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Insurance rates in Stanford could rise if ISO rating drops
ben@theinteriorjournal.comSTANFORD — Poor performance numbers from the Stanford Fire Department over the past three years are threatening to cause insurance rates in the city to rise. According to a recent evaluation by the Insurance Services Organization (known as ISO),...Tags: Insurance, Government, Public Officials, Science and Technology, Standards
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Fire grant to improve recruitment, retention
Our Town CorrespondentA $5,157,000 grant awarded to Phoenix Steam Fire Engine Co. No. 1 by U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster will allow several fire departments in Bedford, Blair, Cambria and Centre counties to enhance their recruitment process and retain firefighters, according to...Tags: FEMA, Bill Shuster, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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AFD Investigating Fire, Possible Burglary at Midtown Coffee Stand
Channel 2 NewsAnchorage firefighters are investigating a fire at a Midtown coffee stand early Tuesday morning, this month’s second suspicious blaze at a local food-service establishment with indications of burglary beforehand. According to Anchorage Fire... -
Leesburg fire chief withheld critical information about fire-training center proposal
Troubling new information that has surfaced since an April 7 column about a Leesburg fire-training center suggests that the fire chief withheld information that there was already one in town that firefighters could use for free. Fire Chief Kevin...Tags: Leesburg, Public Officials, Government, Lake County (Florida), Elections
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Leesburg firefighter training center a waste of money
Lake County's municipal spendthrift is at it again. This particular waste of taxpayer cash should have raised alarms, even with Leesburg city commissioners who never met an ill-judged expense they didn't leap to pay. The expense involves the city...
Tags: Leesburg, Public Officials, Government, Robin Williams, Elections
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Leesburg city manager orders work halted on unneeded fire training center
Leesburg interim City Manager Ray Sharp has halted construction of a fire-training center and demanded that Fire Chief Kevin Bowman explain why he withheld information that a nearly identical one was nearby and available for use for free. Good for...Tags: Leesburg, Government, Public Officials, Lake County (Florida), Elections
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Batavia firefighter overheats battling attic blaze
A lightning strike caused an attic fire in a large home in Batavia Wednesday afternoon, fire officials said. At 12:14 p.m., Batavia firefighters got a call to respond to the 900 block of Ekman Drive, where a 2 1/2-story home was on fire, said Deputy...
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Lake Tech's Fire Academy named 2012 Training Center of the Year
TAVARES — Fighting fires takes teamwork. So does training firefighters, according to Ron Williams, longtime director of the Lake Technical Center's Fire Academy. The Lake fire academy, located at Lake Tech's Institute of Public Safety on Lane...
Tags: Rick Scott, Awards and Prizes, Coral Springs, Robin Williams, Human Interest
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Police Reports - May 22, 2013
WINCHESTER POLICE Reports — At 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, police received a report of theft at 142 Buckingham Lane. — At 5:51 p.m. Tuesday, officers were called to 1509 Bypass Road concerning a theft. Witnesses saw a red Pontiac Grand Am leaving the...
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Latest Indiana news, sports, business and entertainment
INDIANAPOLIS-DEADLY FIRE Chief: Burns, smoke inhalation killed 2 children INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say two children killed in a fire east of Indianapolis Monday suffered "very bad" burns and smoke inhalation. Cumberland Police Chief Mike...Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Protest, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, ESPN (tv network), Laws
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Crews prepared to respond
A hazardous materials call Friday and a gas station fire Monday required vastly different responses, but year-round training and organizational tactics enabled firefighters from Aberdeen Fire and Rescue to handle whatever was thrown their way. "The...
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Deerfield firefighters mark centennial
One hundred years ago, volunteer firefighters in Deerfield had two ways of hauling their "fire cart" to a blaze. They could attach the two-wheeled cart to a horse-drawn buggy — or to a car, if available. The cart carried a single coil of hose,...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Cook County Government, Deerfield, Waukegan, Bannockburn
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