| Arkansas Now Has A Trauma System |
| Wed. Feb 18th 2009 |
Gov. Mike Beebe signed an $87.8 million tobacco tax hike into law Tuesday to fund a statewide trauma care system and expand existing health programs.
The law, which takes effect March 1, will raise cigarette taxes by 56 cents a pack. The state increase is on top of a 62-cent-a-pack federal...
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| Fire Protection Bill For Small Towns Advances |
| Tue. Feb 17th 2009 |
A bill to aid collection of volunteer fire department dues in smaller Arkansas towns passed the Senate 35-0 on Monday.
Senate Bill 331 by Sen. Cecile Bledsoe, R-Rogers, allows residents of small towns that do not have a fire department to vote for a requirement that local volunteer fire departmen...
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| Still No EMC in Pine Bluff |
| Sat. Feb 14th 2009 |
The City of Pine Bluff has decided to re-open the position of Emergency Management Coordinator.
The first round of applicants went through the interview process two weeks ago, with several highly trained and certified individuals applying. The City of Pine Bluff has not openly commented on the...
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| New Firefighter Forum is Ready |
| Fri. Feb 13th 2009 |
The new Arkansas Fire News Forum is now up and running.
What you need to do to access the forum:
1) Go to the site. http://www.websitetoolbox.com/mb/arkansasfire
2) Make a Log in Name and Password
3) Check your email and then start chatting.
Hope that you enjoy the new site....
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| Sunbelt Sells New Unit to Monticello |
| Tue. Feb 10th 2009 |
From Sunbelt Fire:
We want to congratulate Chief Steve Faulkner and the Monticello Fire Department of Monticello, Arkansas. The vehicle pictured here is an E-One Classic Fire Ranger mounted on an Ford F-550 4-door Chassis. The Trucks' Shop Order Number is 134789. The truck is equipped with a Triton...
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| Russellville Batt. Chief, has Love for Life |
| Tue. Feb 10th 2009 |
Russellville Battalion Chief for B shift, Doug Lewis, lives and breathes fire. Lewis has been with the fire department since March 1993, and oversees the four Russellville fire stations on his shift. The head fire chief will come and take command over a major incident, but Lewis calls the shots on a...
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| Berlin Volunteer FD Gets Pumper |
| Tue. Feb 10th 2009 |
The 14 members of the Berlin Fire Department will soon be able to provide better fire fighting abilities as the result of the arrival of a new truck this past week. The truck, a 1990 model Simon-Duplex, came to Berlin from the Naval Air Station in Key West, Florida, through the Arkansas Forestry Com...
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| Little Rock Gets Safer Grant |
| Mon. Feb 9th 2009 |
The City of Little Rock Fire Dept. has received a grant for $1,856,906.00. The grant will go t fund 18 firefighter positions.
The SAFER (Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response) Grant was created to provide funding directly to fire departments and volunteer firefighter interest organizati...
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| Fire Chief McCall Retires from NLRFD |
| Sun. Feb 8th 2009 |
Joe McCall was humble and gracious to his last day on the job.
McCall, the North Little Rock native who went on to become the city’s fire department chief, retired from service and was honored at a party at the Patrick Henry Hays Senior Center last Friday.
McCall had been with the depart...
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| Fallen Firefighters Memorial Rolls into NLR |
| Sat. Feb 7th 2009 |
This past Saturday the North Little Rock Fire Department arranged to have the Arkansas Fallen Firefighters Memorial moved from Camden to North Little Rock.
The statue, 6,000 pounds of brass and steel, was moved by semi-truck and was placed outside the Central Fire Station at the corner of Maple a...
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