When Orange County Fire rescue veteran Erik Siena lost his five-month battle with brain cancer this past May, his wife Christy filed for the line-of-duty death benefit provided under Florida Senate Bill 426. Christy, who served as a paramedic with the department for 16 years, never received out-of-pocket medical expenses, the $7,500 designated for funeral expenses or the $75,000 death benefit promised under the existing law.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKMG-TV CBS 6 Orlando

As of Wednesday morning, the Schneider Springs Fire has now reached 86 percent containment, nearing the 100 percent mark. According to fire officials, 100 percent containment will only occur when the snow flies, because of the rugged and remote terrain. Now that the fall season has arrived, the weather has started its downward spiral into cooler days and cold nights, helping firefighters get a handle on the Schneider Springs Fire.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

The lives of Jacob and Jamie Hyland were fundamentally changed over Labor Day weekend 2020 when tragedy struck the couple and their child during a getaway to Okanogan County. The Hylands and their one-year-old son, Uriel, were trying to escape the Cold Springs Fire when they were overcome by flames.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

A 36-year-old Tacoma resident was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday for setting fire to the outside of the Seattle Police Department’s (SPD) East Precinct in June 2020. Isaiah Thomas Willoughby, who once resided in Seattle, agreed to a plea deal in which he admitted to lighting a small pile of debris on fire outside the East Precinct in the early morning hours of June 12, 2020, which was during the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP).
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

Vancouver Fire Department crews were able to extinguish a fire Monday afternoon at Great Western Malting. Four Vancouver fire units were dispatched at 2:47 p.m. Monday (Oct. 4) for a fire in a below grade grain silo. On scene maintenance workers called 9-1-1 after they were unable to control the fire with staff and fire protection equipment on scene.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Clark County Today