Crown Point Fire Rescue

Cows were killed and a Ford sedan was totaled in a crash in Crown Point early Tuesday morning. The city says Crown Point Fire Rescue was called to the area of U.S. 231 and Mississippi just after 3:00 a.m.

Crown Point Fire Rescue has a new tool to investigate suspected arsons: a two-and-a-half-year-old English Labrador retriever named Sophie. She's an accelerant detection K9 — the only one active in Northwest Indiana, according to a city press release. Sophie was introduced to the public Thursday during an Arson Awareness Week demonstration.

Crown Point Fire Rescue will be able to add seven firefighters, thanks to a federal grant. The department has been awarded $2.26 million through FEMA's Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) program.

Crown Point officially has a new fire chief. Mark Baumgardner Jr. was sworn in during Wednesday's board of works meeting, after the appointment was first announced during Friday's Crown Point Fire Rescue Awards Banquet.

Crown Point firefighters gathered Thursday to pay their last respects to Fire Chief David Crane.

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