Fire crews save baby goat from fire in Lowell

PHOTOS: The Lowell Fire Department (LFD) saved a baby goat from a shed fire on Monday, April 22. Fire crews responded to the structure fire in the area of Phillips Road in rural Lowell. When crews arrived, they said half of the storage shed was engulfed in flames. LFD said they were able to remove a baby goat from the shed and control the fire within 15 minutes. The owner of the baby goat, Liz Aleman, tells us how scary this was to her. The baby goat is her pet and his name is GoaTee. GoaTee's mother and brother recently died and Liz said she has been bottle feeding him and caring for him ever since. Liz said when firefighters got to the shed, GoaTee ran up to the them and they immediately gave him oxygen and saved him. "They did so good!," Liz said. "Thankfully everyone is okay."
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Wynne Fire Department holds aerial training class to further educate firefighters

On Monday, the Wynne Fire Department hosted an aerial operations class to provide their firefighters with a better understanding of their ladder truck. The training program helps the officers know where they can and cannot put the truck and its limitations, ensuring citizens’ safety. This is a mandatory five-day training program for firefighters in Region 8 to get educated and enhance their skills. According to the fire chief of the city of Wynne, it is crucial to be prepared to protect the community to the best of their ability. “It’s important for us because if we’re not prepared to protect our community, we can’t do that to the utmost ability so any opportunity we get to educate we try to,” said Chief Kory Ward. He believes that education is the key to achieving this goal.
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