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| $3.9M in renovation projects planned for Longview Fire Department The Longview City Council approved a bid for $3,970,000 on Thursday for renovations to Longview Fire Station No. 5. The City received nine bids and was awarded to Riley Harris Construction L.P. which was the lowest bid. The council voted 6-0 with one member, Councilwoman Kristen Ishihara, abstaining from the vote due to technical issues. The project includes construction of three new apparatus bays, a secure parking lot, three-story training tower, watch office, kitchen, day room, workout room, new sleeping quarters, new plumbing, generator, new HVAC and miscellaneous work as necessary to complete the installations, according to the City of Longview. "This station pretty much serves much of western Longview which does include one of the city of Longview's industrial districts," J.P. Steelman, Longview Fire Chief and the City's Emergency Management Coordinator, said. KYTX-TV CBS 19 TYLER Update: 18-year-old dies 2 days after being pulled from Willis house fire A Montgomery County teen died Thursday, two days after being pulled from a house fire. Firefighters pulled 18-year-old Mary Weaver from a closet in a Lake Conroe Hills subdivision home on Ridgecrest near Willis early Tuesday morning. She had been burned on over 50% of her body, family says. When Montgomery County firefighters arrived on the scene, they found that three children and one 31-year-old had managed to escape, but Mary was still inside. According to the Montgomery County Fire Marshal's Office, Mary was found unconscious in her closet where she had retreated and covered herself to escape the heat and smoke. She was pulled from the home and EMS officials immediately performed CPR. Fire officials say the teen was resuscitated at the scene and transported to Conroe Regional Medical Center in critical condition. KTRK-TV ABC 13 HOUSTON Bastrop weighs bolstering fire department with six to 10 full-time firefighters The Bastrop Fire Department is seeking to add six to 10 full-time firefighters next year and transition the department away from its reliance on part-time workers. "This helps with our response times, this helps with our safety. We all agree this is a great way to go," said Bastrop Assistant City Manager Trey Job. The city has both a Plan A and Plan B to fund the staffing. Plan A would use a federal grant program administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency that provides funding to fire departments to help them increase the number of trained, front-line firefighters. If the city receives the $908,000 federal grant, it would then budget $71,700 as part of its grant match to hire 10 full-time firefighters. The federal grant, known as the Staffing For Adequate Fire And Emergency Response grant, or SAFER, would help finance firefighters over a three-year period. The department expects to know if it is awarded the grant sometime this month. AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN - METERED SITE Texas A&M Forest Service Warns of Potential for Increase Wildfire Activity The Texas A&M Forest Service sees potential for increased wildfire activity statewide as Texas moves into the late summer fire season. In a press release, the Forest Service said the weather pattern for the upcoming week will be hot and dry due to an upper-level ridge of high-pressure positioned over the state. During this period of time, state and local resources responded to 205 wildfires that burned 45,376 acres. "We are entering our late summer fire season when we normally expect an increase in wildfire activity," said Brad Smith, Texas A&M Forest Service Predictive Services Department Head. "The hot and dry conditions forecast for next week as well as the presence of underlying drought west of Interstate 35 raises concerns of significant wildfire activity. These wildfires will be very resistant to control and require more time and more firefighters to extinguish." KXAS-TV NBC 5 DALLAS - FORT WORTH A look at how COVID-19 has affected the Corpus Christi Fire Departments budget The pandemic has certainly changed all of our lives. That's a fact that is true for firefighters and paramedics who have to treat every call as a possible COVID-19 case. Of course, COVID has caused the fire department to have to spend more money on lots of things, including personal protective equipment or PPE. That was one of the main topics today during budget talks between city council members and Fire Chief Robert Rocha. Since the pandemic begin back in March firefighters and paramedics have had to wear gloves, masks and other protective gear to try and keep them healthy as they encountered folks who had COVID-19. Those were some of the details that were discussed during this city council budget workshop. KIII-TV3 SOUTH TEXAS Woodlands inks deal to beef up ambulance service in Creekside Park In an effort to put more first responder medical services in the Village of Creekside Park, officials with The Woodlands recently agreed to a new deal that will see a new ambulance and EMS unit servicing the only area of the township located in Harris County. In a new agreement announced via a press release on July 31, township officials unveiled the pact with the Cypress Creek EMS that began on Aug. 1 and will see a new ambulance that will, according to the release, "provide emergency medical services to The Village of Creekside Park, Indian Springs, and North Harris County." The ambulance unit, identified as "Medic 516" is based at The Woodlands Fire Department Station No. 8, 11800 Gosling Road. The unit joins another from Cypress Creek EMS, "Medic 512," that has been based at Fire Station No. 7 at 26722 Kuykendahl Road. "This is a great partnership and allows even a higher level of coverage for our residents served by Station 8," said The Woodlands Fire Chief Palmer Buck in the press release. HOUSTON CHRONICLE - METERED SITE PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| North Carolina city approves $15 minimum wage for all employees – except firefighters Statesville City Council approved this week a $15 per hour minimum wage for all city employees. However, some Statesville firefighters have been voicing their displeasure this week because they are not included in the wage increase. Statesville City Manager Ron Smith told FOX 46 Thursday that firefighters work different hours, 24 on and 48 off, so their pay structure is different. He said the wage increase approved this week by city council focused on city employees who work eight hour days. "The sanitation department I really feel they are so underpaid because they have the dirtiest, nastiest job," said one councilmember Monday, before city council approved the minimum wage motion by a vote of seven to one. That comment in particular rubbed some Statesville firefighters the wrong way since they are not included within the city employee minimum wage increase. WJZY-TV FOX 46 CHARLOTTE A new kind of command car at Maine fire department If Fire Chief Jeff Rowe were headed to Bangor, or somewhere out of state for a conference, he would likely know the most efficient way to get there. He might not know where the charging stations were though, should he need one, for the new Tesla 3 command vehicle. He could soon find out, by using the car's GPS, which not only plots the course, but also marks the charging stations — and how long he would have to be there for the charge to complete. The new command vehicle arrived March 30, and so far, Rowe has been pleased with its performance. While some people raise their eyebrows when they hear the word Tesla, imagining a price tag with lots of zeros included, the Tesla 3 all-wheel drive purchased by the town cost taxpayers about $41,500 — which includes a $7,500 rebate from Efficiency Maine. The fire chief had intended to buy a Chevrolet Tahoe — but was were having trouble locating one that matched specifications, and after exploring the Tesla further, and considering the town's commitment to energy efficiency, Rowe asked the Select Board to approve the Tesla 3 in February, which they did. PORTLAND PRESS HERALD - METERED SITE Ammonium nitrate: What firefighters must know Ammonium nitrate (AN) became infamous when convicted bomber Timothy McVeigh used it in the Oklahoma City bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995. Ammonium nitrate is back in our collective consciousness with the horrific Beirut, Lebanon, blast, and its reminders of the explosion at a West, Texas, fertilizer plant that claimed at least 15 lives, caused 200 injuries and destroyed more than 50 homes. The Beirut disaster is only the latest in an inglorious history between humans and ammonium nitrate. More than a dozen other explosions involving the chemical have occurred over the past century. The deadliest was on April 16, 1947, when a series of explosions rocked the huge waterfront petrochemical complex at Texas City, just southeast of Houston. The disaster began with an explosion on a French freighter filled with more than 2,000 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer. The blast and ensuing fires left at least 576 people dead and 5,000 injured. FIRE RESCUE 1 CDC shortens COVID-19 isolation guidelines as experts continue to learn more about virus As health experts gather more data and continue to learn about COVID-19, certain protocols and regulations are changing. According to the CDC and local health experts, it's now okay to go back to work just 10 days after testing positive for the virus. That's not the only change — Requiring a negative test result to return to work is no longer encouraged. Noelle Bellow: "It's almost as if testing means everything, but after a certain point, means nothing." Dr. Maldonado: "Testing is one tool among many and it's a very good tool, but it needs to be interpreted properly." Six months into the COVID-19 fight here in the US and health experts are revising previous recommendations to help stop the spread. In an article published Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states those who have tested positive can be around others 10 days after the positive test date, as long as you have no fever and your symptoms have improved. "We started with 14 days because we didn't understand much about the virus," Dr. Maldonado said. KRON -TV 4 SAN FRANCISCO Firefighters In Massachusetts Remember 'Torrid Tuesday' Tank Farm Fire PHOTOS: It was just after 9 AM and already the temperatures were in the 90s. A work crew was pin-welding insulation onto a gigantic 5-million-gallon fuel storage tank in the tank farm next to the Canal Electric Plant. But the crew had not properly grounded the tank before they began work. That mistake would cause one of the largest fires the Sandwich Fire Department has ever battled. The date was Tuesday, August 5, 1980. Forty years have passed since that massive tank farm fire but the events of the day are still fresh in the memories of the Sandwich firefighters who battled the blaze. Former Fire Chief Dennis Newman, who was a lieutenant at the time, said that the day became known as Torrid Tuesday among those who were there. Chief Newman was off duty that day spending time in Falmouth with his son when he heard the call come in on the portable radio he kept in his truck. Chief Ferdinand (Freddie) Alvezi was calling for all the mutual aid he could get. THE SANDWICH ENTERPRISE - METERED SITE PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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