fire-Rescue first in Alabama to have ultrasound technology in ambulances

The Mobile Fire-Rescue Department will be the first in the state to have a “portable, handheld, ultrasound system,” in their ambulances, according to a release from the MFRD. The department is partnering with Butterfly Network. The digital health company introduced the Butterfly iQ+ which is a “portable, handheld, ultrasound system that is designed to provide emergency, medical providers with real-time, internal visualizations of patients; thus, forever changing out-of-hospital patient care.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKRG-TV CBS 5 Mobile
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