A Tarboro 16-year-old raised more than $22,000 for his local volunteer fire department as part of a project to become an Eagle Scout. If it wasn’t for Will Wooten’s hard work, leaders of the Heartsease Volunteer Fire Department said they wouldn’t be able to fight fires safely. “I was not expecting this at all,” Wooten said.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRAL-TV NBC 5 Raleigh

Monday night, a fire tore through the upper floors of a building on Greig Street; two people were in the home at the time and were taken to area hospitals. A firefighter was also taken for treatment and is on the mend. The Firefighters Association said they had to wait over seven minutes to get an ambulance for a firefighter suffering from a rapid pulse and heat exhaustion, the delay they say is unacceptable.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Rochester First

VIDEO: An Oklahoma fire department is working hard to rescue “The Spirit Of Oklahoma,” a fire truck sent to New York City to help with 9/11 recovery. Now that it's up for sale, the Calera Fire Department is doing everything it can to buy it and bring it home. The clock is ticking as a bright red badge of brotherhood between Oklahoma and New York firefighters – with a history spanning 26 years - could be lost in just 10 days.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOTV-DT CBS 6 Tulsa

Firefighters from Columbia and Walla Walla Counties managed to contain a roaring fire at the Eagles Lodge before it could spread to neighboring historic buildings. The blaze broke out at approximately 3:00 PM on Tuesday afternoon on Main Street. Columbia County Fire District #3 handled the call initially.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

Moses Lake Fire Department responded Tuesday evening to a sagebrush fire, which started in a shelterless encampment behind Ten Pin Inn & Suites (1157 N. Stratford Road). MLFD Assistant Fire Chief/Fire Marshal Derek Beach said the department received the call around 6:30 p.m., while several crews were on their way back from a structure fire, which a sprinkler system was able to control, when the call came in.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2021 9:09:06 PM - SOURCE: Columbia Basin Herald