Firefighting is in the blood of the Fanella family, stretching back four generations in Mount Carmel Township. Robert B. Fanella died at age 88 in 2014. His son Robert "Bob" Joseph Fanella, 63, his grandson Robert "Bobby" James Fanella, 40, and his great-grandson Ethan Robert Fanella, 19, are volunteer firefighters for the Atlas Fire Company and Natalie Fire Company in Mount Carmel Township.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Daily Item

In 2020, San Francisco fire stations revived a tradition from grandma and granddad’s day, after a report from the Chronicle sounded the siren to bring back the SF fire station holiday decorations contest. That contest was scuttled in 1951 over some prudish backlash that the fire departments were spending more than their allotted $50 per station on decorations, but the Chronicle’s report mustered up enough holiday cheer that the SF Fire Department decided to pull all the St.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SFist

The highly transmissible Omicron variant is now dominant in the United States, according to new data released by the CDC on Monday. The variant now makes up more than 73% of new infections, a nearly six-fold increase compared to the week before. Omicron makes up the highest share of new cases in the South, Central Midwest, Pacific Northwest, and the New York area.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News

VIDEO: The Spokane Valley Fire Department responded to a fire this morning near N Adams and E Rockwell Avenue at 3:15 a.m. The flames have been extinguished and investigators are currently looking into the cause of the fire. The home has suffered some damage, but the three adults living at the residence managed to escape uninjured with two dogs.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

Santa, also known as Tom Fitzgerald, a battalion chief for West Thurston Regional Fire Authority, poses atop the original 1936 Ford fire engine that was the first ever used by the fire district, during a ceremony at the fire district headquarters in Littlerock on Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. Leaders of the Thurston County Chamber delivered bags of toys and a $1,000 check to the Littlerock and Rochester fire stations.
- PUB DATE: 12/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Chronicle