A crash between an ambulance and fire truck in Reynolds County sent three people to the hospital Tuesday morning. 

At around 8 a.m., the fire truck rear-ended the ambulance on Highway 21 near Centerville in Reynolds County.

The fire truck, a volunteer fire department tanker, rear-ended the ambulance while both vehicles were responding to a service call.

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The focus is on building more successful engine driving operations. Topics include how to properly prepare the engine at the start of the shift, correct positioning of the fire apparatus for fire/emergency medical calls, getting a water supply quickly, and troubleshooting apparatus issues. The instructor passes along some tricks of the trade as well. ALL LEVELS

Chad Szeklinski, Heavy Equipment Operator, Milwaukee (WI) Fire Department

Homer-Burlington Fire Department, Homer, OH, pumper. 

The North Charleston Fire Department, City Council, and Mayor Keith Summey will formally open the city's largest fire station with a ribbon cutting on Thursday at 4:30 pm. 

The ribbon cutting ceremony will be held at 2800 Carner Avenue, the corner of Carner & Clements Avenue. All media and the public are invited to attend.

The 18,000 sq ft, two-story fire station houses three fire companies and combines two formerly separate stations, Fire Station 2 (previously on the former navy base) and Fire Station 8 (previously at the corner of Carner Avenue and Meeting Street Road). Housing two engines and one aerial apparatus, the new station is designated as Fire Station 2. The site for the new station sits adjacent to a future city park near Military Magnet Academy.

Fire Station 2 includes five bays for active and reserve apparatus, a training facility, offices for the city’s arson investigators, and crew living quarters. The fire station also includes the city’s first fire slide for quick access to the ground level from crew sleeping quarters.

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