October 18, 2018
Pictured above: In this photo from an onlooker, police and the Mehlville Fire Protection District respond to the scene of a shooting at the Oakville Walmart Thursday night. Photo by Jason Allen Krause. A Green Park man was charged Saturday with murder in the shooting death Thursday of a chef from Andre’s Banquet Center in
[ Read More ]The Mehlville Fire District Board of Directors promoted Tom Viviano, pictured above right with Chief Brian Hendricks, to captain Aug. 22. Viviano came to the MFPD in 2005 and lives in Oakville with his wife, Stephanie, and three sons, Nick, Drew and Matt. He has been assigned to Engine Company 1730.
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By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The Mehlville Fire Protection District unveiled its new rescue boat this summer, an upgrade that should lead to safer and easier rescues along the district’s 21 miles of river shoreline from Sunset Hills to Oakville. The new $35,000 boat is not inflatable like the district’s past boats and is
[ Read More ]The newly announced paramedic unit poses in front of their ambulance. Photo by Jessica Belle Kramer. By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com The Mehlville Fire Protection District is the first fire district in St. Louis County to roll out a new community paramedic program to try to reduce chronic 911 calls from “high utilizers,” who
[ Read More ]By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com Former Mehlville Fire Protection District Chief Jim Silvernail, who died last week, will be remembered for his lasting impact on generations of first responders in the St. Louis region through his time as a chief of two fire districts and his dedication to the BackStoppers. Silvernail, 74, died April
[ Read More ]By Gloria Lloyd News Editor news3@callnewspapers.com The Mehlville Fire Protection District responded last week to what they eventually called a three-alarm fire at the Meramec Energy Center coal plant in Oakville, as seen in this photo from the Rock Community Fire Protection District. Ameren Missouri officials said the April 9 fire was minor and didn’t
[ Read More ]The Long Elementary School Recorder Club last week shared a special thank you with three teams of firefighters who helped one of their classmates escape a house fire uninjured. Long music teacher Wes Kassulke worked with three local fire departments to find a day when the same fire crews who responded would all be working.
[ Read More ]Update: Traffic on Interstate 255 reopened around midday Saturday. Traffic is still mostly blocked on eastbound/southbound Interstate 255 west of Telegraph Road after a semi turned over, hit the median and caught fire overnight. As of 9 a.m. Saturday, only one lane was open for traffic to go through on the interstate, and the semi
[ Read More ]Pictured above: Mehlville Fire Protection District firefighter/medic Jake Lickteig shakes hands with U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner during her February tour of the district’s Engine House No. 3. Also pictured is firefighter Tom Orf. By Gloria Lloyd Staff Reporter news3@callnewspapers.com U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Ballwin ,recently toured the Mehlville Fire Protection District’s newest firehouse as part
[ Read More ]The Mehlville Fire Protection District Board of Directors voted unanimously last week to purchase a rescue boat at a cost of over $35,000. Chief Brian Hendricks recommended the board approve the purchase of the rescue boat from Troutt & Sons Inc. of St. James at a cost of $35,135. “… We service approximately 21 nautical
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