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The Fire Department’s newest engine will be out of service for about 45 days while being repaired in Weyauwega, Wisconsin. In December of 2018, while responding to an ambulance rollover on Interstate 80, Engine 1 lost traction on the icy highway...
Mobile routers have been installed on all of the Fire Department ambulances. Ambulances and emergency medical services have become very technology driven over the years. These new mobile routers will allow integration of patient reporting software and pat...
Three new firefighters started in March. Isaac Hunsberger of Colfax, Brad Lundquist of West Des Moines, and Trent Baker of Newton accepted full-time positions with the Fire Department. The three have been completing orientation and assimilating to firefig...
A new fill station was received and installed in the fire station. The new fill station is capable of containing the force of a bottle explosion in the event of a catastrophic failure during filling. SCBA bottles contain around 4500 PSI of pressure and ca...
Gear lockers for firefighting personal protective equipment (PPE) were delivered and installed by fire department staff in the past month. The gear lockers were made by Ready Rack, a company that specializes in the storage of firefighter PPE. Each set of ...
The Newton Fire Department would like to remind those doing yard work during the warmer weather that open burning is not allowed within City limits.
Open burning is the process of burning any materials where the products of combustion pass directly into th...