The man who shot into a southeast Oak Cliff apartment in 2021, severing a gas line and causing an explosion that injured several people, including Dallas firefighters, was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Wednesday, according to the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office. Phillip Dankins, 30, was sentenced to 12 years on a drug charge and 12 years on a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm, the DA’s office said.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Dallas Morning News - Metered Site

PHOTOS: A truck got stuck in a New York City tunnel between Brooklyn and Manhattan causing a miles-long traffic jam, resulting in firefighters sawing apart the vehicle's trailer, officials said. The 18-wheel tractor-trailer truck became wedged about a mile into the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel on Thursday morning, and it took responding crews around two hours to remove the vehicle, according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX News

Retired Edmonds Fire Chief Jack Cooper went to live with God in heaven on September 16, 2023. He was a loving husband, dad, Grandpa, uncle and brother. Jack was born November 2, 1930 in Burleson, Texas, to Ferg and Bertha Cooper and spent most of his youth in Texas before moving to Sunnyside, WA, while in high school.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lynwood Today

Beginning next fiscal year, the Washington Army National Guard will have a new unit primarily focused on firefighting. “The addition of engineer firefighting teams will provide tactical firefighting capability to the Pacific Northwest,” said Brig. Gen. Paul Sellars, commanding general of the Washington Army National Guard.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Guard

Yakima’s plan for an Upper Valley regional fire authority is off the table for the time being. Yakima City Manager Bob Harrison and Fire Chief Aaron Markham said a feasibility study is on hold due to opposition from the fire districts that would be candidates for joining the proposed authority. “Without any interest from our partners in participating in a regional fire authority, that is no longer an option for the city to consider,” Harrison said.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2023 9:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic - Metered Site