Win-Bur-Sew, Oregon, Rochelle (IL) Receiving Money for Fire Equipment

The Win-Bur-Sew, Oregon, Rochelle Fire Protection Districts will receive money to purchase new emergency vehicles, reports 23 WIFR.

The departments are among 23 in Illinois funded for new fire trucks. Illinois State Fire Marshal Matt Perez and Illinois Finance Authority (IFA) Executive Director Christopher Meister issued more than $9.3 million in no interest or low interest loans to emergency responders across the state.

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.

KY Firefighter Flown to Hospital After FD Tanker Rolls Off Bridge Into Creek

The firefighter who was injured is a volunteer firefighter with the Northern Pendleton Fire District.