For the past 36 years, the Indianapolis Fire Department has occupied a converted building near the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and New Jersey Street. Now, a push for redevelopment of the area has forced IFD to move their headquarters and Fire Station 7 to a new facility a few blocks north.

The new IFD building off Fort Wayne Avenue was built as part of the Mass Ave. redevelopment. The $7 million building was financed using tax incrementing financing (TIF) funds.

Station 7 Captain Ron Kautsky said the new station’s more open layout will help improve response times. Firefighters moved into the new facility on Nov. 23.

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A ceremony will be held Tuesday to celebrate the town's new ladder truck being put into service.

The ceremony, scheduled for noon at the Seekonk Public Safety Complex at 500 Taunton Ave., will include a blessing of the truck and the retirement of the old ladder truck.

"Fire Chief Michael Healy and his staff expended a great deal of effort to select and acquire the new ladder truck. They received great support from the Board of Selectmen, Town Administrator Shawn Cadime, and, most importantly, the citizens of Seekonk," Police Chief Craig Mace said.

The public is invited to attend the event to view the new truck and show support for the fire department.

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The York village and York Beach Fire Departments spent some of their time today collecting toys. They set up in the York Hannaford parking lot at 4:30 a.m. for their third annual fill-a-fire-truck event for Toys for Tots. They're hoping to hit their goal of 1,000 toys. 

Members of the fire department said giving back to the people in need in York is why they do it every year. 

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Police officers, firefighters and other first responders are wearing pink mourning bands with a blue or red thin stripe in support of a legislation extending the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. The act provides health monitoring for people who worked at Ground Zero, or lived nearby, and health coverage and compensation for the thousands with illnesses ranging from cancer to asthma tied to toxic air. It is set to expire, in phases, if Congress does not extend it. Congress must pass an extension by December 11^th.

Mourning bands are worn as a badge cover upon the death of a member of badge wearing public safety professions. American Police Veterans began offering pink ½ inch bands in support of a call for law enforcement officers to wear pink during October in support of community awareness of breast cancer. The new bands address the broader need to fight the high risk exposure, disease and death among firefighters and police officers.

While the call for police to arrest breast cancer and for firefighters to fire breast cancer are important, American Police Veterans founder, George Brown, quickly realized that cancer is not one dimensional. The Zadroga Act demonstrates that cancer is an occupational illness affecting first responders, their families and communities. To meet the needs of community awareness and mourning the handmade bands are pink with either red or blue line for mourning.

Individual bands are available from American Police Veterans, P.O. Box 2623, Attleborough Falls, MA 02763. American Police Veterans also builds custom badges in pink finish for officers and agencies.

For additional information or to order bands visit: http://www.mourningbands.org

American Police Veterans / Badgeart is a disabled police officer owned and operated business selling custom badges, awards and recognition services. Sales fund outreach to and advocacy for disabled and retired law enforcement officers.