VIDEO: The future home of Station 30 is going to be electric and more than just in looks. The city of Charlotte’s budget includes funding to build a new Station 30 in southwest Charlotte. The newly constructed fire facility will be on Beam Road and will be “all electric,” complete with the city’s first electric fire truck.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSOC-TV ABC 9 Charlotte

A 27-year-old was charged after allegedly breaking into a Kaimuki fire station, where law enforcement sources say he was discovered naked in a bathroom. The suspect allegedly broke in through a ground floor bathroom window while firefighters were inside asleep. Just after 2 a.m. Sunday, a firefighter reported being woken up by a man who had flipped on the lights inside the dorm at Fire Station No.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Hawaii News Now

The city of Pittsburgh and the firefighters' union have agreed firefighters no longer must live within the city limits, reaching a negotiated end to an ongoing legal battle. "This is a great thing for not only the city, the citizens, but the firefighters who serve here," Ralph Sicuro, president, Pittsburgh Firefighters Union Local #1, told Pittsburgh's Action News 4.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAE-TV ABC 4 Pittsburgh

More and more disastrous wildfires have been sparking up in western Washington in the last several seasons. Fire districts across the Puget Sound are preparing to battle the fires in the dry, hot temperatures. Monday started a week-long Wildland Urban Interface training session, hosted by Graham Fire & Rescue.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

Firefighters in western Washington say they need to learn new ways to fight fires, as the risk for wildfires in the region has grown. Darrell Herde never thought he’d have to worry about wildfires. But his rural Pierce County home, where he had lived for nearly 30 years, was destroyed by a wildfire in 2020.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle