PHOTOS: Firefighters have freed a trapped beaver and perhaps bestowed it with a pop music career. Firefighters rescued the critter last week and nicknamed it “Justin Beaver.” Ridgefield firefighters responded to an undisclosed residential property for a report of an animal trapped in water. Photos the firefighters posted on social media show the beaver was stuck in wires.
- PUB DATE: 4/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CT Insider - Metered Site

Local fire departments are expressing concerns about a bill now on the way to Gov. Kim Reynolds' desk. Currently, cities and counties in Iowa can decide where fireworks are sold. If the bill becomes law, fireworks stands would be allowed in commercial and industrial zones in every city and county in the state.
- PUB DATE: 4/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCCI-TV CBS 8 Des Moines

Kicking off National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Highway Traffic Safety (HTS) today announced the results of a 2021 study that found at any given time, one in five drivers on selected high-crash corridors in New Jersey were driving distracted.
- PUB DATE: 4/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Atlantic Highlands Herald

A fire that started around 2:30 a.m. Friday sent one person to the hospital and burned two units inside a two-story apartment building. The Everett Fire Department responded to the second-story fire in the 3600 block of Hoyt Avenue, which was without power for about an hour. A man in his 50s who lives in the apartment was able to evacuate the unit and was taken to Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett then Harborview Medical Center.
- PUB DATE: 4/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

As work continues on the Hatch Road bridge project, fire agencies impacted by the closure are also having to adjust their operations. Right now the bridge connecting Hatch Road and U.S. 195 is closed, cutting off the commute for some and part of Spokane County Fire District 8 (SCFD8) from the rest of its jurisdiction.
- PUB DATE: 4/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane