A man tried to help himself to a fire department’s fuel supply last week. According to the Needham Community Fire Department, a pickup truck showed up at Station 81 (6822 E 350 N) at 5:13 a.m. on Thursday, May 30. The driver got out and tried to steal fuel from the fire station. “This individual decided to attempt to help himself to our mission critical fuel supply which we utilize for our fire trucks ensuring we can respond to your emergency when you need us,” the department wrote on Facebook.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIN-TV FOX 59 Indianapolis

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A fire station in King County was hit by bullets Friday evening. King County Sherriff’s officials said they were dispatched to King County Fire District #45 around 10 p.m. Friday night. The fire station is on NE Cherry Valley Road, in an unincorporated area east of Duvall. A deputy told KOMO News on Saturday that firefighters reported they "had discovered damage to their building consistent with several gunshots being fired sometime earlier in the evening.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

VIDEO/PHOTOS: The Seattle Fire Department (SFD) is investigating a 3-story apartment fire that broke out Saturday morning. Officials said they received a call around 2 a.m. about a large fire that broke out in the 3100 block of Northeast 145th Street. Several residents have been displaced from the fire, and some residents who needed to evacuate said it was an alarming wake-up call.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

A six-alarm fire on Thursday night destroyed several buildings that were part of a Templeton, Massachusetts, horse farm, video from the scene showed. Fire tore through several buildings at the Liberty-Belle Stables on Patriots Road in Templeton. Templeton firefighters rushed to the scene after receiving reports of heavy fire in the area between the house and the horse barn.
- PUB DATE: 5/31/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCVB-TV ABC 5 Boston

Many firefighters enter the profession because of their passion of helping and serving others, but according to research, they’re doing it at the risk of their own health and safety. “I'll be honest, I wasn't very surprised. I've been in the profession for 24 years now and not in a sense of comparing it to others, but I just know the demands that come along with it,” said Shreveport firefighter Brandon Lee.
- PUB DATE: 5/31/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTBS-TV ABC 3 Shreveport