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Fri. Mar 5th 2010
Burn Ban Includes Farms In Greene County

The Arkansas Forestry Commission said it will implement two controlled burns to remove fallen debris and thin underbrush Frid...

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Sun. Feb 28th 2010
Budget Battles Continue For Jonesboro

The City of Jonesboro is in the midst of intense financial planning for the next 3 years.  The city is addressing public...

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Sat. Feb 27th 2010
Mutual Aid Agreements Benefit Rural Fire Departments

It's called mutual aid...or automatic aid.
It's how rural fire departments keep you safe and your insurance rates down. <...

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Burn Ban Includes Farms In Greene County
Fri. Mar 5th 2010
The Arkansas Forestry Commission said it will implement two controlled burns to remove fallen debris and thin underbrush Friday and in the coming week; an official also said Thursday that a dispatcher unaware of the county-wide burn ban in place since Feb. 27 took information on an intended burn fro...

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Budget Battles Continue For Jonesboro
Sun. Feb 28th 2010
The City of Jonesboro is in the midst of intense financial planning for the next 3 years.  The city is addressing public safety, the city's most demanding budget, first. "We want to run this exercise, take a look at it, now we know," said Jonesboro Mayor, Harold Perrin. The  ex...

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Mutual Aid Agreements Benefit Rural Fire Departments
Sat. Feb 27th 2010
It's called mutual aid...or automatic aid. It's how rural fire departments keep you safe and your insurance rates down. With most volunteer fire departments, getting enough bodies on a scene is an ongoing issue. Sometimes it's a lack of volunteers, many times it's conflicting work schedules or ot...

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Van Buren Waives Bid Process For New Fire Engine
Thu. Feb 25th 2010
Three rows of firefighters showed up to support the purchase of a new pumper for the city’s fire department. Aldermen voted to forego the bidding process for a pumper provided by Pierce Manufacturing, located in Appleton, Wis., at a total cost of $346,543. The fire department said it needed th...

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New Emergency and Police Vehicles for Maynard
Thu. Feb 25th 2010
When you are a small town and have the responsibility of covering a huge area for fire protection... What do you do when your *newest* fire truck is over 30 years old?  You have to buy a newer one! but what if you can't afford it?  The town of Maynard  recently received some welcome...

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Fire Act Grant Round 5
Thu. Feb 25th 2010
It was announced Wednesday that the departments will be getting nearly $900,000 for first-responder training and equipment as part of the Department of Homeland Security's "Assistance to Firefighters" grants program. The money breaks down as follows: Clifty Fire Dept. in Huntsville: $9...

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Pulaski County Mayors Say They Need More Money
Wed. Feb 24th 2010
Some cities in Pulaski County want a bigger piece of the state pie for their fire departments. Each city and volunteer fire department got the same amount of money from a one time state funding disbursement last year. And large cities like Little Rock say it should have been based on population inst...

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Fire Engine And State Police, Hit By Truck On I-430
Sun. Feb 21st 2010
Emergency responders were involved in an accident Sunday while responding to a crash in Little Rock. A state police squad car and fire engine were both struck by a truck pulling a trailer near Interstate 430 and the Cantrell Road exit. Nobody was hurt and the cause remains under investigation. Aut...

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Conway F.D. Bomb Squad Takes First In State Competition
Sat. Feb 20th 2010
The Conway Fire Department Bomb Squad has had its budget cut significantly in light of the city’s general fund reserve shortfall, but victory in a state competition on Tuesday is evidence that the squad is at the top of its game at the start of a lean year, bomb squad administrators say. Ther...

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Round 4 '09 AFG Awards Announced
Fri. Feb 19th 2010
Today, Friday, Feb. 19, the fourth round of the Assistance to Firefighter Grants (AFG) awards for FY '09 were announced. Click here to view the list of announcements. The primary goal of the AFG funds is to meet the firefighting and emergency response needs of fire departments and non affiliated e...

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