Firefighting Equipment
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Turnout gear worn in the Brunswick plant fire has been rendered useless due to the chemicals involved
Two trucks, two boats and all of the department’s equipment were lost in the blaze
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Reducing LODDs, improving equipment caches and reducing major wildland fires top the list
The equipment reported stolen included leaf blowers, chain saws, an AED and firefighting-specific tools
The department said the donation, along with a recent FEMA grant, will help them replace aging and broken firefighting equipment
Jersey City Fire Chief Steve McGill said it’s the first time in department history that three grants were awarded in the same year
The fire department will use the funds to replace power stretchers and stretcher hoists in its ambulance fleet
The $322,000 grant also will be used to send 55 firefighters and 10 officers to EMT and mass casualty incident response training
How to ensure proper fit for station boots and wildland firefighting boots
Respiratory Protection Week will he held the first week of September and will be observing a historical timeline of 100 years of respiratory protection
BLM’s Rural Fire Readiness program aims to provide local fire programs surplus fire equipment to help fight rural wildland fires
Equipment and training requirements for firefighters engaged in water rescue operations
Theft
The trailer was parked in a camp serving the crews fighting the Milepost 97 fire that has grown to nearly 9,000 acres
Theft
The county motorcycle clubs are organizing a benefit to help recover more than $230,000 worth of stolen items
Hazmat training should include the four types of radiation, and how time, distance and shielding can protect firefighters from exposure
That increase would bring an additional $1 million to the county for fire services
South Whatcom Fire Authority Firefighter James Jasperson ran a mile in full firefighting gear in 6:33.28 seconds to raise money for charity
The Town Council has already provisionally approved $170,540 for the Prudence Island Volunteer Fire Department in the fiscal 2020 budget, a 1.03% increase over last year
Eligible fire departments include those that serve a single town with a population under 10,000
The fire department is looking at also remounting ambulances and putting the medical bay from an old ambulance onto a new chassis
Departments across the county are in the process of ordering or receiving new ambulances, police cruisers and fire engines as old equipment breaks down, wears out or becomes unsafe
One of the two new fire trucks will replace a ladder truck that will be maintained as a reserve truck, giving the fire department one additional vehicle for regular use
South Central Iowa Community Foundation awards grants to organizations from all over Union County from a distribution of gaming revenues and the Union County Endowment Fund
The washing machine — called a gear extractor — allows both full-time and volunteer firefighters to clean their gear onsite and more frequently
Budget
City consultants recommend reducing the number of “low-priority calls” by the fire department and overhauling the city’s dispatch center
The new automatic T-valve system designed by Purdue University researchers can remove water from the fire hose when the robot moves to another location
Huber Heights Fire Department will purchase 33 new self-contained breathing apparatus with a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency
Moores Mill Fire Department Capt. Zachary Taylor said the first car got stuck on top of the hose, and the second slid over it
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