Sheldon has a nose for solving arson cases, and he proved it on his very first day at work. The dog — part golden retriever, part black Labrador — was trained by State Farm Insurance to use his incredibly sensitive snout to detect fuels and other accelerants, when authorities suspect that a fire was set on purpose and need evidence to support their case.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Metered Site

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Both the West Bend and Town of Sheboygan fire departments recently added new vintage fire trucks to their fleets. The West Bend Fire Department recently refurbished a 1929 Model Ford A fire truck. According to the fire department, they believe it was originally owned by the Germantown Fire Department and then purchased by the West Bend FD in the 1940s.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTMJ-TV NBC 4 Milwaukee

Scott Martin, a 12-year veteran with the Buffalo Fire Department, was fired from his job earlier this year because he tested positive for marijuana. Martin doesn't deny using marijuana. The 37-year-old firefighter who served with the Air Force in Iraq and Afghanistan said he is a certified medical marijuana patient who uses cannabis to treat post-traumatic stress disorder and back pain and that cannabis has greatly improved his health and well-being.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Buffalo News

Fire crews found one person dead in a blaze at a five-story senior housing building in Seattle’s Lower Queen Anne neighborhood Tuesday afternoon, fire officials said. Fire crews responded to the blaze in the 300 block of West Roy Street around 3:15 p.m., the Seattle Fire Department said on Twitter. A few minutes later, the department reported the fire had been extinguished and had been contained to one apartment unit.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Seattle Times - Metered Site

Firefighters say one person was forced out of their home after a fire on Tuesday afternoon in central Vancouver. At around 12:15 p.m., fire crews were dispatched to the report of a structure fire at 9312 Northeast 11th Street. The first engine arrived four minutes after the call went out and reported fire coming from a bedroom window at the back of a single-story home.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV FOX 12 Portland