the historic firehouse crumbles into a pile of rubble. august 21st, 2008, peekskill, new york, after months of planning, workers begin the slow and delicate operation of moving the firehouse. the firehouse, built in 1890, is home to the centennial hose company. it serves the peekskill community for 90 years before closing in 1980 because of recurring problems with flooding. >> every time we had heavy rains, it would flood out our firehouse. we used to be knee-deep. >> despite decades of neglect, firefighters cherish the centennial and the memories it holds. instead, the city of peekskill decide to move it down the street and turn it into a museum. however, moving a 122-year-old building is not easy feat and firefighters were concerned. >> i was kind of skeptical as to whether it would be able to be moved or not. >> a local movie company decides to document the move and they begin to record the scene. >> they were turning the building 90 degrees so the front of the building would now face another direction so they could retool and get it to

it is essentially the nearest firehouse in some cases has no one there to respond so the call gets rerouted to another firehouse that does have somebody ready to roll. christmas eve 2009, suitland, a big apartment house fire took four alarms to handle the thing. half the equipment was understaffed by national standards. the entire second alarm failed to meet those standards. >> in 2010, prince george's county out of approximately 130,000 calls, almost 30,000 of those calls for service, we responded with understaffed personnel. >> reporter: the county is the biggest in the country with a combination career and volunteer fire service. the county counts on those volunteers. >> as the economy gets worse and worse, folks need to work more and more, make more money. the volunteers that normally have time to spend time at the firehouse, they have to work. they don't have time to be there. we don't have the budgets to be able to put more career staffing in place. >> reporter: and there is con see consequence. a new -- consequence. a new study shows the riverdale heights station and another failed t

all those hours on the found at the firehouse. >> karl: right. on the ground to third. they go home with it. safe, safe, safe! >> carter's foot was off the bag. california has one run back. the bases still loaded. nobody out. >> nomar: this is a good play by luke brown, but notice carter's foot by home plate. it was a good call by the home plate umpire, recognizing that his foot was not on the bat. so that forced out home plate. >> karl: james o'hanlon, the number 4 hitter for california. there's the call, strike. it is still a nine-run deficit. one thing for this california team are known for are close games. they've had walk-off wins and have dealt with walk-off losses against them. good breaking pitch there from lyle. >> nomar: looks like lyle really settled in and found that strike zone. that's what he wanted. he throws strikes. utilize your defense. smart play by luke brown. catcher's foot is off the bag a little bit. now just come back and continue throwing strikes. >> karl: 0-2. shallow center field. it's dropped. and they run into each other out there and anothe

all those hours on the found at the firehouse. >> karl: right. on the ground to third. they go home with it. safe, safe, safe! >> carter's foot was off the bag. california has one run back. the bases still loaded. nobody out. >> nomar: this is a good play by luke brown, but notice carter's foot by home plate. it was a good call by the home plate umpire, recognizing that his foot was not on the bat. so that forced out home plate. >> karl: james o'hanlon, the number 4 hitter for california. there's the call, strike. it is still a nine-run deficit. one thing for this california team are known for are close games. they've had walk-off wins and have dealt with walk-off losses against them. good breaking pitch there from lyle. >> nomar: looks like lyle really settled in and found that strike zone. that's what he wanted. he throws strikes. utilize your defense. smart play by luke brown. catcher's foot is off the bag a little bit. now just come back and continue throwing strikes. >> karl: 0-2. shallow center field. it's dropped. and they run into each other out there and anothe

the volunteers that normally have time to spend time at the firehouse, they have to work. they don't have time to be there. we don't have the budgets to be able to put more career staffing in place. >> the chief and the union president say the new county administration has budgeted for more firefighters over the next three years. however, the chief says to meet national standards which is one and a half firefighters per 1,000 residents, it will take more than ten years. >>> three parking lot attend distants at smithsonian's air and space annex are now charged with stealing at least $400,000 in parking lot fees. according to a court affidavit, the trio started stealing the money in 2009. they were reportedly caught on camera unplugging the counters, the things that count vehicles as they come in so the stolen money wouldn't be missed. two women and one man were arrested saturday and are facing up to ten years in prison. >>> this morning a member of the british military is in jail facing a list of charges. officer edmond toby barr whitehead is a second lieutenant in the navy.

firefighters say calls came into the call center, even before firefighters could respond, it shook the firehouseen blocks away. they believe it was a cylinder of gas. they had the fire under control in 70 minutes and they are investigating it is a possible arson. >> it could be just a complete coincidence and it is something we have to figure out today. >> no word yet on the results of the investigation and the owner said the building was not being used and was up for sale. >> chick fell lay with plans for a new restaurant here in marin county. they have purchased a building in novato. they paid 2. $7 million on a building on rolling way. chick fillet plans to remodel that sight and will open another restaurant in another year or two. they protested when they spoke out against same sex marriage. >>> and "i" pad many is set for launch in october. they say apple is already ramping up production of an ipad mini and anticipating to sell 4 units per month possibly more by the end of the year. apple plans to unveil the ipad when it unsales the new iphone. >>> and hundreds will speak out for the rights

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every firefighter has been woken up and they are scrambling to cover the other firehouses which have been left vacant. at 6:27 let's go back back to steve. >>> a little system to the north, 50s 60s and 70s and 80s and temperatures will get hotter and we will have more coming up in about seven minutes, pam. >>> and firefighters are battling a house fire, we have the latest details coming up. >>> speaking out against san jose's police chief, the message they are hoping to send today. >>> they still don't know what sparked a fire at the refind are you and coming up we will tell you who is involved in the investigation and how it is a affecting production at the refinery. they rely on copper to go for the gold. duracell. trusted everywhere. and soon...even more reason to trust duracell. duralock power preserve. it locks in power for up to 10 years in storage. guaranteed. duralock. coming soon to every duracell battery. it locks in power for up to 10 years in storage. guaranteed. . >>> welcome back, they are ringing the bell, it looks like a descend day for stocks. headlines today, investo

firefighters union put an alert on their website saying the same two females have visited many d.c. firehouses trying to sell supplemental insurance policies. atlanta police say they were posing as aflac representatives. one of the women, 30-year-old cynthia padone seen in this video posted a picture of herself with fishnet stockings and bulletproof vest standing inside what appears to be a drug enforcement unit of the metropolitan police department. a police spokeswoman says the criminal investigations division is looking into whether the women broke any laws here. mpd's union leader wants to know why the women were let in. >> why was a private contractor, even if they were legitimate, what were they doing in a government building? what were they doing selling at a government building? my understanding is that's prohibited. >> reporter: a soce tells 9news the two women met with park police officers in april and they were actually listed as aflac representatives at that time. the source says one officer even bought a legitimate policy. however, now atlanta police say they aren't legit. he cont

fire fighters association says the women recently walked into several firehouses and tried to sell fake insurance policies. they were arrested in atlanta earlier this week after allegedly trying to sell fake policies to police officers there. >> they said they were there to talk about supplemental insurance. >> georgia police say at least 39icers were affected by the scan. it is not clear how many d.c. firefighters were affected. much more on the story at 5:00 this evening. customs officials at dulles airport detained a 15-year-old actor they say he tried to sneak marijuana into the united states. they tell us the teenager tried to hide about four grams of marijuana and other drug paraphernalia in a cereal box. he was reportedly on a flight back from france. he now faces controlled substance charges. the driver of a deadly wreck this morning has been charged. virginia state police were called out to the single vehicle wreck about 2:40 this morning. the 25-year-old was headed up a ramp when he ran off the road and hit a tree hard enough to split the car in half. one of the back seat pass

firefighters union put an alert on their website saying the same to females had visited many d.c. firehouses trying to sell supplemental insurance policies. atlanta police say they were posing as aflac representatives. one of the women seen in this video also post add picture of herself with fishnet stockings and a bulletproof vest standing inside what appears to be a drug enforcement unit of the metropolitan police department. a police spokeswoman says the criminal investigations division is looking into whether the women broke any laws here. mpd's union leader wants to know why the women were let in. >> why was a private contractor, even if they were legitimate, what were they doing in a government building? what were they doing selling inside a government building? my understanding is that's prohibited. >> reporter: a source tells 9news the two women also met with park police officers back in april and that they were actually listed as aflac representatives at that time. the source says one officer even bought a policy which was legitimate. however, now atlanta police say they're not legi

put an alert on -- firefighters union put an alert on their website saying the same two females have visited many d.c. firehouses trying to sell is up mental insurance policies. atlanta police say they -- supplemental insurance policies. atlanta police say they were posing as aflac insurance representatives. cintia pedone posted a picture of herself with fishnet stockings and a bulletproof vest standing inside what appears to be part of the drug enforcement unit of the metropolitan police department. mpd's union leader wants to know why the women were let in. >> why was a private contract or company even if they were legitimate, what were they doing in a government building, selling inside a government building? my understanding is that's prohibited. >> reporter: a source tells 9news the two women met with park police officers in april and that they were actually listed as aflac representatives at that time. the source says one officer even bought a policy which was legitimate. however, now atlanta police say they aren't legit. atlanta investigators contacted the women's alleged supervisor mr. ugana unonquo who