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  • New Deliveries 4/13

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    Posted: April 1st, 2013

    THE ST. PETE BEACH, FL, FIRE DEPARTMENT has taken delivery of an E-ONE Sidestacker 78-foot aerial built on an E-ONE Cyclone II chassis. Components include a 450-hp Cummins ISL engine, Allison EVS3000 transmission, 1,500-gpm Waterous CSU150 pump...


  • Hot Shots 4/13

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    Posted: April 1st, 2013

    LOS ANGELES, CA, JAN. 29, 2013 – Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters responding to a reported structure fire in North Hollywood found heavy smoke pouring out of the front door. Laying two supply lines, firefighters entered the structure, found two...


  • S.C. Authorities Investigate Delay in Fire Response

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    The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
    Posted: March 26th, 2013

    Horry County officials are trying to determine why it took three minutes to dispatch a call for a massive brush fire that claimed dozens of homes and displace nearly 200 residents.


  • 911 Shows Confusion Led to S.C. Response Delay

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    The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
    Posted: March 23rd, 2013

    There was a three-minute delay in the response time to the March 16 fire in Carolina Forest's Windsor Green development because the call was transferred to another department.


  • S.C. Responders Describe Chaos of Massive Fire

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    The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
    Posted: March 22nd, 2013

    A weekend fire that destroyed 26 buildings and displaced 190 people moved so quickly through the Carolina Forest and Windsor Green, there just wasn't time to do much of anything.


  • S.C. Wildland Fire Destroys 26 Apartment Buildings

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    The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
    Posted: March 19th, 2013

    Hundreds of residents were displaced when a wildland fire of unknown cause leveled the condominium development at Waterford Plantation.


  • S.C. Police Stop Car Driving While on Fire

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    The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
    Posted: March 19th, 2013

    Briarcliffe Acres police noticed a Buick with flames under the engine driving on U.S. 17. They stopped the care and alerted the driver and firefighters extinguished the blaze.


  • New Alerting System to Speed Up S.C. Dispatching

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    The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.
    Posted: March 13th, 2013

    A new $3.4 million station alerting system for Charleston firefighters and EMS personnel could save up to 30 seconds on dispatch times.


  • S.C. Firefighter Dies in Crash While Responding

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    Post & Courier (Charleston, SC)
    Posted: March 11th, 2013

    Ridgeville Firefighter Michael Louis Broz was wearing a seat belt when his truck hit a tree while responding to a forest fire.