Firehouse Furniture News & Articles

• Bars in volunteer firehouses: Weighing the safety and liability issues

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  Providing alcohol in the firehouse can serve as a mechanism to encourage socialization, but this also creates liability issues

• (eBook) How to build a fire station

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  Download this Fire Chief eBook to learn how to navigate the often complicated process of designing, funding and constructing a new fire station

• Ballistic Furniture Systems, Inc., unveils bullet-resistant work space

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  The furniture can blend seamlessly into any office space while providing high level protection

• Norix unveils Hondo Nuevo Series lounge furniture

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  The Hondo Nuevo line of lounge furniture was put through a durability test and proved to withstand and recover after being crushed by more than 5,000 pounds of force

• MRSA in the firehouse: How to avoid getting sick

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  MRSA is now killing more people than HIV, and it loves to live in and around firefighters

• 10-year-old with ALS secures $200K donation for fire department

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  The boy was appalled when he saw how those who saved his life had to sleep

• Vegas firefighters say station infested with bed bugs

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  They charge that county officials are not taking their claim serious and are concerned about bringing the critters home

• NH fire department requesting LED sign

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  The department said it would help residents with being more aware of emergency procedures

• Extreme Makeover: Fire Station Kitchen Edition

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  Dept. won $25,000 makeover from IKEA, Family Handyman magazine; 'It was so nice, nobody wanted to touch the new stuff,' says FF/Medic

• Equipment every firehouse kitchen needs

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  Get the most out of your kitchen budget with equipment that is durable, easy to clean and has multi uses

• Plans to rebuild burned W.Va. fire station cut in half

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  Former station destroyed in 2010; dept. unable to make itself exempt from paying 'prevailing wages' for construction

• Kan. volunteer fire dept. opens new station

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  Fire department saved for 6 years to build debt-free fire station

• Firehouse upgrades in Ill. will improve response times

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  A review of dispatch data after three months will help to verify the upgrades' effectiveness

• Calif. fire department plans new $500k firehouse

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  The 15,000-square-foot, four-bay station will include room for a training tower and fire headquarters

• Plans for new San Antonio fire station clinched

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  By Craig KapitanThe San Antonio Express-NewsSAN ANTONIO — After decades of operating its fire department out of a deteriorating building across the street from City Hall, Kirby's city council put p...

• New fire HQ proposed in Salt Lake City

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  By Jared PageDeseret News SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City voters may soon be asked again to support a new headquarters for Salt Lake City's police and fire departments.The City Council is consideri...

• Pa. township fire station under construction

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  By Ashley Adams The Evening SunPENN TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Traveling down Clover Lane, behind the shopping complex on Baltimore Street, construction workers steadily move ahead with their work, pushing as...

• Fla. fire station to get makeover

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  After more than 40 years, North Miami Beach's Fire Rescue Station 31 will soon get some needed work. The fire poles, however, are here to stay. By Carli TeproffThe Miami Herald MIAMI, Fla. — Miami-...

• Pa. fire station construction about to start

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  By Ashley Adams Evening Sun   PENN Twp., Pa. — Construction on the new fire station in Penn Township should start within a month, said Capt. Jeremy Sparks. Penn Township Commissioners unanimously a...

• New Mo. firehouse will have sleeping quarters

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  By Susan WeichSt. Louis Post-Dispatch  WARRENTON, Mo. — Fire officials broke ground Tuesday on a new firehouse that will boast three times the space of the current station, including sleeping quart...

• Atlanta firehouse gets a hot makeover

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  IKEA chips in to make crew feel comfy with new goods  By H.M. CauleyThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution  ATLANTA, Ga. — Jack Harper, a medic at Atlanta's Firehouse No. 23 on Howell Mill Road, has done...

• Calif. firehouse goes green

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  By Alex BreitlerThe Record STOCKTON, Calif. — Although the firetrucks parked in the bay are a sparkling red, Stockton's Fire Station 7 on Hammer Lane is looking decidedly green. A hand-printed sign...

• Pa. firehouse price rises $1.2 million over plan

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  Higher costs for labor, fuel, materials drive up building's expenses  By Mary KlausThe Patriot-News Copyright 2007 The Patriot News Co.All Rights Reserved SWARTA TWP., Pa. — When the Swatara Twp. c...

• Minn. fire hall to get a makeover

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  By Patrick GarmoeDuluth News-TribuneCopyright 2007 Duluth News-Tribune Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News  PARK POINT, Minn. — Fire Hall No. 5, at 2138 Minnesota Ave., on Park Point, is...

• Okla. firefighters' new station 'picks up morale'

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  By Tami AlthoffThe OklahomanCopyright 2007 The Oklahoman, All Rights Reserved NORMAN, Okla. — Firefighters assigned to Norman's Station No. 3 haven't had any problem getting used to the new $1.5 mi...

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