On an overwhelming bipartisan 393-13 vote, the House passed a bill today sponsored by New Jersey Reps. Tom Kean Jr. (R-Westfield) and Bill Pascrell (D-Paterson) that re-ups a number of key firefighter grant programs. The bill, the Fire Grants and Safety Act, reauthorizes the U.S. Fire Administration, the Assistance to Firefighter Grants (AFG), and the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant; it also increases funding for the Fire Administration.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Jersey Globe

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Moline Fire Department has a new way to simulate a fire in any room and practice putting it out. The department purchased the FiAR training system, a device that uses augmented reality to test the user on operating a fire extinguisher properly. The device is a touch screen and mock fire extinguisher, which can place items like a grill, wooden pallets or a car into an environment and simulate different types of fires.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WQAD-TV ABC/MyNetworkTV 8 Moline

Firefighters found one person dead inside a Bonney Lake home that was engulfed in flames. Shortly after 5 a.m. Wednesday, crews from East Pierce Fire & Rescue were dispatched to a home in the 9600 block of 204th Street in the Cedar View neighborhood after 911 callers reported the home was burning with one person still inside.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

All the residents of an entire 26-unit apartment building in North Seattle have been displaced after a Wednesday afternoon fire. Around 1:40 p.m. Seattle firefighters were called to the 900 block of Northeast 63rd Street in the Ravenna Neighborhood. After firefighters began arriving, the fire was upgraded to 2 alarms.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

Fire crews put out a wildfire near Harlan Landing and Lookout Point north of Yakima on Wed., May 8, according to the Selah Fire Department. SFD Chief Jim Lange says the fire grew to 100 acres in size and was difficult for crews to access due to it being on a hillside. Air support was called to help control the fire.
- PUB DATE: 5/8/2024 10:24:00 PM - SOURCE: NonStop Local