A former Boston Red Sox pitcher who appeared in games during the club’s run to a World Series victory in 2018 recently graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy, officials announced Monday. Justin Haley, who pitched in four games during that season, graduated from the academy on Feb. 28, according to West Newbury Fire Chief Michael Dwyer.
- PUB DATE: 3/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHDH-TV ABC 7 Boston

Equipment from Spring Mill Fire Company in Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania is on its way to help firefighters in Ukraine by way of North Jersey. "It's our way to give back in some fashion. Volunteer fire companies, they want to give back to the community in any way that we can, and maybe this is giving back more than just the local," said Chief Wayne Masters of Spring Mill Fire Company.
- PUB DATE: 3/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPVI-TV ABC 6 Philadelphia

The Poulsbo City Council approved Wednesday to have an outside expert help update and identify areas of improvement for the city’s Comprehensive Emergency Management and Emergency Operations plans. The expert is former Bainbridge Island assistant fire chief Luke Carpenter, who runs his own company called Carpenter Northwest, Inc.
- PUB DATE: 3/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kitsap Daily News

Deana Dallas woke up to the sound of crackling and then a boom shook her Kennewick apartment. “I jumped out of bed and smelled something funny,” she told Herald on Monday. “All I saw were flames on the balcony outside the sliding back door.” Dallas was one of about 10 people living in the four-plex on the 4200 block of West Albany who lost their homes when a blaze broke out at 3:40 a.
- PUB DATE: 3/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tri-City Herald - Metered Site

An ambulance was stolen Sunday in Goodyear.

Lisa Berry, a spokesperson with the Goodyear Police Department, said the Buckeye Valley Ambulance was stolen from an Abrazo hospital Sunday night, FOX 10 reports.

Police said the suspect ran a red light and crashed the ambulance into a car a block away. Neither the driver of the stolen ambulance nor the car were hurt.

The suspect was taken into custody and has not been identified.