An investigation is underway after an SUV crashed into the walls of a fire station in Dublin, according to police, NBC4i.com reported.

Authorities say firefighters were asleep at a station on West Case Road when they heard and felt a car hit the building at around 2:00 a.m.

The firefighters went outside and didn’t see a driver in the car. No one inside was injured and the building sustained minimal damage, the report said.

The Endwell O.L. Davis Fire Company celebrated its 100-year anniversary Sunday, WBNG.com reported.

County residents lined the street to watch a fire truck parade and enjoy a variety of activities. Other fire stations from across the county also took part in the parade, the report said.

This year the fire company is actually 101 years old but due to COVID-19, the 100-year celebration was pushed until this year, according to the report.

A fire official said the fire company has a long history starting back in 1921 when a fire broke out at the Davis Farm. Endicott’s fire station would cover most fires in the area at that time. However, this time there was a considerable delay in getting to the fire. Forty community members then went door to door to raise money to create a new fire station. The owner of the Davis Farm donated a portion of his land for the first fire station to be built, the report said.

The fire official said support for the fire company continues to this day, the report said.

Tulsa opened its first brand-new fire station since 2006 on Saturday, KTUL.com reported.

After two years of construction – and many more years of planning – Fire Station 33 is finally ready to serve the rapidly expanding East Tulsa area, the report said. A city official said the station’s location is no coincidence.

Tulsa’s border with Broken Arrow is right down the road from Fire Station 33. The two towns currently have a cooperative agreement because Tulsa fire engines cannot respond to calls in the area quickly enough. The new station will transform that agreement from a dependency to a mutual benefit.

Fire Station 33 is equipped with top-notch amenities for living and working. Tulsa firefighters work 24-hour-long shifts, so fire stations must strike a work-life balance, the report said.

The building boasts the largest gym of any city station (firefighters must work out during their shifts), a sizeable industrial-grade kitchen, and a massive laundry facility meant solely for washing protective equipment, according to the report. There are communal areas, study rooms for promotion exams, and two locker rooms.

Tulsa Fire Department officials said the station was specifically designed to foster camaraderie. The building’s layout encourages firefighters to share communal spaces with others. The beds in the sleeping quarters are separated only by a half-height wall on one side, with pairs of beds facing each other.

Evan Brandt

The Mercury, Pottstown, Pa.

(MCT)

Sep. 18—POTTSTOWN — Just over a year since West Pottsgrove Township suspended West End Fire Company from providing fire services and hired Pottstown to do that, the borough and township have inked a five-year contract to continue that arrangement.

West Pottsgrove suspended West End Fire Company as its fire services provider in August of 2021. The act came in the wake of months of disputes between the two entities, primarily over money, including a state attorney general investigation of the fire company’s finances.

At the same time, the township commissioners voted unanimously to instead pay the Pottstown Fire Department for 18 months of fire services provided by its four volunteer fire companies.

At the time, the payments to Pottstown were estimated to cost West Pottsgrove taxpayers between $135,000 and $140,000, about the same amount the township had paid to West End.

According to the new contract, adopted unanimously without comment at the Sept. 12 borough council meeting, the township will pay just over $91,000 per year for fire protection, although the final payment will be adjusted to reflect the Pottstown Fire Department’s actual costs for the year to provide fire protection in the township.

A calculation sheet accompanying the contract indicates that so far in 2022, West Pottsgrove has had 49 fire calls, compared to the 741 in the borough.

That means so far this year, West Pottsgrove calls comprise 6 percent of the department’s total call volume, despite being 16 percent of the total combined population of the two municipalities.

Additionally, the contract indicates West Pottsgrove will additionally be responsible for an annual payment of $30,180 to pay a share of the Pottstown Fire Department’s workers compensation insurance costs.

The new contract, which was approved by the West Pottsgrove Township Commissioners at their Aug. 3 meeting, goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2023.

Last year, a steering committee was formed to try to work out the differences between the West End Fire Company and the township. The township’s signing of a five-year agreement with the borough suggests those differences remain unresolved.

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