SALEM (WKBN) – Two firefighters were hurt and two dogs died in a house fire in Salem Wednesday. According to Capt. Jeff Olinger, crews were called about 11:05 a.m. to a house on Shady Lane after a neighbor said that smoke was coming from the eaves and that the door was hot to the touch. […]
SALEM The cause of a house fire on East Third Street Sunday afternoon remains undetermined and under investigation, with the State Fire Mashal’s Office called in to assist. “It looks like it originated in the kitchen area by the stove,” Salem Fire Capt. Jeff Olinger said. No one was home at the time, with […]
SALEM City council passed the ordinance removing the fire department from the city ambulance rotation amidst threats by private ambulance companies to leave the city. “Council has ruled, and the fire department will do as [council] wishes and follow the new ordinance, but I’m disappointed. I would have preferred we stay in the rotation,” […]
SALEM The rules and ordinance committee discussed further changes to the city’s ordinance regarding ambulance services. The bulk of the proposed changes are a reversion to the ordinance’s state prior to the committee’s modifications in January, including a return to the prior ambulance rotation system and the removal of language mandating that private ambulance […]