East Liverpool officials are considering replacing a fire station that is steeped in history but is showing signs of age, reports WKBN 27.

The fire station’s flat, concrete roof was replaced in the 1990s but is leaking and could cost $50,000 to fix.

The building does not have insulation or central air, and the metal window lintels are rusting and causing the brick to bow out.

The fire department has needed to special order fire trucks with narrower mirrors so they can fit. They also have to park their hazardous material truck outside because they’re out of room.

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Foundation looks ahead to 2021

Emmitsburg, MD (April 5, 2021) – The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) is pleased to present its 2020 Annual Impact Report. This year’s impact report outlines how, through your support, we’ve been able to continue our efforts to honor and remember America’s fallen fire heroes, assist their families, and to reduce firefighter line-of-duty deaths and injuries.

Congress created the 501(c)(3) non-profit NFFF in 1992, located in Emmitsburg, Maryland, the home of the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial. The Foundation relies on support from caring individuals, organizations, and corporations, to support programs such as the Fire Hero Family Network, the Hal Bruno Camps for Kids, Fire Hero Family Wellness Conference, Peer Support, Scholarship Programs, the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend, and the Everyone Goes Home® program.

While COVID-19 may have restricted the NFFF’s ability to carry out its programs in-person in 2020, the Foundation’s pursuit of its mission never waned. Virtual gatherings replaced in-person events and the Foundation continued to serve our Fire Hero Families and firefighters.

COVID-19 caused some interruption in our fundraising efforts, but the continued support of our corporate partners, donors, and volunteers, helped us to continue to fulfill our mission. Your compassion, dedication, and commitment to our nation’s firefighters and the families of our fallen is valued not only by the Foundation, but the families and firefighters we serve.

The NFFF will continue to carry out its mission in 2021, we stand ready to respond to the challenges ahead. Moreover, the Foundation will continue to assist the families of our fallen firefighters and the fire service.

A copy of the NFFF’s 2020 Annual Impact Report can be downloaded at https://firehero.org/2020-impact.

Early Monday morning an alleged drunk driver hit a vacant Chicago Fire Department ambulance with his SUV and fled the scene, according to a report from The Chicago Tribune.

Around 2:40 a.m. officers were called to the 7600 block of South Crandon Ave. in the South Shore neighborhood, the report said. It was then determined that a 35-year-old man had “struck an unoccupied CFD ambulance” while driving south on Crandon Ave.

The driver wasn’t injured, the crew was responding to a call at the time, and the damage was minimal, according to Larry Merritt, a spokesman for CFD. Merritt added that the accident didn’t take the vehicle out of service.

“They tried to squeeze past an engine and an ambulance, and they scratched the side of the ambulance,” Merritt said. “It was not like it slammed into the side of the ambulance at a high speed; they were trying to go around and clipped it.”

The man drove away in his Dodge Journey without stopping after hitting the ambulance, authorities said.

“The driver fled the scene eastbound on 76th,” police spokeswoman Kellie Bartoli wrote in an email. “Responding officers located the vehicle and its driver in the 7500 block of South Essex.”

When police caught up with the man, they suspected he was under the influence of alcohol, according to the report.

“Charges and citations [for traffic violations] are pending,” Bartoli wrote.