Opening Firehouse Is The Largest In Chester County

" May 18, 2007 South Carolina - Tiny Edgemoor now holds the largest firehouse in Chester County. With more than 10,000 square feet of space, the building is designed in part to help market the county and recruit volunteer firefighters, said Eddie Murphy, the county's...

Fire Poles Are Disappearing From Firehouse Landscape

" April 30, 2007 Georgia - Hen the alarm bell rings, firefighters on the second floor of Macon's Monroe Street firehouse have only a few minutes to get downstairs, on a fire truck and to the burning structure. One by one they jump onto a brass pole, wrapping their legs around...

Firefighters' Divorce Is Complete McIntosh And Darien Departments

" April 11, 2007 Florida - The split of the McIntosh County and Darien fire departments became complete Friday when volunteers took a fire truck from a downtown firehouse and parked it just outside the city limits. McIntosh County fire Chief Mark Deverger took possession of...

Freak Accident Closes Firehouse

" January 8, 2007 Pennsylvania - Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayres said two emergency vehicles a pumper and a medic unit are likely totaled after a freak accident on Saturday that injured three firefighters and set the vehicles ablaze inside a now-boarded-up West Oak Lane...

Freak Accident Closes Firehouse

"Pennsylvania - Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayres said two emergency vehicles a pumper and a medic unit are likely totaled after a freak accident on Saturday that injured three firefighters and set the vehicles ablaze inside a now-boarded-up West Oak Lane firehouse. Since the...

Firehouse Accident Hurts 3

" January 7, 2007 Pennsylvania - Investigators are trying to figure out what caused a fire engine to slip out of gear inside a Cedarbrook firehouse, lurch into a wall, and set the firehouse ablaze yesterday morning. The friction caused by the spinning wheels of the stuck...

3 Injured In Philly Firehouse Accident

"Pennsylvania - A fire truck apparently slipped out of gear, crashed into the back of a firehouse and caught fire Saturday, injuring three firefighters, officials said. Firefighters were moving the truck at the station in the city's West Oak Lane section when it lurched...

No Sleeping It Off At Firehouse - Cincinnati Fire Department

" December 22, 2006 Ohio - A new directive aimed at Cincinnati firefighters warns them not to go to their firehouse to sleep off their buzz if they are under the influence of alcohol or drugs. It was delivered to members of the Cincinnati Fire Department about two days after...

No Sleeping It Off At Firehouse - Cincinnati Fire Department

"Ohio - A new directive aimed at Cincinnati firefighters warns them not to go to their firehouse to sleep off their buzz if they are under the influence of alcohol or drugs. It was delivered to members of the Cincinnati Fire Department about two days after six-year...

Fire Rescue Truck Stolen In Margate

"Florida - A shiny, $200,000 Margate-Coconut Creek fire rescue truck, keys dangling from the ignition, proved too tempting for a thief to pass up Friday. It was snatched from in front of a firehouse and abandoned in West Palm Beach after a 40-mile joyride. The caper caused...