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Structure fire in Kentucky: This is Part 1 of 5 parts of a video of a fire on Tuesday in Milton, KY. Click here for the other clips from the assistant chief of the Milton Fire & Rescue Department.
PGFD on shutting down the Cheverly firehouse and much more: We first mentioned this possibility on April 6 and, despite concerns by town officials, the Prince George’s County Fire/EMS Department keeps talking about the idea of closing Station 822, sooner or later. The latest story is in the Gazette. The Gazette is all over PGFD, posting articles on ambulance billing and budget concerns for the volunteers and an update on a possible compromise in the Brandywine VFD new station dispute.
The end of the bottomless cup and the topless servers was intentional: That’s the ruling of fire investigators looking into the blaze yesterday at a topless coffee shop in Maine. Read and watch the story.
What Ike didn’t get, fire did: Five alarms at a seaside condo complex in Galveston, Texas that had been ravaged by Hurricane Ike. Raw video, pictures and details are here.
See, we aren’t all bad: A Florida news photographer who happens to work for the same company I do had his priorities straight when he happened on to a truck fire with a man trapped and burning up. Check it out.
Residents don’t rally behind firefighters: Disappointment in Lehigh Acres, Florida over the turn out from the public in an effort to save 30 firefighting jobs. Click here to read and watch the story.
Medics do it all: They help track down the suspect and treat the victim of a mugging. Firegeezer has the story from Georgia.
Fire chief put on leave accused of violating city policy: But just what policy has been broken has not been make public in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. We may have to wait until a June 17 hearing. Read more.
Atlanta disputes meaning of insurance rating: Sounds like a battle of semantics between Atlanta and state fire commissioners over whether insurance rates will go up due to the shrinking city fire department. Read more here and here.
Deferred raises in last budget won’t help avoid layoffs in this one: In Columbus, Ohio there is talk of 238 firefighter layoffs if voters don’t approve a tax increase in August. Click here for the story.
And then there were 12: The list is out of semifinalists in the search for a Brevard County, Florida fire chief. Click here to see if your name is on it.
