Reminder to check your smoke detector batteries this weekend
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Barre Firefighter Matthew Cetin, left, and Deputy Chief Russell Ashe hold smoke detectors in a smoke room in Barre, Vt., Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â Sunday March 14 marks the beginning of daylight saving time, and firefighters say that s the perfect time to check your smoke detectors.
The Firemen s Association of the State of New York says you should change your batteries twice a year, so the time switch is a great opportunity to do it, since you won t have to change your clocks for another six months.
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A firefighter works outside of a New Kensington house. A $4.3 million federal grant has helped officials recruit 267 firefighters to Westmoreland County departments.
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Officials are on target to meet a goal to recruit 300 new firefighters in Westmoreland County under a $4.3 million federal grant.
There have been 267 new recruits to fire departments around the county since the grant was awarded in 2017, according to James Shaw, Hempfield’s director of code and safety. The grant has footed the bill for new turnout gear, physicals and training for those recruits, inching closer to reaching the target number by November when the funding runs out.
FD food drive benefits Cooperative Parish
The 8th annual Pomeroy Firemen’s Association Food Drive benefited the Meigs Cooperative Parish. The Pomeroy Firemen’s Association collected 1,772 non-perishable food items and $1,267, all of which goes to the parish to stock the shelves throughout the winter months. Pictured are firemen’s association members Aaron Oliphant, Ben Young, Tyler Peyton, Jake Musser, Richard Peyton and Eddie Fife, Jr. Presenting a check to Bud Randolph of the Meigs Cooperative Parish is Fire Chief Derek Miller. The Firemen’s Association also thanks Hilda Weaver for her continued support of the food drive and organizing the pickup of all food items and money at the conclusion of the event.
Plaistow, N.H., fire trucks. (WHAV News file photograph.)
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The Plaistow Firemen’s Association is again collecting Christmas trees from town households.
While the town’s curbside pickup does not accept Christmas trees, the Firemen’s Association will take drop-offs for $1 or pick-up trees for $5 each as a fundraiser. Drop-offs may be made behind the Safety Complex, 27 Elm St., Plaistow.
To get on the pickup list, there is an online form here.
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The Wyoming Community Foundation has pledged $25,000 to the Plympton-Wyoming Health and Wellness Centre.
The donation will be made over three years to help with the cost of remodelling of the former bank branch to serve as a health centre in Wyoming.
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“The Plympton-Wyoming Wellness Centre is going to be a wonderful addition to our community, offering both physician appointments and a variety of informative clinics,” Mayor Lonny Napper said in a news release.
“It is wonderful when charitable organizations and municipalities can work towards beneficial projects such as this one.”