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| Senator Bennett honored at Gibson City Fire Department VIDEO: Illinois State Senator Tom Bennett (R-Gibson City) was given a Public Service Award on Saturday from the Illinois Firefighters Association at his hometown Gibson City Fire Department. The award thanked Senator Bennett for his role in getting the new tax credit law aimed at supporting volunteer firefighters. It passed on the state level this past spring. As of Thursday, volunteer firefighters from across the state can now qualify for up to $500 of credit on income taxes. Bennett and the Illinois Firefighters Association say they want to improve volunteer retention for departments across the state. "As volunteers, they did for their communities and they do for their families. So I thank you very much for this. But you guys are the real heroes today," echoed Bennett to the Gibson Fire Department and Illinois Firefighters Association. WCIA-TV CBS 3 CHAMPAIGN Handmade table presented in honor of fallen Peoria firefighter Vernon ‘Butch' Gudat VIDEO: It's been 41 years since Peoria firefighter Vernon "Butch" Gudat died in the line of duty, but Friday, the department and his family members celebrated his legacy. John Smith worked for the Peoria Fire Department for 29 years. After he retired, he picked up woodwork. Smith's hobby of building tables started when Peoria Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger asked Smith to build a table for the new firehouse, Station 4. Smith has finished several tables since then, the most recent being a dinner table for Fire Station 10 in honor of Gudat. "I knew right away that the table I built for Station 10 was going to incorporate some kind of memorial for Capt. Gudat," Smith said. Station 10 is where Gudat was working when he responded to a fire in downtown Peoria on January 23, 1983. He died that morning in the line of duty. WEEK-TV NBC/ABC/CW+ 25 PEORIA Boone County Fire Protection District #2 experiences record-breaking call volume VIDEO: A local fire chief is expressing concerns due to the record number of calls his department has responded to over the past month. The Boone County Fire Protection District Two has responded to 155 calls so far this year, more than double the number of calls from last year. Chief Brian Kunce said he's trying to figure out why calls have spiked but knows it's not because of the recent winter storms. "Nothing to cover all of those. So, with our district that was a huge increase. With a number of other departments, they'll run those calls routinely but for us, it was a dramatic jump," Kunce said. Kunce said a large majority of their calls historically are medical, something they are now investing in in just a few months. WREX-TV NBC 13 ROCKFORD PREVIOUS STATE NEWS |
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| VIDEO: 4-alarm fire burns warehouse in Missouri Fire crews worked to contain a four-alarm warehouse fire Saturday morning. Eighty-five firefighters were called to the scene of the five-story building that partially collapsed. The building was vacant at the time of the fire. "This is one of those where we surround the structure, and basically, I don't want to say surround and drown, but that's essentially what it is," said Garon Mosby, a St. Louis Fire Department captain. "Large amounts of water from the exterior—not committing resources inside." The fire started before 6 a.m. at First and O'Fallon streets in downtown St. Louis. Mosby said it's unclear what started it. "It was just a tremendous amount of fire—I'll say for 6 o'clock in the morning for the fire to be that far ahead of us—so that we can't go in. So, that's concerning, but nothing on the cause right now," he said. KSDK-TV NBC 5 ST. LOUIS Handmade table presented in honor of fallen Illinois firefighter VIDEO: It's been 41 years since Peoria firefighter Vernon "Butch" Gudat died in the line of duty, but Friday, the department and his family members celebrated his legacy. John Smith worked for the Peoria Fire Department for 29 years. After he retired, he picked up woodworking. Smith's hobby of building tables started when Peoria Fire Chief Shawn Sollberger asked Smith to build a table for the new firehouse, Station 4. Smith has finished several tables since then, the most recent being a dinner table for Fire Station 10 in honor of Gudat. "I knew right away that the table I built for Station 10 was going to incorporate some kind of memorial for Capt. Gudat," Smith said. Station 10 is where Gudat was working when he responded to a fire in downtown Peoria on January 23, 1983. He died that morning in the line of duty. WEEK-TV NBC/ABC/CW+ 25 PEORIA VIDEO: Fire truck overturns in Georgia, 4 firefighters onboard PHOTO: Surveillance video captured the moment an Albany fire truck overturned on Friday. The fire truck overturned on South Harding Street Friday afternoon. Crews worked over an hour to get it back turned over and cleaned up. "I heard a big old boom. That's it. I just can't even believe it," said Angel Caldwell, a witness. Officials said four firefighters were in the truck at the time of the accident. No serious injuries have been reported and all four firefighters were taken to the hospital to get checked out. Some people said they were shocked to see the aftermath of the accident. "I can't even imagine how a firetruck can even be turned over. I mean, do you see the way it is? I mean who's ever in their lifetime seen a firetruck upside down like that? It's really scary and heartbreaking," another witness said. WALB-TV NBC/ABC 10 ALBANY High School BUFF Program In Wisconsin Takes Students From Ideas To Action The Howard and Suamico Fire Departments, in tandem with Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC), are helping to empower young students to become firefighters through the high school program, Building Up Future Firefighters (BUFF). The Suamico Fire Department first attended the Bay Port High School career fair two years ago with little hopes of finding many students willing to participate in a firefighting internship. However, the opposite proved to be true. "The interest that we had was alarming," said Suamico Fire Department Fire Chief Joe Bertler. After realizing their success at the career fair, the fire department applied for a grant that would allow students to complete a "Firefighter 1" certification program at Bay Port. THE PRESS TIMES PREVIOUS NATIONAL NEWS |
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