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George Consider Hale (1849-1923) was fire chief in Kansas City, Missouri from 1882 to 1902. [1] During this time he competed in the international firemen competition in Paris, and another in London in 1893. [1] [2] He was also the holder of more than 60 patents for fire fighting equipment. [1] He is an honoree of Kansas City Fire Brigade's Hall ...
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]
The Kansas City Council approved a $1.3 million settlement Tuesday afternoon for a 61-year-old Kansas City firefighter and paramedic who filed multiple suits against the department after years of ...
The fire also tore through his trailer-home on land he bought close to three years ago. The 31-year-old first responder has fought fires with the Kansas City Fire Department for around eight years ...
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News 9 Now and News on 6 Now are American regional digital broadcast television networks that are owned by Griffin Media.The channels simulcast and rebroadcast local news programming seen on Griffin-owned CBS affiliates KWTV-DT (channel 9) in Oklahoma City and KOTV-DT (channel 6) in Tulsa, Oklahoma in their respective markets, along with select other programs.
A deputy chief of the Kansas City, Kansas, Fire Department, who last year was accused of leadership failures by the union, has been placed on leave, according to an internal announcement.. First ...
Shortly before the explosion, at 3:40am, the Kansas City Fire Department received their first call alerting to a pickup truck fire on the construction site. The possibility of explosives catching fire was mentioned in this call. Pumper 41, consisting of a captain and two firefighters, was dispatched to the scene where it arrived at 3:46am.