Dorset blazing a trail with new fire truck
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A NEW fire sanctuary unit is being unveiled to raise awareness of electrical fires in Dorset homes.
With more than half of all unforeseen house fires caused by faulty electrical kit, Dorset Fire and Rescue Service will launch the Safe keeping Fire and Education Unit (SaFE U) at its Poundbury menial on Thursday.
The SaFE U will be first put to use as part of Electrical Fire Safety Week that started yesterday.
The converted fire mechanism, that used to be based at Swanage, will show the public the dangers of electrical appliances.
Chief fire narc Darran Gunter said: “Electrical materiel is an inescapable part of all our lives, from essentials like heating and lights to luxuries
like pageant systems or beauty products.
“We need to be expert to make the communities of Dorset aware of some of the incidents these day-to-day items can give rise to and our new vehicle will allow us to have a much more visible presence in our
communities.
“Not only will we be proficient to talk and demonstrate electrical safety, but at the same but we can show how sprinklers work and demonstrate their effectiveness in reducing fire devastation.”
Source: Dorset Echo
Oral arguments to be heard in 2008 fatal Massillon fire truck crash
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Vocalized arguments in the wrongful death lawsuit stemming from the 2008 Massillon fire trash crash that killed Ronald E. Anderson, 72, and his 4-year-old not concordant with-grandson, Javarre J. Tate, are scheduled to be heard next month.
Court records show the Ohio Sublime Court has agreed to hear arguments in the pack Feb. 8. Attorneys for both sides will be allotted 15 minutes to backsheesh their arguments.
The court is not obligated to issue a ruling within a standard time frame, according to City Law Foreman Perry Stergios.
Last August, the Supreme Court accepted the burg’s appeal of a lower court’s ruling in the the reality. The city is hoping the state’s highest court will bestow it immunity from liability in the May 2008 crash on Walnut Course Southeast. The city initially was granted inoculation by the Stark County Common Pleas Court in 2010, but that resolving later was reversed in March 2011 by the 5th Locality Court of Appeals.
The lawsuit, filed by Anderson’s widow, Cynthia Anderson, in September 2009, argues that firefighter Susan Toles drove the fire mechanism at excessive and unsafe speeds given the neighborhood and the constitution of the emergency. Firefighters were responding to a vehicle fire. The lawsuit, which is seeking more than $25,000 in damages, also accuses Toles of violating specify laws, local ordinances and departmental policies respecting safe driving. No criminal charges were filed in the instance. An investigation determined the truck was traveling at intelligent speeds for an emergency.
Source: Canton Repository