An 18-year effort to get Flagler County to recognize former county firefighter John R. Keppler’s line-of-duty death in 2002 finally ended Monday evening with the county commission’s decision to rename the fire rescue training facility on Justice Lane after Keppler. Until then, Keppler had been honored on two state memorials, including the the Florida Fallen Firefighter Memorial in Ocala, the Florida’s Fallen Firefighters Memorial on the grounds of the state Capitol, and the national firefighters’ memorial in Emmitsburg, Md.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Flagler Live

The Muskegon County "Yellow Dot" program started small in 2019 with money from Mercy Health and took a big step forward in 2020 with additional funding from the Muskegon County Senior Millage. But due to COVID-19, police and fire departments around Muskegon County weren't able to hold open houses and community safety events to introduce community members to Yellow Dot.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WZZM-TV ABC 13 Grand Rapids

VIDEO: A mother and her two young daughters rescued two weeks ago from a two-alarm fire at their home in Boston's South End were reunited with their heroes Tuesday. "Thank you so much Boston fire for your help and bringing my family to safety," Alicia Soto told her rescuers. On the morning of Dec. 2, thirty-one-year Soto and her two children, Annabelle and Amelia, were trapped in their third-floor apartment on West Newton Street when a fire broke out.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NECN-TV NBC 10 Boston

The new Garfield County Fire District chief is embracing the small town he now calls home and settling into his role after moving here from Massachusetts in August. James Cleveland, 48, said his first month in the idyllic community is kind of a blur because he and his family contracted the coronavirus somewhere along their way to Pomeroy from the other side of the country.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Lewiston Tribune - Metered Site

A sweep of Cal Anderson Park in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood was met with resistance Wednesday morning. People living in the park were asked to remove their belongings by 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. However, protesters resisted, barricading a portion of the park and intentionally setting fire to a tent, according to Seattle Parks.
- PUB DATE: 12/16/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle