Four California Communities Get New Apparatus from Office of Emergency Services

The Office of Emergency Services (OES) has granted new apparatus to four California communities, including Calipatria, Brawley, El Centro and Holtville, according to a news report from KYMA.

Two Type 6 vehicles were assigned to Holtville and the department says they will help firefighter fight fires more efficiently.

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.