Osage Beach Fire Protection District

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Archive for October, 2011

Building and Fire Codes

When you get up in the morning do you think about the buildings you are using?  Are they really safe?  Will they collapse?  Will there be a fire?  Why don’t you have to think about this?  The reason is because of Model Building and Fire Codes that are used nationwide and locally.  Concern for safety [...]

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Motor Vehicle Accident October 31st

  On Monday, October 31, 2011 just after 8:00 a.m., units from the Osage Beach Fire Protection District responded to a reported motor vehicle accident on US Highway 54 just west of Y Road in Camden County. Upon arrival, units found a single vehicle had struck a rock embankment nearly head-on in the right shoulder [...]

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Operations and Training Division Update

Hello again and Greetings from Operations and Training Division!  September proved to be a busy month with various activities; the following information will provide a brief description. Operations Division Annual calls for service equaled 2010 totals.  For September, there were 163 incidents, bringing our annual total to 1298.  For the month, this was a 9.4% [...]

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Osage Beach Firefighters Support a Cure for Breast Cancer

  Throughout the month of October Osage Beach Firefighters will be wearing pink shirts in support of finding a cure for Breast Cancer.  For more information on Breast Cancer please visit: http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/   Why do you see so much pink every October? October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is an annual campaign by major breast [...]

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Fire Prevention Week 2011

  Commemorating a conflagration  Fire Prevention Week was established to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire, the tragic 1871 conflagration that killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless, destroyed more than 17,400 structures and burned more than 2,000 acres. The fire began on October 8, but continued into and did most of its damage on [...]

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