Madrid Volunteer Fire Department (NE) Closer to Fire Equipment

The Madrid fire department is the benefactor of $2,500 award from America’s Farmers Grow Communities run by the Bayer Fund, reports The Grant Tribune Sentinel.

For more than 10 years, the Bayer Fund has awarded more than 1,000 donations to eligible nonprofit organizations each year.

Mike Lee, chief of the MVFD, said the mobile training unit will be a great asset for their members to train on using self-contained breathing apparatuses.

Vischer Ferry (NY) FD Opens Newly Renovated Firehouse, Christens New Heavy Rescue 

The firehouse opened to the public following a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The district also held a wet down of its new heavy rescue truck.

Wethersfield (CT) Firefighter Who Died Battling Berlin Brush Fire Was ‘Heroic,’ Gov. Says

Gov. Ned Lamont ordered flags lowered to half-staff for a Wethersfield firefighter who died fighting a brush fire on Lamentation Mountain.