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The Kansas City Fire Department first originated with the formation of volunteer bucket brigades as early as 1858. Church bells rung to signal a fire alarm and members would assemble at the scene to help. In 1867, the city abandoned the voluntary bucket brigade for a paid fire department, and Colonel Frank Foster was elected as its first chief. [4]
SimplexGrinnell, a subsidiary of Johnson Controls, is an American company specializing in active fire protection systems, communication systems and testing, inspection and maintenance services. The company headquarters is in Boca Raton , Florida ; corporate sales and marketing offices are in Westminster , Massachusetts , and the company has ...
In 2016, Johnson Controls agreed to pay $14.4M to settle Foreign Corrupt Practices Act charges with the SEC. According to the SEC, employees of China Marine, a subsidiary of Johnson Controls, employed sham vendors to transfer $4.9M worth of bribes to Chinese government-owned shipyards, to win over businesses and enrich themselves. [89] [90]
Johnson County is a county located in western portion of the U.S. state of Missouri.As of the 2020 census, the population was 54,013. [1] Its county seat is Warrensburg. [2] The county was formed December 13, 1834, from Lafayette County and named for Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson.
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online; Glaab, Charles N. Kansas City and the Railroads: Community Policy in the Growth of a Regional Metropolis (1962) online; Haskell, Harry. Boss-busters and Sin Hounds: Kansas City and Its Star (University of Missouri Press, 2007). Kirkman, Paul. A History Lover's Guide to Kansas City (Arcadia Publishing, 2020), popular history
Last March, U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, a Kansas Republican, cosponsored a bill to prevent China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea from owning U.S. agricultural land and companies, though the president ...
A 76-year-old patient sitter has been sentenced for assaulting a 68-year-old man with the remote control for a hospital bed. On Tuesday, Dec. 10, Eleanor Flowers, of Washington, D.C., was ...