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• VIDEO: Firefighters battle large blaze at Tennessee recycling building

  29-08-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  PHOTOS: Fire crews are battling a large blaze in Newport that broke out late Monday. As of 8 a.m. Tuesday, the fire at Scott Recycling was still active and the Cocke County Sheriff’s Office said the building is a total loss.The Cocke County Emergency Management Agency called the incident response “a sight to see” in a Tuesday morning update and commended the leadership among the agencies that responded to the scene.
  - PUB DATE: 8/29/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WATE-TV ABC 6 Knox
  
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• Michigan fire departments agree to rent each other’s fire equipment on emergency basis

  29-08-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  Dearborn and Ann Arbor have agreed to rent each other’s ambulances and other emergency vehicles on an as-needed or emergency basis.Both cities agreed to the deal in August.“This would occur if Rescue 1-1 is out of service for an extended period of time or if we wanted to add a second transport unit during peak demand times such as night, home football games,” The Ann Arbor Fire Department posted on Facebook.
  - PUB DATE: 8/29/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Press & Guide - Metere
  
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• Acting New Jersey Governor Signs Firefighters Chaplain Bill Into Law

  29-08-2023 09:00 via dailydispatch.com
  Acting Governor Nicholas Scutari on Monday signed A-5275/S-3671, providing municipal governing bodies more flexibility in appointing chaplains to their fire departments.
  Under current law, the governing body of any municipality, by ordinance, may provide for the appointment of one or more ordained members of the clergy as chaplains to the paid or part-paid fire department and force of the municipality, with the rank of battalion chief and their salaries fixed by the governing body.
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