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By early next year, Germantown firefighters should be breathing easier when they enter smoke-filled buildings.
Monday night, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to buy 75 new sets of air tanks and face masks with built-in microphones.
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Staff Writer
Kathleen Harrison smiled as she watched the men and women, most in full firefighter's gear, marching at Clipper Magazine Stadium early Sunday morning.
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BUTLER
Every so often it occurs to John Grivalsky that working as a full- time firefighter and full-time business owner might be one career too many.
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CUTLER - The Fireman's Fund of Chicago plans to present the town's volunteer fire department with a $30,000 check at 11 a.m. today at the town office.
The Fire Department was able to purchase turnout gear, Scott Airpacks, a rescue saw, radios and an air compressor as a result of the generosity of the insurance agency.
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Morgan Varner, 3, with the help of Beavercreek firefighter Dustan Richardson, gets dressed up in firefighter gear Sunday at the Popcorn Festival in Beavercreek.
STAFF PHOTO BY RON ALVEY
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Know how to get two bagpipers in tune?
Asking the question is Capt. Greg Lehman, 44, whose firefighter gear has been replaced by a kilt, glengarry hat and a gangly instrument that could douse a fire if noise - not water or foam - did the trick.
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MEXICO - Selectmen approved the purchase of three additional turnout gear sets for the Mexico Fire Department at a cost of about $4,500.
Fire Chief Gary Wentzell told the board Wednesday night that the three sets slated for replacement did not pass inspection and are a safety issue.
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SAN BERNARDINO - A line of men in yellow firefighter gear dotted a Little Mountain hillside, dragging with them a hose stretched tight with 260 pounds of water pressure.
Flames pushed up to the east when the hose burst, sending a fan of water into the air.
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FARMINGTON -- A routine fire drill at Foster Technology Center on Thursday morning became a learning experience for 16 students involved in the center's firefighter safety program.
Arriving at the center at 374 High St. on the school's firetruck and two Farmington firetrucks, the students donned their firefighter gear to search the building after the 100-plus students from several classes evacuated.
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Byline: Linda Bock; Scott J. Croteau
WORCESTER - A firefighter suffered third- and second-degree burns on his back, shoulders, arms and hands in an ...