Cobb Fire To The Rescue—of Fellow Firefighers [VIDEO]

The West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire Department in New York state will soon receive a fire truck donated Wednesday by Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services.

A former Cobb County fire truck will have a new home in New York later this month. Officials from Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services held Wednesday morning a ceremony that saw the department donating a surplus fire engine—a 1992 Pierce Arrow Red Pumper with 177,292 miles on it—to the West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire Department, which is based in Howard Beach, N.Y. The fire truck donation stems from Cobb Fire’s ongoing partnership with the Georgia Chapter of the Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund, which has identified a number of departments in the northeastern U.S. that lost equipment as a result of Hurricane Sandy last year. “They lost everything … their firehouse was flooded, their engines, their ambulances, their turnout gear, their…

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Fire Engine Donation Set for 11 a.m.

Officials from Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services today will donate a surplus fire engine to the West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire Department, which lost several pieces of equipment to Hurricane Sandy last year.

Cobb To Donate Fire Engine to Hurricane-Affected Area

The surplus fire engine will be donated next week to a volunteer fire department in New York state.

Weeks after losing three of its fire engines and two ambulances during Hurricane Sandy, a New York state fire department will receive some help from their peers here in Cobb. Wednesday at 11 a.m., officials from Cobb County Fire and Emergency Services will donate a surplus fire engine to the West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire Department, which is based in Howard Beach, N.Y. The donation of the 1992 Pierce Arrow Red Pumper with 177,292 miles on it will take place at fire headquarters at 1595 County Services Parkway in Marietta. The donation will help a department that saw its firehouse hit with 5 to 7 feet of water during Sandy, NY1 reported in November. Cobb Fire officials say the department currently does not have an operating truck to …

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Keep Tweeting To Bring Hurricane Relief

Patch has already pledged thousands of dollars to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, but by simply sending a tweet with the hashtag #PatchRebuilds, you can help increase that amount.

Help Hurricane Sandy Survivors by Tweeting

If you're on Twitter, you can help those affected by Hurricane Sandy. Patch will make a $1 donation to AmeriCares for every tweet with the hashtag #PatchRebuilds.

Tweet #PatchRebuilds to Help Hurricane Sandy Survivors

Patch will make a $1 donation to AmeriCares for every tweet with the hashtag #PatchRebuilds.

You can help rebuild communities that were hit by Hurricane Sandy by donating cans of food, volunteering for cleanup efforts—or simply sending a tweet. Patch is excited to announce our new effort to help support devestated communities after the storm. For every tweet sent with the hashtag #PatchRebuilds, we will donate $1 to the AmeriCares Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Fund, up to $125,000. Your contribution will go toward medical and humanitarian aid, grants and programs to help Sandy survivors. You can simply tweet the hashtag #PatchRebuilds, or go to our Patch Rebuilds website and tweet directly from the site. A customized tweet that starts “My heart belongs to…” is created from the Patch Rebuilds website, and tweeters can type in an …

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Hurricane Sandy Relief: How You Can Help

Patch has gathered ways to help the many affected along the East Coast.

It will be a long time before residents in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and other coastal areas completely recover from Superstorm Sandy's catastrophic damage. Patch has gathered some local resources if you want to help. Volunteers in New Jersey are being coordinated through an emergency response hotline, 1-800-JERSEY-7 (1-800-537-7397). Alternate numbers, for when the hotline isn’t staffed, include 609-775-5236 and 908-303-0471. You can also email Rowena.Madden@sos.state.nj.us. The New York City agency NYC Service is coordinating volunteers for various relief projects in New York City. Go to its Facebook page or email nycservice@cityhall.nyc.gov with your name and email address. The American Red Cross is collecting funds and …

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Hurricane Sandy Death Toll in U.S. Climbs to 59

Patch sites in the North have been covering the storm and the fatalities it has caused.

As of Wednesday afternoon, Hurricane Sandy's death toll stood at 59, a number that has been steadily climbing as the East Coast assesses the damage and continues recovery efforts from this week's superstorm. The number, reported by the Associated Press via the New York Times, includes 22 in New York City. Our sister Patch sites in the North have reported on some of the fatalities: Man Dies After Being Trapped Under Tree Woman, 90, Killed by Falling Tree Tree Crushes 2 Boys in Home 80-Foot Tree Falls on Man's House, Kills Him 4 Pennsylvania Deaths Attributed to Hurricane New Jersey Confirms 6 Dead from Hurricane 2 Dead in Connecticut from Hurricane Hurricane Kills 2 in Maryland

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