Through the cooperative purchasing agreement, entities like fire departments and law enforcement agencies, can purchase SVI rescue vehicles, wildland apparatus, command vehicles, and other emergency vehicles through a streamlined procurement process with preferred pricing.

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VIDEO: Residents in Central Tacoma are on edge after a series of fires broke out across the neighborhood on Sunday night, including two on the same residential property just hours apart. The Tacoma Fire Department says as many as eight small fires ignited overnight. They said between 7:30 p.m. and 8:40 p.m., crews responded to about a half dozen small fires within a small area. Then between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m., firefighters put out two more small fires. The department said none of the fires caused any injuries or burned any homes or businesses.

The Tacoma Police Department is investigating at least three of those as arson. One of the fires erupted in the yard of a home on South 19th Street around 8:30 p.m., sending large flames into the air as the fence and large bushes in the yard ignited. “It just is like one of the scariest things I’ve ever seen,” said Rachel Aflleje, who lives at the home where two fires ignited in the same night. Before firefighters arrived, neighbors and people driving by rushed into the yard to help, some helping with buckets of water, hoses, and fire extinguishers.

KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

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A massive fire burned through a large warehouse in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood early Wednesday, vaulting fire into the night sky as the emergency response intensified.

The fire broke out just after midnight, at a factory-type building on 53rd Street between First Avenue and Dead End, officials say.

When firefighters arrived, the fire had already spread to two other factory-type buildings, according to Kevin Woods, the FDNY’s chief of fire operations.

Woods said the response quickly escalated to five alarms, which is when all available units are requested on scene.

In an update shortly before dawn Wednesday, Woods said fire boats came in handy, given the fire’s proximity to the water. Firefighters were using 15,000 gallons of water a minute on the blaze, he said.

Two minor injuries were reported to firefighters, mainly related to smoke inhalation.

The smoke didn’t lift even after the flames were doused. People who live in the area were advised to keep their windows closed.

WNBC-TV NBC 4 New York City

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PHOTOS: Eastside firefighters rescued horses trapped inside a trailer that had slid off a road yesterday afternoon. According to Eastside Fire & Rescue, crews stabilized the trailer and made sure the horses were kept calm and safe before starting any rescue efforts. Firefighters completed the rescue after around 40 minutes. There was no word on any injuries to horses or people, EF&R reported the rescue was successful.

KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

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VIDEO: The Greensboro Fire Department has released a plan to build 11 new fire stations across the city in response to the city’s growth.

This comes after announcements like Boom Supersonic and JetZero operating in Greensboro.

Deputy Chief of the Greensboro Fire Department Dwayne Church says the fire department prides itself on quick response times, and the city has the highest and most elite insurance services office rating, which means lower fire insurance premiums for homeowners.

“Our standard is we want the first unit to arrive at any house in the city of Greensboro in four minutes,” Church said.

Church says that with areas in the city quickly developing, some spots could face longer response times.

“We overlay our entire city with what we call diamonds, and we have those diamonds that have a response area of about a mile and a half in each direction so that we know that we can meet our standard recovery and have our first unit there within four minutes travel time,” Church said.

WGHP-TV FOX 8 Greensboro

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