As we end the year, the International Association of Fire Fighters and the Firefighter Cancer Support Network have designated the first month of the new year as Fire Fighter Cancer Awareness Month. 348 of the 469 names added at the 2022 IAFF Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial for line-of-duty deaths were from occupational cancer.
- PUB DATE: 12/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KEYT-TV ABC 3 Santa Barbara

VIDEO: A man out on a hike in Rains County discovered an old bicycle and bones that could possibly belong to a former Dallas firefighter who went missing 5 years ago. The hiker, Michael Ramsey, says he was walking into a part of the woods he had previously believed to be inaccessible because of the swamp in the area.
- PUB DATE: 12/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDFW-TV FOX 4 Dallas

VIDEO: After dozens of reports of active shooter situations on school campuses rolled across North Carolina on Thursday, law enforcement officers issued this reminder: Any threat against a school is not simply a prank. It is a felony. From east in little Washington to west in Brevard County, North Carolina schools were targeted by false threats and deceptive calls.
- PUB DATE: 12/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRAL-TV NBC 5 Raleigh

Kittitas Valley Fire & Rescue (KVFR) responded to a structure fire early Friday morning that left two buildings and a large hay pile destroyed. KVFR says reports of flames at 6061 Vantage Highway, known as the Ellensburg Racquetball Club, were reported at about 12:30 a.m. Crews say when they arrived at the scene, they found a fully involved structure fire.
- PUB DATE: 12/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

Personnel additions and designs for fire stations headline some of the bigger expenditures for Clallam County Fire District 3 next year. Whether or not fire commissioners will ask voters for a levy lid lift remains undecided, but it is part of the 2023 budget — tentatively up to $100,000 — along with costs involved in running a fire commissioner race, according to district documents.
- PUB DATE: 12/2/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Peninsula Daily News - Metered Site