Five Escambia County fire stations are operating with reduced staffing because of budget constraints. Escambia County Interim Fire Chief Paul Williams sent a memo Friday to all firefighters announcing several changes, including the reduction in staffing levels at the five stations in an effort to cut down on the amount of overtime.
- PUB DATE: 2/27/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Pensacola News Journal

A Carroll County commissioner with decades of firefighting experience testified in Annapolis on Tuesday in support of a Maryland bill that would require the state fire marshal to enforce residential fire sprinkler requirements. Commissioner Stephen Wantz, R-District 1, who has 30 years of experience as a career firefighter in the state and 44 years as a volunteer firefighter, said Tuesday the Maryland State Firemen’s Association asked if he would speak to the importance of House Bill 823 at a hearing of the House Environment and Transportation Committee, and he did.
- PUB DATE: 2/27/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun - Metered Site

VIDEO: Over the years, Hoboken has evolved from a gritty, working-class enclave to a town with the highest rents in the state of New Jersey. Hoboken’s Hispanic population has dropped by 50% during that time. The gentrification of Hoboken wasn’t just the result of market forces and economics. It was fueled by evictions, intimidation, violence, arson and murder.
- PUB DATE: 2/27/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: News 12 New Jersey

A mother who lost her son to an accidental overdose in September is speaking out after two other teens overdosed in Bellevue last weekend. The boys, one from Bellevue and the other from Yarrow Point, thought they were taking the painkiller, Percocet. But the pills are believed to have been laced with fentanyl.
- PUB DATE: 2/27/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

In a meeting with the Lewis County Board of County Commissioners on Monday, Director of Emergency Services Steve Mansfield and Radio Service Administrator for Lewis County Scott Mattoon unveiled price figures for the renovation of Lewis County’s infrastructure for fire, law enforcement and 911 services from a study done by Hatfield and Dawson Consulting Engineers.
- PUB DATE: 2/26/2020 3:42:25 PM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle - Metered Site