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Greers Ferry City Council Approves Fire Dues Rate Change

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Down Paging System Slows Fire Response In Greenwood
Wed. Dec 28th 2011
Greenwood fire officials said they were not alerted by their normal paging system Wednesday morning that they needed to respond to a house fire.   Greenwood Fire Chief Stewart Bryan said he was alerted about the fire on Fowler Street through a cellphone call from a county dispatcher.   ...

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Greers Ferry City Council Approves Fire Dues Rate Change
Fri. Dec 16th 2011
Recently the Greers Ferry City Council passed Ordinance Number 2011-6, Fire Dues Ordinance, which would change the fire dues from $35 to $45 per year, per home and business. The increase was due to the rise in costs incurred by the Greers Ferry Fire Department, such as fuel, maintenance and other ex...

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Arkansas Firefighter LODD
Tue. Dec 6th 2011
Firefighter Freddie Childress, 36, of the Wilson, Arkansas Volunteer Fire Department died in the line of duty December 4 from an apparent heart attack after responding to an emergency medical call. Childress began having chest pains after returning home from the incident, which was a shooting. He w...

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Stuttgart Fire Department Makes Its Wish List
Thu. Dec 1st 2011
The Stuttgart Fire Department will be allotted $1,500,000 if the bond issue is passed by voters in February with the largest sum coming from remodeling, repairing and renovating fire stations. The most recent bond issue allowed the department to build the current Central Fire Station located at 13t...

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Crossett, Wilmot Fire Departments Receive G-P Bucket Brigade Funds
Tue. Nov 22nd 2011
Georgia-Pacific has selected the Crossett Fire Department and the Wilmot Fire and Rescue Department as two of its 2011 Georgia-Pacific Bucket Brigade™ grant recipients. Georgia-Pacific selected 25 fire departments from the more than 300 communities where it has facilities in the United States....

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2-Year-Old Injured in Trumann Fire
Wed. Dec 28th 2011
Trumann fire investigators believe a fire that injured a 2-year-old boy may have started near the furnace. According to the Trumann Fire Department, the boy was taken to NEA Baptist Hospital with burns to his left arm and upper leg. The Trumann Police Department say the baby is in stable condition....

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1 Dead In Townhouse Fire in Bella Vista
Fri. Dec 16th 2011
Firefighters in Bella Vista say one person has been killed in a townhouse fire. Investigators say the victim's body was found after the fire was extinguished early Friday. The body has been sent to the state Crime Lab for positive identification. CLICK HERE FOR THE WHOLE STORY...

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Child Playing With Matches Causes Little Rock Blaze
Mon. Dec 12th 2011
The Little Rock fire department says a child playing with matches is to blame for a large apartment fire this afternoon. Captain Jason Weaver says the fire spread from the first floor up to the attic at Pleasant Pointe Apartments on Green Mountain Drive. Weaver says the fire damaged 16 units, displ...

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2 Killed In Bald Knob Fire
Tue. Dec 6th 2011
A fire kills a couple in Bald Knob. Now, the state fire marshals are investigating the cause. Early Monday morning, Bald Knob fire fighters and White County sheriff's deputies discover a fire destroyed a camper, two vehicles, and killed a husband and wife, Chris Watson, 46, and Pearl Watson, 57. In...

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Candle May Have Started Fire In Conway
Sun. Dec 4th 2011
Fire investigators believe the cause of a house fire at 704 Third Avenue in Conway late Friday to be an unattended candle. Fire Marshal Randy Freeman said that a man and woman were using multiple candles at the residence, which did not have electricity. Freeman said that the initial call came from...

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Wed. Dec 28th 2011
2-Year-Old Injured in Trumann Fire

Trumann fire investigators believe a fire that injured a 2-year-old boy may have started near the furnace.
According to t...

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Fri. Dec 16th 2011
1 Dead In Townhouse Fire in Bella Vista

Firefighters in Bella Vista say one person has been killed in a townhouse fire.
Investigators say the victim's body was f...

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Mon. Dec 12th 2011
Child Playing With Matches Causes Little Rock Blaze

The Little Rock fire department says a child playing with matches is to blame for a large apartment fire this afternoon.
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