When Oakland Fire Chief Reginald Freeman responded to a report of a fire at the Wood Street encampment in July, he first noticed the heavy, black smoke that had drifted into the air. The encampment had reported many fires in the months before, but this one was unusual — bringing traffic on the nearby highway to a standstill.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle - Metered Site

VIDEO/PHOTOS: The city of Asheville, specifically Asheville Fire Department, is represented at 19,341 feet! Lindsey Glover summitted Mount Kilimanjaro last week, and when she got to the top, the Local 332 Executive Board member and senior deputy fire marshal proudly posed with her Asheville Firefighters Flag.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLOS-TV ABC 13 Asheville

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Cedar Rapids Firefighters underwent special training throughout the day Wednesday at the fire station on 1st Avenue. Situation in Motion or SIM-IA is a mobile education program from the University of Iowa to train emergency health care workers hands on skills that could prepare them for trauma and unexpected situations.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGAN-TV CBS 2 Cedar Rapids

The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), in partnership with Pierce Manufacturing Inc., announced the 2022 IAFC Fire Chief of the Year honorees. Volunteer Fire Chief, Marshall Turbeville, of the Northern Sonoma FPD in Sonoma County, California, and career Fire Chief, Gary Ludwig, of the Champaign Fire Department in Champaign, Illinois, have been named this year’s honorees.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pierce Manufacturing

PHOTOS: The Everett Firefighters Association is asking for the public’s help to find its custom trailer that was stolen in late July. The association discovered the custom-built 1991 20-foot Garland Flatbed trailer was stolen from its meeting hall in the 2400 block of Hewitt Avenue in Everett. The trailer has faded red paint with gold-leaf pinstripes along its sides.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle