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Linda Harris
EXPANDING â After nearly five months in operation, Steubenville Fire Departmentâs new ambulance service has already generated enough money to cover salaries and benefits for three new hires.
STEUBENVILLE The city’s fire department continues to boost its numbers, with plans to swear in three more firefighters Feb. 23.
With the new hires, Chief Carlo Capaldi said the department will have a total of 37 firefighters, “Twelve per turn plus me.” He said that will make scheduling much easier now that the department is also tasked with staffing the city’s new ambulance service.
In accordance with the department’s new policy, the new hires will all have EMT or paramedic certifications, in addition to their firefighting background.
STEUBENVILLE – A residence at 539 N. Fourth St., Steubenville, was destroyed by fire, Monday.
Fire Chief Carlo Capaldi said the call came in around 9 p.m. He said the structure was occupied, though only one individual was in the building at the time.
“By the time the first truck got there, the first floor was pretty much fully involved,” Capaldi said. “There was heavy smoke coming out of the second floor, and shortly after that the whole structure was fully involved in fire.”
Capaldi said crews were at the scene “until almost 2 a.m., putting out hot spots.”
“The roof and the second floor collapsed onto the first, making it hard to put out all the hot spots under everything,” he added. “It’s still smoldering.”
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STEUBENVILLE The city’s new Emergency Medical Service passed a milestone Friday responding to its 600th call, just two months and one day after it opened for business.
That’s a lot more than they anticipated being able to handle, particularly since the city has only one ambulance running at the moment.
“We’re very pleased with how we’ve been able to get up and running in such a short time,” Steubenville fire Chief Carlo Capaldi said. “I’m really happy with our guys and how they’re performing. The fact that we’re handling 10 calls a day with just one ambulance is a feat technically, we’d planned on handling 10 a day with two ambulances, and we’re doing that now with just one.”