Many industries are struggling to attract new employees. Firefighting is among them. The Spokane Valley Fire Department is recruiting for its annual late winter and spring training session. It’s finding the number of applicants is much lower than in past years. As of Tuesday, Spokane Valley Fire Chief Frank Soto, Jr.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2023 1:00:00 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Public Radio

A fiery explosion rocked the Village of Wappingers Falls in Dutchess County on Thursday, injuring more than a dozen people. Four row homes on Brick Row were reduced to piles of debris, smoldering as crews rushed to help those injured. "I thought maybe something hit the house or the kids, so I'm running through the house.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBS-TV CBS 2 New York City

Will a self-driving car be able to get over for an emergency vehicle racing to a fire or car crash? Self-driving cars were put to the test in Ann Arbor on Monday morning. May Mobility – a self-driving transportation service that shuttles passengers throughout Ann Arbor – tested their vehicles’ ability to detect sirens from emergency vehicles with help from the city’s first responders.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MLive Media - Metered Site

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Asheville Fire Department firefighters began the transition to the new Broadway Public Safety Station on Thursday, Nov. 2, the day after the new facility received its official certificate of occupancy on Wednesday. The state-of-the-art facility located along Broadway Street in the Five Points neighborhood, will be home to Fire Station 13, a police substation, the relocated Emergency Operations Center and a small community conference room.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLOS-TV ABC/MyNetworkTV 13 Asheville

A Ware County firefighter is facing multiple charges including DUI in a traffic crash that killed his coworker in June, according to jail records. Luke Zimmerman, 26, faces charges of vehicular homicide in the first-degree, DUI, driving too fast for conditions, and failing to maintain lanes, according to Ware County jail records.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: First Coast News