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The Tehachapi Fire Department’s state-of-the- art mobile “Fire Safety House” was broken into and vandalized sometime over the weekend of March 25 through 26.  “The Public Works Department discovered their gate had been broken over the weekend,” Fire Chief Tim McLaughlin said. “Vandals then used some sort of crowbar and pried open the door in our trailer.”McLaughlin said the criminals ransacked the interior, stealing the TV, VCR and DVD player. He said they also stole the Honda generator and destroyed the electronics for it. Total loss to the department is estimated to be $15,000.Purchased with federal grant money in 2004, the $68,152 mobile trailer is used to teach fire safety classes to more than 1,700 school children each year in Tehachapi.According to McLaughlin, the programs are taught jointly with the city and Kern County Fire Department. “We have spent two years going to schools, giving our safety message,” he said....
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