| AFC Annual Fire Show |
| Fri. Oct 24th 2008 |
The Arkansas Forestry Commission will hold its Annual Fire Show on
Saturday, October 25, 2008, at our Greenbrier facility. The Show will be from
10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Lunch will be provided free by the Commission and Fire
Equipment vendors. We will be serving barbeque pork. We wish to use th...
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| Searcy Looking at Accreditation |
| Wed. Oct 22nd 2008 |
A team of assessors from a national accreditation organization is in Searcy this week to evaluate the fire department, and is expected to release their findings Thursday.
At stake is a new designation for the Searcy Fire Department which could lower Insurance Service Office (ISO) ratings used to ...
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| Springdale Asks Cities, County For Ambulance Subsidy |
| Tue. Oct 21st 2008 |
Bethel Heights, Lowell and Benton County have demand on their budgets -- ambulance service.
Leaders of the cities and county received letters from Springdale officials Monday asking for subsidies to fund the expense of emergency medical service.
The Springdale Fire Department's ambulances resp...
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| AG Opinion: Churches Not Exempt From Fire Dues |
| Tue. Oct 21st 2008 |
Volunteer fire departments statewide must charge churches and other nonprofit organizations the same fire dues as other property owners when dues are collected through county offices, according to an attorney general's opinion.
"The (opinion) is clear that you can't exempt anyone but volunte...
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| Fire Safety in Malvern |
| Mon. Oct 20th 2008 |
The Malvern Fire Department visited Malvern ABC Preschool located at First United Methodist Church yesterday. As part of the program, the department brought their fire trucks and the children each had a turn to spray the water hoses and sit in the trucks. Also part of the program was a talk about fi...
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| Cleveland County Has New V.F.D. |
| Mon. Oct 20th 2008 |
On October 16, 2008, the Hwy 133 VFD was formally organized to provide fire protection for our community. As you are probably well aware, our community has been been without fire protection since the fire station on the corner of Hwy 133 and Rodgers Road West was closed several years ago.
Since the...
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| Must See Video (It Could Happen to You) |
| Sun. Oct 19th 2008 |
This Video is a Real Crash that happened last week. A Must Watch!
Story Info: http://firefighterclosecalls.com/fullstory.php?73357
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| NWA Responders Prepared for Hazardous Materials |
| Fri. Oct 17th 2008 |
Sitting next to a thick binder with the words "Washington County Emergency Operations Plan"on its cover, Fayetteville Fire Chief Tony Johnson discussed Thursday the types of potential disasters for which his department and other emergency responders prepare.
Johnson spoke before the Fayet...
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| New Tanker Rolls into Humphrey |
| Thu. Oct 16th 2008 |
The Humphrey Volunteer Fire Department received a nice surprise Monday afternoon when the Arkansas Forestry Commission delivered two refurbished fire trucks for use in the area.
As part of a program through the Forestry Commission, the trucks were fixed up and painted with the Humphrey Fire Depar...
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| Paragould Chemical Haz-Mat Exercise |
| Wed. Oct 15th 2008 |
There are hundreds of hazardous chemicals around us everyday. At work, on the roads, trains passing by. How to deal with a spill is something that emergency services train constantly for. Wednesday morning a simulated leaking chlorine tank precipitated a training opportunity.
John Defries the safet...
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