By WMMN
Feb 4, 2021
Lt. Bill Smith, Fire Inspector and Public Information Officer, Grand Rapids Fire Department, joined West Michigan s Morning News to talk about ways the GRFD is working to help educate about fire safety.
GRFD expanding fire education and prevention
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and last updated 2021-02-03 21:06:20-05
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. â The Grand Rapids Fire Department is hoping to reduce fire breakouts by educating the community on fire prevention.
Weâre told they plan to do so by expanding the Residential Safety Program, hazmat inspection procedures and providing the public with information.
Grand Rapids saw a notable increase in deaths relating to fires in 2020, according to the City of Grand Rapids, adding that nine people died across five fatal fires.
âThese fatalities were in different areas, affected different ages and had different causes,â says Fire Chief John Lehman, âbut the one thing they all had in common is no working smoke alarms.â
GRPD Asking for Help Identifying Suspects Involved in Christmas Eve Carport Fire
Do you recognize the people or the vehicle in this surveillance footage? Police are asking for help identifying two arson suspects allegedly involved in setting fires at a Grand Rapids apartment complex.
Shortly before 1a.m. on December 24, 911 got several reports of fires and explosions in a carport at an apartment complex in the 400 block of Bayberry Point Drive NW.
The Grand Rapids Fire Department and Walker Fire Department were able to put out the fires with no injuries, but at least six vehicles were damaged in the incident.
The Cedar Rapids Fire Department announced Monday morning they re doing a final inspection of a new addition to the city s fleet of fire-fighting equipment. A photo of the new truck is below.
According to a post on the Cedar Rapids Fire Department s Facebook page, it s a 107-foot Ascendant stick ladder truck. In the post, the department thanked the city manager (Jeff Pomeranz), along with his staff, and the Cedar Rapids City Council.
As you can see in the photo below, the new ladder truck will be assigned to station seven (L7 on side of the vehicle). Fire Station 7 is one of three fire stations on Cedar Rapids northeast side. Built in 1999, according to the city website, it s located at 206 29th Street NE. The city has a total of nine fire stations.