Savannah, Ga., city officials are considering increased fire protection along the Savannah River and on Hutchinson Island. The Savannah Morning News reports that the City Council on Thursday approved the $1.6 million purchase of a hazard response boat for Savannah …
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, officials are employing a new fire-protection strategy – goats. Two hundred hungry goats were released Friday over 22 acres of Tubbs Hill, the popular park that overlooks Lake Coeur d’Alene. They chewed through shrubbery and mowed down …
Hundreds of Michigan cities facing shrinking property tax bases could ask voters to pay special assessments for police and fire protection under legislation that won approval Wednesday in the state Senate. The state already lets townships, smaller cities and just …
Pantex, the country’s only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly plant, has completed main construction on a $35 million project that is designed to improve fire protection at the facility. The new construction comes after the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board …
The West Virginia towns of Montgomery and Boomer are providing fire protection for Smithers after the town’s volunteer fire department was shut down. WSAZ-TV reports that the Smithers Volunteer Fire Department fell behind in its insurance payments and was closed …